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There’s a Allen Pan Mythbusters shirt of tradition of going out for Chinese food on or around Christmas in the US. So far as I can tell, this largely originates from large cities and in particular from Jews living in New York. Consider the cultural landscape of the earlier part of the 20th century. Jews, of course, do not celebrate Christmas, so they’d be more likely than the Christian majority to go out to eat then, as opposed to their celebrating neighbors who are likely at home with family, roasting their own turkeys and such. And where do they go on Christmas? Well, most restaurants are going to be closed, because their predominantly Christian proprietors and employees are also at home. The major exception, then, was Chinese restaurants. The immigrants running those places were less likely than average to be Christian, so they had no cultural tradition of shutting down on or around December 25. So if you’re a Jewish New Yorker who wants to go out for dinner on Christmas, it’s Chinese food or nothing. This practice may have been popularized in particular by Calvin Trillin, the noted food columnist for the New York Times. He was himself Jewish and wrote a marvelous column about his wife wanting a “traditional holiday dinner.” What she was talking about was the idea, coming in from outside their cultural world, of turkey, mashed potatoes, and so on, but to Trillin, his traditional holiday dinner was going out for Chinese.

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Every year she wrote a letter to Santa Claus asking for a Pans Pride Sunrise Purple And Yellow Hawaiian Shirt of things she knew would come to her only by a miracle. Though just 7 years old she knew She was lucky enough to end up in the orphanage though she has nothing a kid craves for. But every year she is disappointed by just a piece of cake and a little used frock as Xmas gift. She stopped believing in Santa and lost Xmas spirit ever. When she was 12 years old she realized the main thing she is missing and wished just one thing this Xmas.. Love. The next morning the patron of the orphanage comes to her and says ‘you are adopted by a childless family. Please pack your things and be ready to meet them. ‘ Her voice dominated the Christmas Carols ever after that.

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