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My ex-husband and I always used to have Chinese food on Christmas Eve. Then we'd usually be so wasted on Christmas Day that we'd have warmed-up Chinese leftovers for Christmas lunch.
Academic study of same (PDF).
One friend who married into a large Jewish family told us his favorite joke: "According to the Jewish calendar, the year is 5749. According to the Chinese calendar, the year is 4687. That means for 1,062 years, the Jews went without Chinese food."