Glad to see the body was removed fairly quickly. I mean, honestly, who wants to look at that at Christmas?
Its retail therapy, covers almost the entire gender* and avoids body confidence issues that can be connected with every other aspect of fashion.
Then there is shoepidity, wearing uncomfortable shoes simply cause they look good.
*some women don’t like their feet for some reason.
Declan
I’m not sure. I only know one woman and she just went that way shouting “The Shoesah!”
Agreed. The odds of this story being true are miniscule.
Anyone read Chinese? Here are apparently the Chinese sources:
http://opinion.hexun.com/2013-12-09/160414722.html
http://photos.caijing.com.cn/2013-12-09/113667225_1.html#pic_bt
It seems a bit of an overreaction. If it is true, I wonder if he was so confused he forgot what floor they were on and thought he’d survive or just break a leg and not have to shop with her anymore.
Ironically, now she does need new shoes for the funeral.
Apparently so, although they don’t always get the nuances.
A friend of mine swears he was in a shopping mall in China where they had a Santa… nailed to a cross.
Christmas, you’re doing it wrong.
Hmm. Right.
I shall be having words with him.
:mad:
Wile E:
Close the thread, we have a winner.
Christmas in China is *not *big And it is recent. 30 years ago it was *completely *non existent. 20 years ago in Shanghai Christmas was pretty hard to find. 10 years ago getting an excused absence for a 3 year old from preschool in Shanghai, the most “Western” of Chinese cities, because it was Christmas was really pushing the envelope. It’s gotten a bit bigger more recently and probably just because all that xmas crap is made in China and then leftovers sold cheaply. And yes, to the extent it is “celebrated”, its a secular holiday with a few Christian worshippers thrown into the mix. As in eat and get drunk and maybe give out a present for fun.
When I lived in Japan in the early 90’s, Christmas eve was for one thing for the 20 something crowd - SEX. Some movie star came out saying the Christmas eve was about romance maybe in the 80’s and it turned into a bonk fest. Not that that is a bad thing, mind you. I don’t know if this tradition still holds.
Have a “Marui Christmas” was a great tag line one year I lived in Japan in the 90’s. Marui was one of the big department stores.
I’m reminded of the ending of A Christmas Story where the staff of the Chinese restaurant is singing Xmas carols to Ralphie’s family.
Christmas in Japan is much bigger than in Taiwan.
China Guy, you caught the biggest period for the Christmas is for romance period. There were a zillion tv shows all about the question if the couple could overcome all of their problems and remain a couple until Christmas Eve. You would hear of guys spending a couple of grand on an other-the-top present, dinner at a fancy restaurant and a night at Hilton.
Families eat what they call a Christmas cake on Christmas The 25th isn’t special at all. Back several decades ago, when women were getting married much earlier than now, a woman not married by the age of 25 was jokingly called a “Christmas cake.” That is, a leftover no one wants. Fortunately that has stopped.
In contrast, there are very few Christmas decorations here in the small Taiwan town I live.