although the word "Merry Christmas" always sounds awkward in many people's ears, we don't have to answer "Why are we spending Christmas just because we have black hair and yellow skin?" Find all sorts of reasons for yourself. To find a reason, it is nothing more than one kind of criticism in public opinion. Some people say that Christmas carnival is an excuse for happiness; some say that it is all caused by business hype; and some even think that it is the result of "holiday colonialism invasion." Hey, what's going on. There are different opinions and there is no consensus. In fact, none of them is important.

We should think carefully: why does Christmas, as an import, become more and more lively year after year? On the contrary, in people's eyes, why are there less expectations for traditional Chinese festivals except for holidays? There is only one reason: there is too much cultural baggage in the connotation of Chinese festivals, and there is a lack of happiness genes such as "carnival". If the burden is too heavy, there will be no passion. Without passion, there is no fun, there is no fun to look forward to, sooner or later are covered in bed. The carnival of Christmas stimulates people's passion from the boredom, and the vitality of life finds an opportunity to vent here, so the joy of life blows out overnight. Christmas is not the only example, and so is Valentine's Day. On Qixi Festival's night, the Cowherd and the Weaver Girl told the bitterness of the separation of flesh and blood across the Milky way, secreting "beta adrenaline" and transmitting only human grief. And a bunch of roses, a piece of chocolate, an orange lamp, stimulate estrogen and androgens, so under the calm appearance, people perform a different kind of carnival scene. Maybe this is why people chase foreign festivals nowadays.

A survey has been conducted on the age structure of Christmas Eve revelers. Only 7% of minors are under 18 years old, 46% of those aged 18 to 25 years old, 18% of those aged 25 to 28 years old, and 29% of those over 28 years old. The conclusion is that young people are the main force of Christmas. But in fact, the catharsis of passion and the spread of vitality are not the monopoly of young people, but the instinctive spiritual needs of people of different ages. For us entering the post-industrial era, such opportunities are too rare. In an increasingly competitive environment, various pressures from study, employment, and work have reduced people's passion for life, and to activate it, we need opportunities and more eclectic forms, including opportunities and behaviors provided by foreign cultures.

We can reject a culture, but there is no reason to refuse the opportunity to have more passion and vitality in life. Human vitality is the spiritual driving force to promote social progress. A passionate and dynamic society can give birth to more impulses to create and innovate, and can explore more and all kinds of opportunities. In recent years, the business impulse, consumption impulse and cultural impulse caused by Christmas have provided countless opportunities for the society. Businesses stimulate consumption by Christmas, and mainly target young people and well-educated people, creating a new commercial highlight between National Day and New Year's Day; in the name of Christmas, folk social activities and young people's entertainment activities are rich and colorful, objectively driving the social service industry; cities and homes are also beautifully decorated and full of spring in the cold season. Such a fact is worth a hundred reasons.

in fact, Christmas, as a "universal" holiday, has been commercialized all over the world. Since then, Westerners have changed the quiet and solemn "original" atmosphere in the stable on the night of Jesus' arrival into a day of material and spiritual carnival. Christmas is just a day to make everyone happy. In China, many people may not be interested in knowing the religious background of Christmas at all and will not carry any cultural burden for foreigners; because it is a foreign culture, on this day, people can leave the complicated "etiquette" of traditional Chinese festivals behind. Therefore, Christmas will continue to be a commercial holiday in China, just like the rest of the world. What else are we worried about?

-from: Minsi blog-