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[quote=JABAROOTOO,262899]Despite living in Chongqing this is something that I have not been able to understand.

I have spent four Christmas's here in this city and while many of the foreigners I know have witnessed this most strange of phenomenon's, most of us are quite perplexed by it.

It resembles Christmas in no other country or city in China that I am aware of and has become quite a dangerous evening especially for a foreigner who is likely to be mobbed in the excitement.  2000 extra police !!!!!!!!!!!!

It looks more like New Years Eve which is also celebrated here in this fashion but without the fireworks.  I  ventured down town on New Years Eve 2004 but left on the advice of Chinese friends before midnight but not without being sprayed with 'snow' and my friends were hammered with the plastic hammers.

New Years Eve 2006 I spent in Chongqing's second major shopping district SanXia Square in Shapingba.  After dinner and drinks with friends we left our restaurant/bar in some trepidation to 'run the gauntlet' of crowds that we suspected would be gathering in the square.    Imagine our surprise when we emerged into the cold night to find the square completely deserted.  Our small group constituted a 'crowd'.

Everyone must have been in Jiefangbei.  We could hardly believe it.

This Christmas Eve I will spend in my home as well and be glad to be indoors and safe.

HAPPY NEW YEAR[/quote]

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