Happy seasonal spending

For youths Christmas is just fun

The Western religious festival is so trendy that it may be the second-most-celebrated festival in China after Spring Festival among young Chinese, according to research conducted by the China Social Survey Institute, which found that 15-to 45-year-olds are the most likely to observe it... Many Chinese have become so much in tune with globalization that they don't really care whether this is Western or Chinese.

theatlantic.com, Dec 24

Some of the netizens boycotting Christmas said Chinese people should pay more attention to their own traditional festivals. That's a good idea, but the most effective way to do that is to make the traditional Chinese festivals more interesting.

cnhubei.com, Dec 25

Christmas does not darken traditional Chinese culture as some suggest. People treat it as a carnival, without paying much attention to the cultural or religious meaning behind it. Sure we need to protect traditional culture, but there is no need to be over-sensitive about all foreign elements.

wenming.cn, Dec 25

As a nation with millenniums of civilization, China should be confident enough to tolerate the importing of foreign festivals. The carnival of Christmas not only boosts consumption and stimulates economic development, it also provides the working population with a short break in which to relax - why boycott it? It is a good thing.

cjn.cn, Dec 25

Everyone has the right to welcome, ignore or refuse a festival, but by locking the college gate and threatening to take disciplinary action against any student celebrating Christmas Eve outside, the college has created a farce that is hard to believe.

Beijing News, via Sina micro blog, Dec 25