Christmas 2020/21

[Randy W]

• from the Sixth Tone on Facebook

https://www.facebook.com/1570821646570023/posts/2833464160305759/

Quote

 

The eastern e-commerce hub of Yiwu typically exports four-fifths of the world’s Christmas decorations. But now, vendors are wrapping up a frustrating year of disappointing sales and unsold stock.

“Everything went wrong since the (COVID-19) outbreak.”

 

Yiwu Christmas Sellers Not Having Most Wonderful Time of the Year

• Last Christmas, Yiwu gave you everything. But the very next year, you stayed away.

Quote

 

According to state news agency Xinhua, four-fifths of the world’s Christmas decorations are exported from Yiwu. Sales last year were worth some 1.92 billion yuan (then $277 million), up nearly 24% compared with the previous year, city customs statistics show.

Though most manufacturers haven’t finished this year’s sales reports, vendors tell Sixth Tone very few have reached even half of the previous year’s numbers.

“Everything went wrong since the (COVID-19) outbreak,” Wang Guofang, the owner of Yiwu Ruinan Christmas, tells Sixth Tone, adding that she lost around 70% of her annual orders. “In the beginning, it was recruiting workers, then receiving orders, and then shipping goods abroad.”

 

 

[Randy W]

’Tis the season of joy. Christmas trees and installations attracting selfie-seekers looking to light up their social media feeds. Check out snapshots of Christmas decorations from Shanghai and around China.

from the Sixth Tone on Facebook 
https://www.facebook.com/sixthtone/posts/3118933245092181

Christmas in China: Santa, Snowman, Spruce Trees, and More
A photo collage of Chinese cities donned in a festive holiday mood.

Quote

Christmas is the most popular Western holiday in China, and the country has largely embraced the commercial aspects — not religious connotations — associated with the festival. While anti-Christmas rhetoric has gained ground over the years, disparaging people for “blindly following” Western holidays, experts believe such boycotts mostly come from cultural revivalists, and that “excluding foreign cultures is never a viable way to pass on one’s own traditions.”

 

[Martin B]

Merry Christmas Randy, I know it's not a big deal over there but do you guys do anything special?

[danb]

I would like to make a wish to One and to All: have a very Merry Christmas.!! Have a great day!!  Danb.

[Randy W]

11 hours ago, Barfus said:

Merry Christmas Randy, I know it's not a big deal over there but do you guys do anything special?

School day - Chenxi is still getting outside tutoring. Jiaying says it will continue (here in Yulin) into next year.

I did manage to explain to her that it's not "Marry Christmas", but "Merry Christmas".

Edited December 26, 2021 by Randy W (see edit history)

[Martin B]

On 12/25/2021 at 10:28 AM, danb said:

I would like to make a wish to One and to All: have a very Merry Christmas.!! Have a great day!!  Danb.

Thank you sir! Hope you guys had a great day