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Nowadays in most U.S. communities, some businesses such as retail stores, grocery stores, drug stores, restaurants (particularly of the fast food variety), and movie theaters are open for at least a portion of Christmas Day. But back in the day, as older folks are wont to say, this wasn't the case — the business that wasn't shuttered tightly for all of Christmas was the rare exception, and consumers looking for a meal, out in search of entertainment, or wanting to pick up a few groceries or other necessities on Christmas Day were often out of luck. This circumstance led to the stereotype of Jews patronizing Chinese restaurants on Christmas, a holiday observed by neither the proprietors nor the customers, as described on the Judaism 101 web site: A sign displayed in a widely circulated online image above plays on this stereotype, humorously thanking the Jewish people on behalf of the Chinese Restaurant Association of the United States for eat[ing] our food on Christmas: We don't know the specific origins of this picture so we can't say much about it other than to note that it appears to have been based on a December 2010 cartoon by David Mamet and possibly was just a joke or a tongue-in-cheek greeting posted in the window by a Chinese restaurant or related business. (We found no evidence of any official organization called the Chinese Restaurant Association of the United States, although a web site offering a rudimentary listing of Chinese restaurants in the U.S. is credited to the United Chinese Restaurant Association of America.)
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