Merry Christmas! 圣诞快乐！

Dean

It is Christmas Eve tonight! People will sing X'mas carols and light up Christmas trees (fir trees but some people like them made of plastic for environment awareness). It is said Santa Clause will go from from chimmny to deliver goods like chocolates and candies as well as toys to children who behave well.

Dean

Do you have any plans for tonight? Go shopping or have dinner with friends? Or just stay at home,having a silent night.

山清水秀

It's the most important festival in western countries. But we can see more and more Chinese people begin to spend it . whether it is right or not , as long as one is happy . At school ,students are busy sending and recieving cards ,apples , oranges which are wrapped in colourful paper . They are fond of it .They even can't listen to the teacher carefully . Some teachers are very angry and have to take away their presents . What a festival !

Dean

Do Chinese celebrate Christmas in China? Well, the answer to this question is both YES and NO.

If you walked around a major Chinese city 20 years ago, you probably wouldn't have seen many signs of Christmas. This is because Christmas is a Christian holiday and not many Chinese people are Christian. However, if you were to visit those same Chinese cities today, you'd see signs of Christmas everywhere you looked! On the Avenue of Eternal Peace in Beijing, China, there are Christmas displays everywhere. Many Chinese people celebrate by decorating their houses with Christmas trees, cooking and eating special foods, and spending time with family and friends.

So yes, the Chinese celebrate Christmas. But no, most do not celebrate it for the same reasons that Christians do.

Dean

Today is Christmas Day. Merry Christmas to all our friends!

山清水秀

Merry Christmas !

伊人独酌

Thanks for your greeting ! When I am not working in the office, I celebrate Christmas, but now, i just can have a good dinner with friends

Dean

Christmas cards 圣诞贺卡的由来


The custom of sending Christmas cards started in Britain in 1840 when the first &#39[s:117]enny Post' public postal deliveries began. (Helped by the new railway system, the public postal service was the 19th century's communication revolution, just as email is for us today.) As printing methods improved, Christmas cards were produced in large numbers from about 1860. They became even more popular in Britain when a card could be posted in an unsealed envelope for one half-penny - half the price of an ordinary letter.

Traditionally, Christmas cards showed religious pictures - Mary, Joseph and baby Jesus, or other parts of the Christmas story. Today, pictures are often jokes, winter pictures, Father Christmas, or romantic scenes of life in past times.

情人草

Sorry if it's too late but I've been really busy during the holidays and I never got around to checkin the forum.

So I hope you had a merry Christmas and a wonderful New Year with a great '07 to follow.

I wish you nothin but the best ever.

Thanks and God Bless.

寻兰人

Thanks for your greeting though I am still busy working.