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(China Daily)
Updated: 2009-12-30 09:17

On 'Why Christmas is getting increasingly popular'

Trapped in an outdated tradition

Believe it or not, China still has an outdated writing system and a calendar for its holidays and festivals which younger generations of china find too hard to learn. That's why Chinese holidays and festivals are not popular at all like Western ones. China please wake up and stop being trapped in old traditions.

Sin'hoa'ren

Love our culture

I am surprised that the author regarded our own holiday as "tacky". I found it very tacky and naive. Have you watched the movie Miracle on 34th Street? One of the important reasons is that if the court supported "no Christmas", then they would have to lay off all the unionized workers, with no more productivity, and therefore no more surplus for the bourgeois. Of course, no work for the workers means violence and war will be on the way. Do not be fooled by so-called "sophisticated holiday". Look at the history and motivation behind it. We Chinese celebrate Christmas because we see the holiday is associated with love, giving, compassion and togetherness. Do you know how many foreigners are sending their children to learn the Chinese language? Because they say, China, that is where the future lies!

Daling

The world embraces universal values

Christmas is about peace, love and goodwill to all. Its themes are universal. China has a few holidays that are also being spread around the world because they share a common value, like Chinese New Year, where people wish for prosperity in the new year. Many people outside China also celebrate this tradition. Hopefully, China can find more traditions that share a common bond with humanity and can be shared across boarders and cultures.

Santa

On 'Single people's Christmas crisis'

Feel same half a world away

Here I am in New York City, a few decades older than your writer, and feeling the same way. What's missing are some (network) institutional fixes, for the situation. Perhaps some restaurants could set up special "singles" tables during the holiday period. That would be a fix of a sort. But I'm sure other people can come up with some other things. It's the same situation all over the world and needs some new traditions, as "solutions".

Henry N.

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