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Q: Why Chinese People are celebrating Thanks Giving Day
They don't.
It's just an excuse to eat without remorse, I guess (and perhaps to look modern and cultured). Same for Christmas and Halloween.
Frankly, why not and what difference does it make? If it's an occasion to get together with friends and make merry, then surely, why not?
GuilinRaf:
Sorry, i meant to thumb up!
I agree. I had a friend back home, he and his wife were "foodies" and really good cooks to boot! One thing they love to do is to cook a "typical dish prepared on the X day of Y country" and host a dinner party for all to enjoy! We would get to taste something different, learn about a different culture AND hang out with friends.
maybe because they crave anything exotic. I don't think it is that many celebrate it. A similar question. Does any Chinese understand the meaning behind Thanksgiving?
Halloween, Valentines Day etc. also seem a little awkward. If you factor in Xmas, then it all fits together as a way of making money, the malls Xmas sales etc.
(and of course there is big money to be made on expats spending xmas in China trying to shop for cooking a traditional xmas dinner)
In a similar vein, where are there Bastille Day celebrations in some of the larger American cities, for example? Why do the American newspapers report so much on coverage of the Lunar New Year in the States, etc., etc.? It's just internationalism on the loose, I guess.
More importantly, it's probably just novelty.
crimochina:
america is a multi cultural country w have millions of people from different cultures . so trying to draw a comparison fails
It's because Chinese people in America also celebrate holidays such as Thanksgiving. And Chinese living in China knows thanksgiving is all about eating and celebrating and who doesn't like that?
It's just a craving to celebrate western culture...nothing more and nothing less.
They will never understand the true meaning but give them props for trying.
They want turkey, wait until they learn, it must be baked.
Because they can make money!!!!. There are also many muslims in China that never read the Coran, or many catholics that never read the bible but want to look like western
