History Main / PekingDuckChristmas

->'''Sen. [[GenderBlenderName Lindsey]] Graham (R-SC)''': Christmas Day bomber. Where were you at on Christmas Day?
->'''Solicitor General and [[UsefulNotes/AmericanCourts Supreme Court]] nominee Elena Kagan''': Senator... I assume the question you mean is whether a person who's apprehended in the United States[[note]]Referencing the case of the "[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Umar_Farouk_Abdulmutallab Underwear Bomber]]", who had been caught trying to bring down a plane with plastic explosives hidden in his underpants the previous Christmas[[/note]]--
->'''Graham''': ''(interrupting)'' Nah, I'm just asking where you were at on Christmas.
->'''Kagan''': ''(laughs)'' [[https://youtu.be/Tku61sKhPGo?t=29s You know, like all Jews, I was probably at a Chinese restaurant.]]
->''(Laughter from crowd)''
->'''Graham''': Great answer!
-> '''Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-VT)''': I could just see that one coming...
-> '''Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY)'''[[note]]Himself Jewish[[/note]]: They're the only places open.

* At the end of the ''Series/{{House}}'' episode "Damned If You Do, Damned If You Don't," [[HollywoodAtheist House]] (an asshole who wouldn't want to attend any Christmas event he was invited to) and [[NiceJewishBoy Wilson]] (who is about to go through his third divorce) go to House's apartment and order Chinese food on Christmas.

You're Jewish (and not of the [[InformedJudaism Informed]] sect). Or Muslim. Or atheist. Or TheGrinch. Or you're estranged from your family, or simply don't have a family. Or you're a hungry Jehovah's Witness looking for a quick bite after the meeting. [[TropeCodifier Or a pack of dogs just ate the massive home-cooked dinner.]] Or you either burned the roast when you attempted to use OvenLogic, or it's still frozen solid because you (or your spouse) failed to take it out of the freezer in a timely manner. Or you're just plain alone and bored. Whatever it is, the usual Christmas festivities are simply not possible for you. It's just another miserable winter's day, except that since you're off work (if you're lucky) you have even less to do than usual.

-> '''Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY)'''[[note]]Himself Jewish[[/note]]: they're the only places open.

-> '''Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY)'''[[note]]Himself Jewish[[/note]]: [[CaptainObvious Because]] [[DontExplainTheJoke they're the only places open]].

* In the ''Webcomic/{{Narbonic}}''-''Webcomic/SkinHorse'' fic "[[http://archiveofourown.org/works/2810981/chapters/6307352 To Grandmother's Secret Lab We Go]]", Nick the Jewish cyborg helicopter complains that a Christmas rescue mission "has totally '''flaked''' with my busy schedule of watching movies and eating virtual lo mein."

** Jon Stewart joked (while discussing UsefulNotes/BarackObama's NobelPrize) that [[UsefulNotes/ArabIsraeliConflict Yasser Arafat]] got his Nobel Prize just for shaking hands with a Jew; and that if that was all it took to get a Nobel Prize, then, well, the owner of his local Chinese restaurant should get at least a dozen every Christmas.

->'''Kagan''': ''(laughs)'' [[https://youtu.be/Tku61sKhPGo?t=29s You know, like all Jews, I was probably at a Chinese restaurant]].

->'''Solicitor General and [[UsefulNotes/AmericanCourts Supreme Court]] nominee Elena Kagan''': Senator... I assume the question you mean is whether a person who's apprehended in the United States--

You're A RAPIST (and not of the [[InformedJudaism Informed]] sect). Or Muslim. Or atheist. Or TheGrinch. Or you're estranged from your family, or simply don't have a family. Or you're a hungry Jehovah's Witness looking for a quick bite after the meeting. [[TropeCodifier Or a pack of dogs just ate the massive home-cooked dinner.]] Or you either burned the roast when you attempted to use OvenLogic, or it's still frozen solid because you (or your spouse) failed to take it out of the freezer in a timely manner. Or you're just plain alone and bored. Whatever it is, the usual Christmas festivities are simply not possible for you. It's just another miserable winter's day, except that since you're off work (if you're lucky) you have even less to do than usual.

You're Jewish (and not of the [[InformedJudaism Informed]] sect). Or Muslim. Or atheist. Or TheGrinch. Or you're estranged from your family, or simply don't have a family. Or you're a hungry Jehovah's Witness looking for a quick bite after the meeting. [[TropeCodifier Or a pack of dogs just ate the massive home-cooked dinner.]] Or you either burned the roast when you attempted to use OvenLogic, or it's still frozen solid because you (or your spouse) failed to take it out of the freezer in a timely manner. Or you're just plain alone and bored. Whatever it is, the usual Christmas festivities are simply not possible for you. It's just another miserable winter's day, except that since you're off work (if you're lucky) you have even less to do than usual.

* In the ''WesternAnimation/{{Arthur}}'' Christmas special, Francine and her family are shown to be having takeout Chinese for dinner after celebrating the last night of Hanukkah the night before. When she and Muffy later reconcile after an earlier fight, Francine's family invites Muffy and her parents to the movies.

* Subverted in ''Film/TheSantaClause'': After Tim Allen burns the Christmas Eve turkey, he tries to take his son to a Japanese restaurant. It's closed, so he takes him to a Denny's, which is filled with Japanese businessmen and fellow fathers who burned the turkey.

* ''[[Comics/MarvelComics Marvel Holiday Special 2011]]'' has [[ComicBook/FantasticFour The Thing]] and [[ComicBook/XMen Kitty Pryde]] get all of the Jewish superheroes together and have a Chinese food feast.

* One Marvel holiday story has [[ComicBook/FantasticFour The Thing]] and [[ComicBook/XMen Kitty Pryde]] get all of the Jewish superheroes together and have a Chinese food feast.
* In ''ComicBook/GrimmFairyTales 2013 Holiday Edition'', Sela, Liesel, Britney and Robyn end up ordering 'disgusting amounts' of food from General Tso's Chinese restaurant after their Christmas feast is destroyed in a battle with [[TheKrampus Krampus]]'s minions.

* In ''ComicBook/GrimmFairyTales 2013 Holiday Edition'', Sela, Liesel, Britney and Robyn end up ordering 'disgusting amounts' of food from General Tso's Chinese restaurant after their Christmas feast is destroyed in a battle with {{Krampus}}'s minions.

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* [[http://www.happyplace.com/13009/chinese-restaurant-note-thanks-jews-for-eating-chinese-on-christmas This sign pretty much says it all.]]

* In the ''WesternAnimation/Arthur'' Christmas special, Francine and her family are shown to be having takeout Chinese for dinner after celebrating the last night of Hanukkah. When she and Muffy later reconcile after an earlier fight, Francine's family invites Muffy and her parents to the movies.

* One Marvel holiday story has [[ComicBook/FantasticFour The Thing]] and [[ComicBook/{{X-Men}} Kitty Pryde]] get all of the Jewish superheroes together and have a Chinese food feast.

** Jon Stewart joked (while discussing UsefulNotes/BarackObama's NobelPrize) that [[ArabIsraeliConflict Yasser Arafat]] got his Nobel Prize just for shaking hands with a Jew; and that if that was all it took to get a Nobel Prize, then, well, the owner of his local Chinese restaurant should get at least a dozen every Christmas.

* In the ''{{Narbonic}}'' parody of ''Film/AChristmasStory'', the Narbons go to a Chinese restaurant after Dr Narbon blows up the street to get back at the neighbor's dogs. "[[http://www.webcomicsnation.com/shaenongarrity/narbonic_plus/series.php?view=archive&chapter=18165&mpe=1&fromwhich=1&direction=f At least, I think it was a restaurant]]".

* Completely inverted in Japan's case, where since it is hard to find Christmas Turkey they simply have KFC for Christmas. And the KFC in Japan actually has people order ahead of time (3 months at least).

-->''They can finally see ''Film/KingKong'' without waiting in line\\

* In ''WesternAnimation/KungFuPanda Holiday Special'' there is a variant since the franchise is set on a [[UsefulNotes/FurryFandom furry]] version of AncientChina. Here, Mr. Ping runs a special Winter Festival party for all the lonely people with nowhere else to go, and pay extra for it.