tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8330825396856032144.post7387024218536246680..comments2018-03-08T05:07:58.660-08:00Comments on East versus Midwest: One version of a Beijing ChristmasLaura Barnharthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07361859070644033727noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8330825396856032144.post-63189650564064175232008-12-31T11:53:00.000-08:002008-12-31T11:53:00.000-08:00I hope you are planning to publish these musings a...I hope you are planning to publish these musings at some point. You write so well and it is fun to read. In fact, that should be your career. Have you ever read anything by Peter Mayle? Read A Year in Provence. You are just as good.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8330825396856032144.post-29103845602559384352008-12-28T06:26:00.000-08:002008-12-28T06:26:00.000-08:00It sounds that you celebrated Christmas à la chino...It sounds that you celebrated Christmas à la chinoise very well, Laura!<BR/><BR/>"I hope you next year more beautiful" is cryptic, but somehow very funny.<BR/><BR/>It's so incongruous to think of Santa Claus and Christmas music - both wholly Western concepts - making a presence in China.<BR/><BR/>Happy New Year - the January 1st one, I mean!d-painehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10685679862476246117noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8330825396856032144.post-74864032796345547282008-12-28T06:18:00.000-08:002008-12-28T06:18:00.000-08:00"I hope you next year more beautiful." That is a ..."I hope you next year more beautiful." That is a cryptic remark, but somehow very funny. It's so incongruous to think of Santa Claus and Christmas music, wholly Western concepts and sounds, making a presence in China.<BR/><BR/>It sounds like you spent a pretty good Christmas à la chinoise, Laura!<BR/><BR/>Happy New Year - the January 1st one, I mean.<BR/><BR/>DTPd-painehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10685679862476246117noreply@blogger.com