Probably the worst thing about being Jewish during Christmas time is shopping, because the lines are so long. They should have a Jewish express line, "Look, I'm a Jew. It's not a gift. It's just paper towels!"

Kolinsky’s joke plays on the cultural mismatch many Jews feel during the Christmas season: the public sphere becomes saturated with gift-buying rituals that aren’t theirs, yet they still have to navigate the same crowded stores and long checkout lines. The punchline—claiming the purchase is “just paper towels”—uses mundane necessity to puncture the assumption that everyone shopping in December is participating in Christmas gift exchange. It also riffs on the idea of a special “express line,” satirizing how consumer culture centers Christmas as the default and turns even ordinary errands into holiday theater.