Christmas Pizza With Daughter One inconvenient part about Christmas not being a publicly observed holiday in China is that the schools here hold class as normal on Christmas Day. Since my beautiful daughter lives at school during the week, I wasn’t going to get to see her on Christmas day. …
Christmas, Friends, and Pizza Back when I first came to China, food was a frequent topic of conversation. One of the common questions people asked me was “Which western food do you miss the most.” I replied “I miss good pizza.” The inevitable response was something along the lines …
My Chinese Christmas Tree Although Christmas isn’t an official holiday here in China, it’s sort of observed, at least on the retail level. Shops put up Christmas trees, play endless Christmas songs (often including several different singers doing the same song in a row) are played, and the clerks …