Tag Archives: Christmas

You’ve Never Heard of a Paper Snowflake?

So it’s Christmas time in China. The cars are honking, the rain is falling, and the sky is a nice clear gray. Nothing quite like it except maybe Seattle or some other punch line.
When I go to the store I get to hear Christmas carols sung by people with Chinese accents over the [...]

Ch-Christmas? Christmasina?

I just thought I should point out that the phrase “China doesn’t celebrate Christmas” is completely and utterly wrong. What it should say is “China doesn’t view Christmas as that big a deal, but people still LOVE IT.” It’s a little more common among younger people I think. I mean on a secular [...]