Chapter 559: Christmas Eve
The date grid on the dial of the watch is rotated twice to December 23, 1994.
Tomorrow night is Christmas Eve, the day after tomorrow is Christmas, and New York is enveloped in a cheerful atmosphere.
In this era of lack of entertainment, the festival is people's favorite thing, in addition to the company's official holiday tomorrow, being able to have time to gather with friends and family also accounts for a large part of the factor.
Christmas was originally a holiday that belonged to all Catholics and Christians, but after several media campaigns and business hype, Christmas is now an ordinary secular holiday for more people......
Kids love Santa Claus the most.
Anya, such a smart girl, is convinced of the fact that "there is Santa Claus", and vows that she will receive a gift from him every year, and she will see it in her socks the next day, a set of oil paintbrushes last year, and a pair of shoes the year before.
Han Xuan was also simple when he was a child in his previous life, and he put his stinky socks at the bedside at night and smoked them for a long time before falling asleep.
It's a pity that Huaxia's parents didn't have the concept of secretly putting gifts, and when they got up the next day, they found that their socks were taken to wash by their own mother.
After a few meals, he slipped away to school, and never believed in the fat old man who never changed his clothes all his life, and also abused the reindeer to help him pull the cart, and did not want to think about how heavy he was.
Secretly rolled her eyes and didn't disturb Anya's childhood.
Han Xuan sat cross-legged on the sofa, eating oat milk for breakfast.
Her hair grew again, and she was forced by Anya to tie up her pigtails and want to be her sister.
Han Xuan was particularly unhappy about this, muttering that he was older than her, and it was clear that he was a sister or not
"Later, we'll go out on the street to buy something, to decorate the Christmas tree, and tell the babysitters that we'll buy the ingredients for Christmas Eve dinner. ”
"Well, where?
This Christmas tree is so big that you have a lot to buy. ”
Anya looked at the beautiful fir tree in the living room, which was more than four meters tall.
In the West, trees that meet the conditions of pine, evergreen, and triangular shape can actually be used as "Christmas trees".
Fir is the most traditional type of Christmas tree, and even if it dries after being cut, the leaves do not fall off easily and can be preserved for a long time.
"I haven't thought about it yet, anyway, I don't have anything to do today, let's go shopping on the street.
If it doesn't work, go to SOS supermarket, there should be a place to sell decorations"
While the two were talking, Fat Ding was tinkering in front of the TV, and his short and thick claws pressed all the buttons, but he still couldn't turn them on.
The face is full of tangled, scratching his head with his paws, turning his head in confusion, and meowing to ask his master.
Han Xuan has been watching it for a while, and it is indeed a bit difficult to turn on a TV without a plug.
But I didn't remind Fat Ding, I like to see its stupid appearance the most.
Little Barry was still sleeping, curled up and sleeping by the fireplace with Pooh, and with the development of the city, the old fireplace became an ornament, and the city did not allow firewood to be burned.
Wake up Barry, yesterday I took Fat Ding to the New York Central Library, and I couldn't go to the street with a large group of animals, so I could only take turns.
Pooh's fierce guy definitely didn't have a chance, and today it was the turn of the panda, and he won the second in the draw.
After changing your shoes and getting in the car, the extended Cadillac drives down the street, the leaves of the plane trees are gone, and the magpie's nest is exposed to the air.
Two magpies are bouncing on the branches, calling cheerfully, as if they are also welcoming the arrival of the festival.
Christmas rings have been hung in front of nearby residents, made of pine branches with silver metal and golden bells, and then tied with red ribbons.
It is said that green can ward off evil spirits, and the green leaves of holly make people feel a breath of spring in the cold winter wax moon.
Just like the Spring Festival in the first month of China, relatives and friends greet each other, in December, when Americans meet and greet each other, they will say this:
“HappyHoliday!”
Christmas is the most important holiday of the year in the country, and people begin to prepare for this solemn holiday as soon as Thanksgiving Day passes in November every year.
In supermarkets, on highways, and outside the school gates, Christmas trees are erected one by one.
Citizens also began to decorate their courtyards, windows and rooms, and every household was dressed in festive costumes.
The walls were painted with Santa Claus or Christmas tree graffiti, and the residents weren't too happy about the pranks, but it seemed to be funny, so they didn't clean it up until the holiday was over.
Barry looked straight out the window, looking at the oddities on both sides of the road.
The city was a little strange to it, and whenever a car honked its horn, its fat body would tremble, as if it was afraid, and soon it got used to it, writhing in Anya's arms, and came to the window to put its face on it.
Starting in early December, a 22-meter-tall Christmas tree will be erected in front of the Rockefeller Center Tower on 48th to 51st Streets, a project that has not been canceled since it was acquired by Japan.
Adorned with thousands of lights, the Christmas tree has become one of the most important streetscapes for New Yorkers to celebrate Christmas.
Come to the Saks Fifth Avenue department store across the street from Rockefeller Center.
After getting out of the car, Xiao Bari looked in Han Xuan's arms, smelled the smell of the bakery, and anxiously opened his mouth to point, asking Han Xuan to take him over.
The appearance of a giant panda in the downtown caused many passers-by to scream, most of them New Yorkers who had come out to buy, and some tourists who had come from all over the world.
Two weeks before Christmas, the store ushered in the peak sales period, and all stores began to sell discounts, including high-end brands such as LV and Hermès, and the closer to Christmas, the more discounts there were, so Fifth Avenue was full of people.
Han Xuan saw that he was surrounded by a surging crowd, and shouted with a smile: "I'm sorry, Xiaobali is very scared, please don't disturb it." ”
When the people nearby heard this, their voices gradually became quieter, and Han Xuan shook his head and refused for some requests to touch it.
After showing them for a while, he pulled Anya through the crowd, walked through the revolving door, and walked towards the department store.
There are red, green, and white everywhere, and these are the Christmas colors.
The red one has a pintch of Christmas flowers and Christmas candles, the green one is a Christmas tree, and the white one has fake snowflakes, a snowman, and Santa's beard......
In the center of the first floor of Saks-Fifth-Avenue, a Christmas tree made of silver metal is erected and is glittering.
A raffle is held under the tree, and as long as you buy $100 or more in the mall, you can redeem an instant scratch ticket with your invoice.
The first prize is a BMW R-1100-GS motorcycle, the second prize is a 10-day travel voucher for two people to Europe, and the third prize is $5,000 in cash, along with a whole host of small gifts waiting for those who don't win.
Many people are under the tree, pouting and lying on the ground to scratch the prize, complaining about their bad luck, and walking away with a small puppet or pendant (to be continued). )