Though not a Christian nation, China has been recently embracing the secular side of the Christmas holiday. There is Christmas music playing in stores and hotels and lobbys. There are trees and lights and decorations everywhere. One thing Lar and I both particularly liked was that all of the decorations didn't disappear on December 26th, like they do in America. We both wish that in America the Christmas music and decorations would start a little later (after Thanksgiving) but go until New Year's Day. But in China, everything is still decorated nicely.
One of our favorite decorations is a mounted de
er head, as you would see proudly displayed on the wall of a 
hunter in America. But if you look closely, the deer is actually Rudolph!! As Jim and Steph know, some things don't translate well into Asian culture and I guess this is one of them.
er head, as you would see proudly displayed on the wall of a 
hunter in America. But if you look closely, the deer is actually Rudolph!! As Jim and Steph know, some things don't translate well into Asian culture and I guess this is one of them.Pictures are of poor Rudolph, Abigail examining some lobby decorations, and of Lar and Abigail in front of the hotel lobby tree. Abigail LOVES the hotel lobby. We hang out there and she looks at all the marble staircases and floors and the 3 story ceilings and the grand piano and the lights and the snow flakes and chandeliers and just stares at it all. We had to explain to her that our house in America is not so fancy!!
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