China

Christmas

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The one percent of Chinese citizens who consider themselves Christians

unofficially, and usually privately, celebrate

Christmas.

In China, December 25 is

not a legal holiday.

They decorate their Christmas trees, which they call

"Trees of Light," with paper chains, paper flowers, and paper

lanterns.

Christians in China celebrate by lighting their

houses with beautiful paper

lanterns.

The Chinese Christians they sit

down with relatives to a large meal on Christmas day, but

it could be served at either lunch or dinner. Usually

instead of turkey, they prepare foods such as roast pork, chicken, soup with bull ears and rice

salad.

The food

The weather in China is not the most ideal

for Christmas. Normally there is a wet

weather and freezing cold but usually it

never snows. It rains a lot and there’s fog.

Chinese Children hang muslin stockings and

await a visit from Santa Claus, who they call Dun Che Lao Ren (dwyn-chuh-lau-oh-run) which means

"Christmas Old Man.“ Who puts the presents

under the Christmas tree as required by tradition.