tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-316191265933534655.post3136778682621894355..comments2024-02-27T00:41:15.985-06:00Comments on AdoptionTalk: Christmas in Chinamalindahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06233439015219192874noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-316191265933534655.post-51726590350423919122008-12-23T23:38:00.000-06:002008-12-23T23:38:00.000-06:00You know we spend the month of March 2008 in Beiji...You know we spend the month of March 2008 in Beijing and saw many Christmas decorations still up. And we were not in a tourist area at all. We were there during Easter and you see NOTHING, NADA about that. <BR/><BR/>But my tutor did tell me that Christmas Eve is the biggest night of the year for our age group (lower 30's) to go out and party. She said it is bigger than New Years Eve to go out to a club and have at it. So the people she knew Christmas really meant party.<BR/><BR/>She did ask me all about Easter which was a cool and interesting conversation.Louannehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07314945140193369797noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-316191265933534655.post-12128227449773626922008-12-23T04:39:00.000-06:002008-12-23T04:39:00.000-06:00I thought that I had "escaped" the commercialisati...I thought that I had "escaped" the commercialisation of Christmas in Oz with having to put up with "Jingle Bells" everytime I went near a mall or supermarket but now I have to put up with it twice, once in English and once in Chinese. Chinese seem to think that all "westerners" celebrate Christmas and get pretty confused when you explain that many don't.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-316191265933534655.post-32492072435838409592008-12-23T00:26:00.000-06:002008-12-23T00:26:00.000-06:00We were there 2 years ago during Christmas. The Wh...We were there 2 years ago during Christmas. The White Swan was all decked out for the holiday and was also packed with Chinese tourists visiting there to enjoy the decorations. It was not at all what I expected to find in China!Wendyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00585765386608759975noreply@blogger.com