December 2007
Other than the Warriors, Xian gave us another unique experience. Much to our surprise, the Chinese celebrate Christmas, obviously a retailer plot to fuel rabid consumerism. So on Christmas Eve, while numerous malls unleashed armies of skinny Santas in blinking hats, the streets around The Bell Tower in the center of town were closed to traffic, and the Chinese paraded up and down the center of town with blinking Santa hats, blinking devil’s horns, Halloween masks, rabbit’s ears, Valentine’s hearts or whatever else floated their boat. It was as if they were trying to pack all celebrations into a single day. It was a bit bizarre, but fun, and we even got blinking Santa hats and multi-colored oversized lollipops (?!) as Christmas gifts. Who said that communists don’t know how to have fun?
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