Christmas may be just another day in the Middle Kingdom, but it has still made its mark.
This year Christmas is on a Sunday, but when it is on a weekday, the sight of people going to school and work is enough to deflate any westerner's balloon full of traditions.
But shopping malls, restaurants and hotels are decked out in Christmas trees and Santa posters. You may even find a few gifts. But those crowds at the mall are not there to buy gifts, they are just there because it is too cold to stand outside.
Still, on a weekend, it is worse than any Christmas shopping crowd you have EVER seen in America.
Young people think it is fun to celebrate key American holidays, namely Valentine's Day and Christmas. If you invite them to a Christmas party, they'll be ecstatic and probably show up dressed like Santa (they don't know enough about the reindeer or Frosty to go that route, and they sure are clueless about the nativity).
Before Thanksgiving ever arrived, I had bought stockings and decorations. I have a hopeful feeling that it will be a wonderful Christmas this year.
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