I had sausage, potatoes, grilled vege, and a pint of beer in Wenceslaus Square, Prague. The pint was only $2.50 CAN. 
We had it last night but there are leftovers to go with our mac and cheese and Italian spinach.
We had a last-minute change in plans, as my mother fell ill, and she was planning to host Christmas dinner. Instead, my Jewish sister and her kids are happily indoctrinating us in what they call Jewish Christmas and we’ll go out for Chinese food.
So, your dad was a frat boy and your mother was a baptist?
If you get a chance, stop at Strahov Monastic Brewery and St. Norbet Restaurant- monastery complex in between castle and Petrin Hill. It’s not the most well known of places as even out taxi driver had trouble finding it, but it’s a bar/restaurant in a cave. Very cool, old place for a drink.
There are several Chinese places in town here but only two are nearby. One is open, one is not.
I’m having Chinese leftovers. I’m alone this Christmas. My wife and son are with her family in Chicago. We decided I would stay home this year for work/financial reasons.
Just got our delivery… Kung Pao chicken for the win.
I must be missing something here, not being American, but what is it with the (I presume)in-jokes about Jews and Chinese food?
Neither celebrate Christmas, so no big family gatherings. It’s the one type of restaurant that is typically open on Christmas, & therefore, the only place for Jews to go out to eat (after an afternoon at the movies, which has been, traditionally, the only entertainment open on Dec 25th).
More than 30 years ago, we were living in Chicago when I was then teaching at the University of Chicago. It was just the three of us including our 4 year old son who was in his first year in a two-year kindergarten. We had no freezer and a little refrigerator; we did not want an endless supply of turkey, so we ordered take-out Chinese from the restaurant on the corner.
The Monday after Thanksgiving the teacher asked what everyone had had for Thanksgiving dinner. Apparently they all replied turkey except for our son. He came home quite upset and asked us, “When are we going to be like normal people?” He’s learned over the years, that the answer to that question is probably “never”.
Growing up in a kosher house with immigrant parents, this was not part of my childhood. I didn’t hear about it or start doing it until my kids started asking about it and now it’s a nice little tradition.
I did have some Chinese food yesterday but I had to order it in on Saturday night. My favourite Chinese place is always closed on Sundays.
I had some homemade Chinese jiaozi just a couple of hours ago, but today is the 26th and it’s probably no longer relevant…
Not unless the no alc beer was chinese
I was at the mall on Christmas, right next to the Chinese food place in the food court, but I didn’t even hesitate - I had a shawarma instead.