The numbers show that the popular takeout food is most popular around the holidays.

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Not everyone is celebrating Christmas tomorrow and those in that camp flock to a particular type of food.

American Jews are said to frequent Chinese restaurants on Christmas because they are some of the only places open (and it is amazingly delicious.)The Washington Post has looked at Google data to prove that there really is a spike in popularity on December 25.

Here is what the data looks like for searches of "chinese food" this year:

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The previous years show similar results with spikes seen right around Christmas. Websites like Grubhub also report a large increase in Chinese food orders during this time.

It looks like Jewish Christmas is real and more and more people are getting their chopsticks (and stomachs) ready for some good, saucy eats.

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