"Chinese Food on Christmas" Deconstructed
Brandon Walker discusses the song he wrote about what Jews do on Christmas and its viral music video.
By Marc Shapiro
December 27, 2010
MoutainView Patch
It was a college songwriting assignment that exploded.
Mountain View resident and Owings Mills, Maryland native Brandon Walker had to write a Christmas song for his songwriting 101 class at James Madison University, in Virginia.
"They always say write what you know, and I know that I eat Chinese food on Christmas," he said.
Walker struck gold in 2004 when he decided to tell the tale of so many others Jews, like himself, who enjoy Chinese food and go to the movies on Christmas because, as "Chinese Food on Christmas" says, "there just ain't much else to do on Christmas when you're a Jew."
The song was, ironically, written in a church parking lot where Walker was waiting for his girlfriend.
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