<p>There is a widely held belief that it is traditional for Jewish people to spend Christmas at the movies and eating Chinese food. This is a survey of my co-religionists. Will you be spending Christmas at the movies and eating Chinese? If so, what are you going to see?</p>
<p>My family will be doing both. We are going to see Sherlock Holmes.</p>
<p>We were on a road trip yesterday and had Chinese on the way home (Christmas Eve). Had originally planned a movie this afternoon too, but that got nixed as two are skiing and one has work to do (as do I) and then tonight one is doing a job. Otherwise, we sorta fit the “tradition.”</p>
<p>(the movies might have won out if Nine were playing in our region which my kids wanna see but it isn’t)</p>
<p>You bet! We live in an area with a pretty small Jewish population and it is always fun to bump in to people we know. This has become such a tradition that we arranged our travel plans around being home Christmas. We are going to see Avatar this afternoon.</p>
<p>My family definitely has the movies tradition. Not so much with the Chinese food, maybe every other year.</p>
<p>Oh, and we are going to see Avatar.</p>
<p>That is our tradition as well. However, this year my d wants the ability to sleep in, so we may not make it to the movies (“sleeping in” usually means waking after 2 PM to her!). We will definitely have Chinese for dinner, and if we get to the movies, it’ll be either Avatar or Nine.</p>
<p>We went to the movies last night, on Christmas Eve, to see the movie Avatar. Tonight we’ll go to an Indian restaurant for dinner.</p>
<p>Last nite at the synagogue: excellent Chinese dinner and a movie–“The Producers.” :)</p>
<p>We’ll definitely have Chinese tonight, but I think my sons would rather watch basketball on TV than go to the movies (we’ve gone to the movies in years past).</p>
<p>seeing Nine, lunch at theater, with 3 very dear friends–a tradition. Then some open house parties</p>
<p>Wish I felt better; a childhood friend in area 1 1/2 hour drive, and I don’t think my aching body could make the trip.</p>
<p>Chinese or Indian seems to be traditional because they are the few places that are open!</p>
<p>I must say, when we were younger we felt like we needed to be entertained (“what do you mean, everything’s closed?”) but now we tend to find a project to do around the house. There is no shortage of things that need painting…you just have to remember to go to the hardware store ahead of time!</p>
<p>Of course. Except, based on how crowded the Chinese restaurant was and how crowded the movie theater was last night (in Virginia no less), it looks like a lot of Christian families are adopting our traditions as well. ;-)</p>
<p>Chinese food and “It’s Complicated” are on our agenda for later this evening. Definitely fit the pattern here!! :)</p>
<p>Hey! We are Christians and that’s what we do. </p>
<p>Could Moogoogaipan be the food of universal brotherhood?</p>
<p>All our religious observances are on Christmas Eve.</p>
<p>We fit the Jewish family Christmas pattern, except that this year the four men in my family have just headed off to a professional basketball game, I may go see “It’s Complicated,” (one of my boys actually auditioned for that movie ;)) and we are all meeting up later for excellent Chinese food.</p>
<p>Quiet morning and Sherlock Holmes this afternoon, for our family. Chinese is a possibility this evening.</p>
<p>Its also my Hs bday today. We are en route to dim sum and then to see Up in thje Air. Then invited later for drinks and to see Sherlock Holmes.</p>
<p>Indeed, that is the plan. Not sure yet which movie, but the Chinese food is a definite!</p>
<p>Yum yum to dim sum, jym. We will be headed to a fantastic soup dumpling place later. Happy Birthday to your DH!</p>
<p>Yup, that’s us too! We are going to see a matinee of Sherlock Holmes then an early dinner of good chinese/asian fusion food. Tradition…tradition!</p>
<p>thanks, momof3. We got the the dim sum just in time. It was a madhouse!! Now off to the flicks!</p>