tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3263613130427456647.post7770363258478989310..comments2024-03-09T12:28:08.537+08:00Comments on Isidor's Fugue: Christmas in ChinaBrian Glucrofthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02144046195231802682noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3263613130427456647.post-39335437353960297742011-12-28T23:56:22.340+08:002011-12-28T23:56:22.340+08:00There's been some interesting work done by soc...There's been some interesting work done by sociologists on the connection between Chinese food and American Jews in New York. I may share more on that later.<br /><br />Your alternatives to Chinese food sound good, too. Actually, as a kid my family would sometimes go to the movie theater. Sometimes there'd just be one other family there.Brian Glucrofthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02144046195231802682noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3263613130427456647.post-82817126916113178932011-12-28T06:12:12.822+08:002011-12-28T06:12:12.822+08:00I heard quite a few variant jokes on Jewish folk ...I heard quite a few variant jokes on Jewish folk going to eat at Chinese resturaunts on the BBC Xmas eve segment. Lighthearted humour by two Jewish comediennes.<br /><br />Non-Christian gentiles curl up with a good book over Xmas or at least with someone who has read one.<br /><br />I enjoyed ploughing thru a mass of libary books and dvds, since I'm of the view that Chinese food is simply over-rated. <br /><br />To state the obvious, Xmas in China has little to do with theology and more to do with name brand consumerism. 60% of post Xmas sales in London this year were purchased by Chinese tourists, a fact which lead the head of the the Chanber of Commerce thewre to wax in almost orgasmic terms.<br /><br />In my neck of the woods, Xmas was all about family and old friends, major sporting events and volunteering. This says a lot about the contrasting civil societies. (I'm leaving out Chinese New year of course.)KingTubbyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14414648192564955665noreply@blogger.com