Merry Christmas 2009
By Jian Shuo Wang on 2009-12-24 22:49 · Real EstateMerry Christmas!
There is not too much Christmas feeling this year. Does anyone feel the same? I just feel this Christmas in Shanghai is a pretty plain and simple holiday, unlike other Christmas.
Anyway, for all my friends who celebrate Christmas, Merry Christmas, especially to my friends outside Shanghai (hope you have better atmosphere there).
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Happy 2010 to you and your family.
Larry Blow
Please give Yifan a gentle little hug for me, OK? He may not know who I am (yet) but hopefully he will be able to feel the love.
Big hugs and much love to you and Wendy too!
Maybe the lights on the highrises are not as spectacular, either because of cost-cutting or environmental awareness. It is unseasonably warm. And the shopping / dining is not quite as frantic, because of economic worries.
But there's been good Christmas spirit this year.
Yesterday, I had Christmas Eve lunch with my mom, dad, brother and sister-in-law. We didn't spent alot on gifts (not as much as in past years) but it was fun opening everything wrapped up beautifully in ribbons and bows. It was nice being together.
Last night, my brother and his wife went to Catholic Mass.
Meanwhile, I waited for my husband to come home, and we had a Champagne toast.
Today, unfortunately, I'm working. But my husband (who works as a chef) prepared a great Christmas dinner for the staff here.
When I get home tonight, we'll open our Christmas stockings. (OK, we couldn't hang them by the fireplace or tree, since we don't have either in our Hong Kong flat -- but it's the thought that counts!)
Tomorrow, Boxing Day, we're having a HUGE family reunion with 26 people in my ancestral village.
I'm not very religious personally, but many of my family are Christians. Either way, it's a big holiday for many people in Hong Kong.
I wish you and your family the best.
More and more expats live at shanghai now, that is why Christmas become so popular now.