Christmas and Christmas Eve are festivals for foreigners. Why should we in China follow them? We are not abroad, but in China.

The origins of Christmas and Christmas Eve are related to religion, but now people no longer care about the nature of that religion. Christmas in China has been divorced from the religious significance, and it is purely a hollow festival to promote consumption and entertainment. Christmas is like a hodgepodge, with everything, such as business promotion, dog abuse by couples, friends gathering, children carnival ... people just find a reason to get together with relatives and friends to release pressure.

When foreigners learn Chinese and like the traditional culture of China, we are full of pride. How can we become "worshipping foreign things and admiring foreign things" after a foreign festival? Isn't this a double standard? If we blindly resist western culture, even if traditional culture can hold up, it will be another closed door.

"Cultural self-confidence" is by no means "cultural conceit". China people celebrate foreign festivals, which is not only the lack of cultural self-confidence, but also the performance of utilitarianism. We should make up for the deficiency, discard the dross and take the essence. We don't have to worry about China people abandoning traditional festivals because of "foreign festivals", just as westerners don't abandon Christmas because of the Spring Festival.

For example, my undergraduate major is English, but I never worry that I will lose my cultural confidence, because culture is deeply rooted in the bone marrow.

Above. I hope it helps you. Thank you.