Jewish Christmas
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The term Jewish Christmas is used to describe activities Jewish people (or other Christmas non-celebrators) partake in on Christmas Day in the United States.
Since Christmas is recognized as a national holiday in the United States, most businesses are closed, resulting in a day off of work for most Jews, but very little to do. In areas with particularly small Jewish populations, the day is often spent roaming around with fellow Jews in search of any establishments which are open for business. Typically Asian restaurants, movie theatres and movie rental stores are open for business. Many Asians do not celebrate Christmas, thus resulting in Indian, Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Vietnamese, and Thai restaurants keeping normal business hours.
It is not uncommon for Jews to throw Christmas parties to relieve the boredom.
[edit] External Links
- Slate: "Christmas for Jews – How Hanukkah became a major holiday", by David Greenberg, December 16, 1998
- The News (Pakistan): "Respecting Ramazan – View from the west", by Ethan Casey
- Judaism 101: What do Jews Do On Christmas?
- Chinese Food and a Movie: The Jewish Christmas
- Chopsticks and Chinese food for Christmas
- What Jews do on Christmas
