On Xmas, US diners take a bite of ersatz Chinese
The legend that a lot of people eat Chinese food at Christmas has actually been backed up by quasi-scientific data.
According to Google Trends, which began tracking the trend in 2004, the consumption of Chinese food increases dramatically during the holiday, with a spike in searches for "Chinese food". GrubHub, the online delivery service, also said it shows a 152 percent spike in sales at its participating Chinese restaurants during the Christmas period.
The Washington Post said that the relationship with Jewish people, especially, in the US and Chinese cuisine during the holiday is well-documented. The Post said that for American Jews, "eating Chinese food reaches its pinnacle on Christmas", because they regard the food as a special occasion, according to Joshua Eli Plaut's book A Kosher Christmas in 2012.
