Christmas

As of this blog post, it’s only a short time  until Santa sneaks into Beijing, his sack stuffed with splendid treats for good little boys and girls. Lucky the Good Children List has now gone on the world wide web, otherwise how on earth would Santa know how to find expat kids living in Beijing?

Santa appears to many Western kids in a red, fur trimmed suit bursting at the seams, but this image is a relatively new incarnation. The modern day version of the jolly Santa Claus who whisks across the star-sprinkled skies in his sleigh, is believed to be an amalgamation of images brought to life in the early 19th Century. Writer Clement Clarke Moore in The Night Before Christmas described Santa dressed from head to foot in fur, with a jelly belly, cherry-like nose and a beard white as snow. He also gave Santa eight reindeer (can you name them all? answer below) and even devised his chimney deliveries.

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As of this blog post, it’s only a short time  until Santa sneaks into Beijing, his sack stuffed with splendid treats for good little boys and girls. Lucky the Good Children List has now gone on the world wide web, otherwise how on earth would Santa know how to find expat kids living in Beijing?

Santa appears to many Western kids in a red, fur trimmed suit bursting at the seams, but this image is a relatively new incarnation. The modern day version of the jolly Santa Claus who whisks across the star-sprinkled skies in his sleigh, is believed to be an amalgamation of images brought to life in the early 19th Century. Writer Clement Clarke Moore in The Night Before Christmas described Santa dressed from head to foot in fur, with a jelly belly, cherry-like nose and a beard white as snow. He also gave Santa eight reindeer (can you name them all? answer below) and even devised his chimney deliveries.

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It’s around this time of year that thoughts of Christmas begin to invade my head, and I’m looking at this Saturday (December 1) as the unofficial start of the holiday season in Beijing. There’s a confluence of events around town that day that’ll keep you and the kids merry from morning to night.

Start off at 10am by visiting the Rotary Club's Christmas Bazaar at the Hilton Hotel where there will be 30 to 40 tables of vendors selling their wares – a perfect place to shop for holiday gifts.

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It’s around this time of year that thoughts of Christmas begin to invade my head, and I’m looking at this Saturday (December 1) as the unofficial start of the holiday season in Beijing. There’s a confluence of events around town that day that’ll keep you and the kids merry from morning to night.

Start off at 10am by visiting the Rotary Club's Christmas Bazaar at the Hilton Hotel where there will be 30 to 40 tables of vendors selling their wares – a perfect place to shop for holiday gifts.

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