Ho ho ho

Topic of the day: A Beijing Christmas

 

'Tis the time of year for mistletoes and egg nogs, snow flakes and candy canes, christmas trees and holiday songs.  Being in Beijing, the following is more likely to be christmas lights and traffic jams, smog and an occasional glass of mulled wine, plastic christmas trees and there-would've-been-snow-had-there-been-any-precipitation. But of course, celebrating the holidays in Beijing has its charms.

 

Living in a foreign foreign city generally means that the holiday season is a time to catch up with old friends, meeting new ones, or developing better relationships with existing ones.  For little ol' "local plus" me, this past weekend proved itself to be quite busy.  Notable activities this Christmas weekend included KTV with colleagues, Christmas Eve dinner with Beijing trainee friends and FOAs, AIESEC China's MC Christmass party, and ice skating and ice chairing at Hohai Lake with Stephanie.  All those proved to be very enjoyable activities, though it is still with regret that I have to admit to myself that even though I am not tone deaf, I am far from being the next pop star (in China or America).

 

Now with the lovely three day Christmas weekend over, the countdown has begun for the New Years...  It should be interesting!