Christmas in China
Christmas is definitely a little different in China. But at least I found some great turkey and dressing!! And got in a couple of rounds of golf too!As I mentioned in another recent posting, any day is most like any other day here. Christmas is no different. Our factory was working right along, like most in China. Since our company is owned out of Hong Kong, they do observe Christmas as a holiday, so I and all our staff had the day off. But the factory kept right on putting out products.
I even went out Christmas Day to get my new PDA phone fixed, and you would have thought it was that shopping day they call Black Friday in the US, instead of actually being Christmas Day. The stores were packed with folks, and many sales were in process. I think they believe Christmas is a day to hold sales.
My favorite local pub, One for the Road did have some great festivities for the weekend. For many it was one long party of about 4 days. I just visited several times. Thankfully! The complimentary shots were nice, but there were too many rounds.
The other kind of shots were more enjoyable on the golf course. We had a couple of good rounds between friends at our nearby course. Weather was ideal for it too. All days were cool in the morning and evening, but as the Brits like to term it: “fine” during the day.
But it was Christmas Day buffet at the pub that was the highlight of the weekend. Having turkey and dressing was great. They even had custard and bread. And the other items were good too, even if most were of the English tilt.
It was particularly refreshing to get the turkey and dressing, after the unique Christmas Eve dinner I shared with some friends. We had a great meal, but Thai food for Christmas Eve just doesn’t seem right. The Thai restaurant even gave out party favor bags to all the patrons. I didn’t know they bagged Santa hats with horns and poppers. It was fun, but again just didn’t seem right for Christmas.
Even the pub got into the party act. They pulled out the confetti guns planned for the New Year’s party. They may not have any left for next week now. Oh well, it was fun anyway.
posted by A Bryson (formerly) in China @ 4:27 PM
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