Real Story Behind American Jews Eat Chinese Food on Christmas Day

The reason behind this preference in America comes from historic times. Jewish families living in the US prefer dining Chinese food and takeouts during Christmas Day. Some critics explain about this interesting fact.

According to The Atlantic, the story remarks have an interesting beginning quoting Kagan (Polititian in the Senate) responding about her Christmas plans after she said, "You know, like all Jews, I was probably at a Chinese restaurant." Which defines a custom by many Jewish families, and so popular?.

Here are some facts that food critics tells about this sort of tradition. Ken Albala College professor of history and Food studies in Pacific's San Francisco University explain about the Jewish way on Christmas time. He says that the lack of regulations about kosher food allowed new immigrants to immerse on trying new things like non-kosher food under radar.  Also that historically those Jewish families stablished in the Lower East Side in Manhattan that by proximity is near to Chinatown, so the local food facilitated the habit to maintain.

Ed Schoenfeld owner of the most famous and well-reviewed Chinese restaurants said even "Chinese restaurants were the easiest place to trick yourself into thinking you were eating Kosher food". Until now everything seems to be about the easiest way to do not feel guilty when the common Christmas American dinner doesn't include kosher food traditions.

While other authors like Jennifer Lee producer of "The Search for General Tso" touch the religion aspect of this tradition. She mentions that Jewish and Chinese are the largest non-Christian immigrants group in the US, relates the Huffington Post. So this closeness maybe is on purpose initially now seen like a tradition, when the solidarity comes to place as minority groups in America.

The true fact is that the recurring geographical, religion common aspect between the two parts, shows a behavior that still alive in the minds of the "outsiders" to create their own Christmas Day tradition alive until present time.