On Thursday, November 12, 2020 at 8:58:49 AM UTC-6, Dave Smith wrote:
> On 2020-11-12 7:41 a.m., Sheldon Martin wrote:
> > On Wed, 11 Nov 2020 21:32:50 -0500, Dave Smith
> >> That's an amazing story. When I was a kid stores were closed on Sundays
> >> and holidays.
> >
> > Chinese restaurants don't close on other people's holidays.... in NYC
> > on the Jewish high holy days is when they do their best business...
> Yep, Jewish Christmas meal is Chinese food is a stereotype. I have to
> trust the movies for that because I have always had a home cooked
> Christmas dinner and have never been by a Chinese restaurant on Christmas.
> > that's when they sell tons of shrimp and pork.
> I don't doubt it. There was an A&W across from my high school. The
> Jewish kids would order the burgers with cheese and bacon, the stuff
> they never got at home.

Here in St. Louis, the Chinese takeout places don't close on Christmas
*unless* Christmas happens to be on a Sunday. Christmas or not, they
are closed on Sunday.


--Bryan