2007-11-29 08:18:22 · 5 answers · asked by sjsnsfibxibsibsigbp;slkjlkj003 1 in Travel ➔ Asia Pacific ➔ China
I was in China during Christmas in 1996. Actually, it IS celebrated.
No, not as a religious holiday, obviously. Everyone goes to work and so forth.
They celebrate it the way Americans celebrate Chinese New Year. That is, it is a fun holiday for them, with symbols that represent the holiday in places that have a sort of international feel. Doing something about Christmas, shows a worldliness, and and an awareness of the West, the way celebrating Chinese New Year for Americans shows a worldliness and an awareness of Asia.
So, big international hotels and large Western businesses put up fake Christmas trees and fake snow, and Chinese come into the city to have their photos taken in front of these symbols and then go out for a night on the town.
When I was there, Christmas Eve, it was wall to wall people at my hotel. There were all these people with their kids, trying to take pictures. It was surreal.
But no, they don't celebrate it the way Americans celebrate it, and it does not have the meaning it has in the U.S.
2007-11-29 08:34:58 · answer #1 · answered by LJ 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Some people celebrate Christmas
2007-11-29 09:51:04 · answer #2 · answered by White Shooting Star of HK 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
like a normal day, not many Christians in china.
Its sorta of a 'hooray for the people on the other side of the globe' day, nothing happens, except maybe in family quarters.
They have Sales and stuff like that, but that really a marketing play.
2007-11-29 08:23:25 · answer #3 · answered by CheeyoDeeyo 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
The Chinese celebrate it with no real meaning unlike in the West. To them, it's just another Western culture which they love to "copy" and be part of it.
2007-11-29 15:42:10 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋
Most young people now see this day as a big big party day.
It's a best day for friends gathin',.
2007-11-29 12:55:17 · answer #5 · answered by Nicholas W 1 · 2⤊ 0⤋