Christmas in China is just a normal day to majority of people. My husband goes to work and my son goes to school.
It was so weird and lonely in the first few years, but I had to live with it.
I try to make it more bearable by putting up a tree and having presents underneath it. It makes us feel the Christmas excitement in our home, at least. We open the gifts on Christmas day, it could be in the morning or evening, whenever is a good and not rushing time for my husband (he is a lecturer, so if he has morning lecture, he'll have to leave early).
There are times, when my husband has lectures until late, I'll take my son for a Christmas dinner out in a restaurant, to make it special. Not sure what we do this year, though... Covid makes it hard to wander around the city, even if it's just for a meal. We might just have a delivered meal at home.
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