Sunday, December 25, 2005
CHRISTMAS IN CHINA & THE US OF A
Friday night we had our language school's Christmas party at Teresa Pizza right near my appartiment. All the little kids and their families came and we sang Christmas carols and ate pizza.
The Chinese celebrate Christmas, it is their biggest "party" holiday of the year. There is however no religious signifigance to the day. Since the start of December, snowman and reindeer have begun to spring up in storefronts. Christmas carols play all day, every day in both English and Chinese. The Chinese ones have been re-written to exclude any mention to Jesus. My favorite is Wo men zhu ni shen dan kuai le, "We Wish You A Merry Christmas."
After a 12 hour flight and time zone confusions (I arrived in Newark 15 minutes before I left Beijing) I am now home for 10 days. I will still post, though anyone who wants to call me can. My cell phone # is (610) 574-8024. Speaking of time changes, It's 6am and I still haven't gone to sleep.
Friday night we had our language school's Christmas party at Teresa Pizza right near my appartiment. All the little kids and their families came and we sang Christmas carols and ate pizza.
The Chinese celebrate Christmas, it is their biggest "party" holiday of the year. There is however no religious signifigance to the day. Since the start of December, snowman and reindeer have begun to spring up in storefronts. Christmas carols play all day, every day in both English and Chinese. The Chinese ones have been re-written to exclude any mention to Jesus. My favorite is Wo men zhu ni shen dan kuai le, "We Wish You A Merry Christmas."
After a 12 hour flight and time zone confusions (I arrived in Newark 15 minutes before I left Beijing) I am now home for 10 days. I will still post, though anyone who wants to call me can. My cell phone # is (610) 574-8024. Speaking of time changes, It's 6am and I still haven't gone to sleep.
