Shanghai white-collars to have a 'childish' Christmas

时间：2006-12-22 06:00:04

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Chinanews, Shanghai, December 21 – Many young white-collar workers in Shanghai are planning to have a 'childish' Christmas this year, to revive the happiness of the Children's Day in the past.

 

In fact, many young people in China feel bored with Christmas parties. Thus hundreds of people applied1 for the “childish Christmas”activity, after the iniator putting the information on an online forum2. Some of them have even started to practice childhood games in anticipation3 of the activity.

 

“In fact, we all feel homesick for the happiness of our childhood, ”said Zhao, the initiatior. “Besides, I want a change this Christmas, not just parties.”

 

Thus Zhao choose to spend Christmas this year in the park on carrousels and see-saws. After he published his idea on the forum, he found that many people would like to join him, so he finally decided4 to organize the activity.

 

Experts think that it is good for Shanghainese to add something novel; into Christmas celebration, an imported festival in China, to give it a distinct Chinese feature.

 
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1 applied Tz2zXA     
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  • They're holding a forum on new ways of teaching history.他们正在举行历史教学讨论会。
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  • We waited at the station in anticipation of her arrival.我们在车站等着，期待她的到来。
  • The animals grew restless as if in anticipation of an earthquake.各种动物都变得焦躁不安，像是感到了地震即将发生。
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