Apparently there is a Jewish Christmas tradition in NYC. Since everything is closed except for movies and Chinese restaurants, Jewish people go to Chinatown for a lunch meal and then do the movies afterward.
My Jewish friend and I walked through Chinatown in search of a restaurant that didn’t have an hour wait. We ended up picking one with roast ducks on hooks hanging in the window. I had been eating Fujianese cuisine near my part of the Chinatown. The Cantonese roast ducks, congee, beef chow fun, and shrimp egg noodles were oh so delicious 
Even though I hadn’t quite felt the Christmas spirit the last few days, being in the crowds and later at the ice rink in Bryant Park today has brought me new cheers