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merry christmas! (to you and you)

12.25.2002, 1:39 PM · Humor, Photos · Comments (1)

what does christmas mean to you?

I asked that question to my students at Shanghai University. Here are some of their unedited responses.

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Christmas is an important festival in western countries. Foreigners regard Christmas Day as ceremonious just like that we Chinese regard Spring Festival like New Year’s Day. According to a reliable survey, Christmas became popular with a group of fashionable young people about 30 years ago. But it was not well-known in most normal families. It was thought as a fresh thing. Nowadays, with the development of China and contact between west and east, more and more people know and celebrate this special day in many ways.

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12.25.2002, 7:58 AM · School · Comments (2)