Celebrating Christmas in China has certainly been a different experience than celebrating it at home. While there are the decorations, there is not the hustle and bustle of the holiday season. No Christmas parties, no Santas on every corner and no rush to get some last minute shopping in. I missed being at home with family and friends and everything that goes along with the holiday season.
That being said, I still had a nice Christmas. On Christmas Eve I went to a party with lots of friends. Not too different from most other nights, except that there were some Christmas decoration and I sported a Santa hat. Fun nonetheless.
Of course I had to work on Christmas day. It wasn't quite the same waking up and having to get ready for work as opposed to rolling out of bed, showing up at my parents(still in pajamas), gorging myself on the amazing breakfast my mom makes and then sitting back and letting it all digest as we rip through the mound of presents beneath the tree.
We did however, have a Christmas feast. We called ahead at a decent, albeit overpriced, western restaurant and secured ourselves a couple of turkeys. We had to call ahead, as the turkey seems to be non existent here in Asia.In total, 17 of us met to partake in my first Christmas away from home. We had turkey and gravy, fish, mashed potatoes, salads, the oh-so-traditional Christmas nachos and cheesecake and tiramisu for dessert. By the end of dinner, we all basically
had to be rolled out of there. There were people there from all different parts of the world: America, England, Australia, China, Korea and Holland. It was cool to celebrate with new friends and that we could all get into the spirit of the holiday with each other, even so far away from home.
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Merry Christmas, Amanda #2! I'm so glad to hear you were able to secure turkeys for your Christmas dinner....I was very worried! ;)
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