Of those who are open to the idea, sending Christmas cards (32 percent), Elf on the Shelf (28 percent), and holiday parades (25 percent) are among the traditions they would be most open to swapping.

It’s one of the iconic scenes in the 1983 movie “A Christmas Story” — when the pack of Bumpus hounds from next door bursts into the Parker family kitchen and makes off with the turkey that ...

Chinese New Year traditions center on ushering out the old year and bringing luck and prosperity into the new one. Firecrackers, fireworks, red clothes and decorations are used.

Albala said many cultures now have their own traditions — like Feast of the Seven Fishes for Italian Americans or tamales for the Latino community — particularly the Latino community in California.

Chinese New Year, also known as Lunar New Year or the Spring Festival, is a 15-day festival typically celebrated in China and other Asian countries that recognizes the start of the new year ...

What we did not eat at that time was apples. Over just the past 10 years, apples have emerged as a Chinese Christmas icon: exquisitely wrapped fruit with images of Santa Claus and stenciled ...

Back then, Chinese restaurants were some of the few eateries open on Christmas. Today, they’re some of the hardest to get into, with restaurants from Flatbush, N.Y., to Fairfax booked solid for ...

The Chinese restaurant Meiwah has been in Friendship Heights for over 20 years and its founder and general manager Larry La told WTOP that no one takes vacation on Christmas. “Everybody is working.

In Japan, Christmas dinner is all about Kentucky Fried Chicken. Every December, millions of Japanese families line up for KFC, a tradition that started with a 1970s marketing campaign called ...

I’d only known having Chinese food on Christmas as a Jewish tradition. Spending Christmas night at R&G Lounge in San Francisco reminded me that everyone shares a seat at these tables.

Get your favorite Chinese foods at these restaurants. Depending on your family and Christmas traditions, you could eat dinner at home on Dec. 25, or as many people do, eat at a Chinese restaurant.