Comments on: It doesn’t feel at all like Christmas http://www.chrisamico.com/2006/12/22/it-doesnt-feel-at-all-like-christmas/ Dispatches from somewhere far away Fri, 22 Aug 2008 02:40:17 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: Chris http://www.chrisamico.com/2006/12/22/it-doesnt-feel-at-all-like-christmas/#comment-95 Chris Sat, 23 Dec 2006 05:19:00 +0000 http://www.chrisamico.com/blog/2006/12/22/it-doesnt-feel-at-all-like-christmas/#comment-95 I was actually supposed to give a final on Christmas day, but I seem to have wriggled out of it. Looks like instead I'll be on a bus to Shenyang (more on that later). Oh, tis the season. I was actually supposed to give a final on Christmas day, but I seem to have wriggled out of it. Looks like instead I’ll be on a bus to Shenyang (more on that later). Oh, tis the season.

]]> By: Ben Seeberger http://www.chrisamico.com/2006/12/22/it-doesnt-feel-at-all-like-christmas/#comment-96 Ben Seeberger Fri, 22 Dec 2006 16:45:00 +0000 http://www.chrisamico.com/blog/2006/12/22/it-doesnt-feel-at-all-like-christmas/#comment-96 The most hilarious (<--sarcasm) thing about this whole Christmas thing, is that foreign teachers don't get the day off, and yet you can find Chinese-dressed Santas standing in for hostesses at hip restaurants, and lights strung about certain neighborhoods like fancy hood ornaments.<br /><br />I think I've been lucky, because my school for the most part, is 99% foreigners, which means that during Christmas, they are all gone anyways. I'll be using this newfound time (I am realizing how newly found it truly is whenever I speak to my friends who are teachers) to attend Christ Mass at the local catholic church on Sunday. The most hilarious (< --sarcasm) thing about this whole Christmas thing, is that foreign teachers don't get the day off, and yet you can find Chinese-dressed Santas standing in for hostesses at hip restaurants, and lights strung about certain neighborhoods like fancy hood ornaments.

I think I’ve been lucky, because my school for the most part, is 99% foreigners, which means that during Christmas, they are all gone anyways. I’ll be using this newfound time (I am realizing how newly found it truly is whenever I speak to my friends who are teachers) to attend Christ Mass at the local catholic church on Sunday.

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