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As usual I'm doing nothing. Christmas is not the most celebrated day in my family. Orthodox Easter is most important and don't mix it up with the other "regular" Easter the Catholics celebrate. lol!

Oh,I didn't mean Christmas.I don't celebrate Xmas.
K..Is Santa Claus from Canada?I always think so.Because he is in Canada red.

Berry

Hi berrylew, whats your plan for new years? This will be my first new years in shanghai too. Know of anything fun to celebrate?

berrylew wrote:

Oh,I didn't mean Christmas.I don't celebrate Xmas.
K..Is Santa Claus from Canada?I always think so.Because he is in Canada red.

Berry

I thought he was from China in China red!

Here is a very brief modern-day history of the origin of Santa Claus. All of this material was re-organized and edited to a simpler version to offer an overview of the modern day Santa Claus. For the "complete" history of Santa Claus, St. Nicholas, Father Christmas and Sinterklaas please refer to

Santa Claus,

Santa Claus, also known as Saint Nicholas, Saint Nick and simply "Santa", is a mythical figure with legendary, historical and folkloric origins in many Western cultures, is said to bring gifts to the homes of the good children on 24 December, the night before Christmas.

The modern Santa Claus is partially from the Dutch figure Sinterklaas. In 1773, Sinterklaas was Americanized into "Santa Claus".

Santa Claus also has part of its basis in a Christian bishop and gift-giver Saint Nicholas. Saint Nicholas of Myra was a 4th-century Greek Christian bishop. Nicholas was famous for his generous gifts to the poor.

The modern image of Santa Claus became popular in the United States and Canada in the 19th century due to the significant influence of the 1823 poem "A Visit From St. Nicholas" This image has been maintained and reinforced through song, radio, television, children's books and films.

Since the 20th century, the 1934 song "Santa Claus Is Coming to Town", now has Santa Claus making a list of ("naughty" or "nice") children throughout the world, and delivering presents, including toys, and candy to all of the well-behaved children in the world, and sometimes coal to the naughty children, on the single night of Christmas Eve. He accomplishes this feat with the aid of the elves who make the toys in the workshop and the flying reindeer who pull his sleigh.


Hope this helps,

Kris

I wonder if there will be fireworks this time... last year it was banned so we didn't even bother to go to the bund... hubby and I will have dinner with friends then go to MAO for the NYE party....

Hope you have a lovely 1st NYE in SH... there are nice places to go there in the Bund...

What places do they allow setting off lanterns? The ones that float with messages... We have a bunch, but a few years ago we tried at yu garden and the guards came and stomped them all out....

shanghaimrexpat wrote:

Hi berrylew, whats your plan for new years? This will be my first new years in shanghai too. Know of anything fun to celebrate?

Tonight is new year's eve.I will go to Nanjing Rd. with my friend for our shopping time.A lot of goods will be percented off ^-^ .Then go to the Bund.There will be lots of people.I heard this from my friends coz this is my first to celebrate new year in Shanghai either.Be careful with thieves lately.A friend of mine lost her new apple a couple of days ago.Another lost her purse......

Berry

Kris N wrote:

berrylew wrote:

Oh,I didn't mean Christmas.I don't celebrate Xmas.
K..Is Santa Claus from Canada?I always think so.Because he is in Canada red.

Berry

I thought he was from China in China red!

Here is a very brief modern-day history of the origin of Santa Claus. All of this material was re-organized and edited to a simpler version to offer an overview of the modern day Santa Claus. For the "complete" history of Santa Claus, St. Nicholas, Father Christmas and Sinterklaas please refer to

Santa Claus,

Santa Claus, also known as Saint Nicholas, Saint Nick and simply "Santa", is a mythical figure with legendary, historical and folkloric origins in many Western cultures, is said to bring gifts to the homes of the good children on 24 December, the night before Christmas.

The modern Santa Claus is partially from the Dutch figure Sinterklaas. In 1773, Sinterklaas was Americanized into "Santa Claus".

Santa Claus also has part of its basis in a Christian bishop and gift-giver Saint Nicholas. Saint Nicholas of Myra was a 4th-century Greek Christian bishop. Nicholas was famous for his generous gifts to the poor.

The modern image of Santa Claus became popular in the United States and Canada in the 19th century due to the significant influence of the 1823 poem "A Visit From St. Nicholas" This image has been maintained and reinforced through song, radio, television, children's books and films.

Since the 20th century, the 1934 song "Santa Claus Is Coming to Town", now has Santa Claus making a list of ("naughty" or "nice") children throughout the world, and delivering presents, including toys, and candy to all of the well-behaved children in the world, and sometimes coal to the naughty children, on the single night of Christmas Eve. He accomplishes this feat with the aid of the elves who make the toys in the workshop and the flying reindeer who pull his sleigh.


Hope this helps,

Kris

I hate you.

m_star08 wrote:

I wonder if there will be fireworks this time... last year it was banned so we didn't even bother to go to the bund... hubby and I will have dinner with friends then go to MAO for the NYE party....

Hope you have a lovely 1st NYE in SH... there are nice places to go there in the Bund...

Fireworks?So bad that I haven't come here years earlier.
I am going to have dinner with a friend too.It's my time to pay the bill this time.
Hmm,I am still thinking about where to go for dinner...
Whatever,Happy new year to you!^-^

Berry

KrisD wrote:

What places do they allow setting off lanterns? The ones that float with messages... We have a bunch, but a few years ago we tried at yu garden and the guards came and stomped them all out....

Oh,that is not safe to set off lanterns,right?Maybe you should find somewhere with no guards.
It's danger to play with fire.Why not look for some other activities for fun?

Berry