Chop Suey Palace Owner Quotes in A Christmas Story (1983)

[in a Chinese restaurant]

Waiter #1, Waiter #2, Waiter #3: [singing] Deck the harrs with boughs of horry, fa ra ra ra ra, ra ra ra ra.

Chop Suey Palace Owner: No, no, not 'ra ra ra ra', 'la la la la'! Try again.

Waiter #1, Waiter #2, Waiter #3: Deck the harrs with boughs of horry, fa ra ra ra ra, ra ra ra ra.

Chop Suey Palace Owner: No, no! Sing something else.

Waiter #1, Waiter #2, Waiter #3: Jingre berrs, jingre berrs, jingre arr the way. Oh what fun it is to ride in a one-horse open sreigh!

Mr. Parker: [In the Chinese restaurant, the waiter brings out the cooked duck, which still has its head on; Mrs. Parker is laughing] Yes, it's a beautiful duck. It really is. But you see... it's smiling at me.

[He lifts the head of the duck]

Chop Suey Palace Owner: Ooohh!

[He chops off the duck's head. Mrs. Parker and the kids are laughing]

Ralphie as Adult: That Christmas would live in our memories as the year we were introduced to Chinese turkey.