# In the dustbin of our cultural history **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 10, 2020, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-the-dustbin-of-our-cultural-history/927703 "2020-12-10T00:57:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 278
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2020, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-the-dustbin-of-our-cultural-history/927703/278 "2020-12-20T18:39:42Z")
> [@Asuka](#): > > We wound up finding a pizza place that was run by an Indian family and were glad to be able to get a giant pizza for Christmas Dinner, but what’s crazy is that in the past decade pretty much everything is open on Christmas. There’s a bit of a tradition forming in the USA to go out for Chinese food on Christmas (or Eve). Because from roughly the '70s to 2000s those were about the only places open that day. AIUI the practice started among Jewish folks and later spread to the Gentiles. Back about 1991 I was working a trip and we arrived in NYC at about 7pm Christmas eve. The hotel was in one of the predominantly Jewish areas in Brooklyn. The hotel restaurant was closed for the holiday and we were famished. Out into the snow we went. Stumbled upon a Chinese joint with a big neon sign advertising that everything was Kosher. It was packed. We got the table near the kitchen, probably because we didn’t exactly resemble the rest of the clientele. The food was wonderful. And much appreciated at the end of a long day. --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-the-dustbin-of-our-cultural-history/927703)._