Chapter 868 Dating (6)
When passing by the square in front of a shopping mall, Xia Siyu saw a huge Christmas tree. Christmas trees are actually in every large shopping mall, but this shopping mall is near the old embassy area in the past, all of which are Western-style buildings with warm lights hanging. From a distance, it looks like Europe.
In recent years, businesses have held many Western-style festivals for promotion and young people have held many Western-style festivals for fun. For example, Christmas, if it were in the West, would be similar to the "Spring Festival". There would indeed be believers who would hold midnight mass in the early morning, but no one would come out to hand out candy - another festival related to grabbing candy is Halloween.
More often, it is a family reunion, which is similar to "New Year's Eve" and "New Year's Day". After the mass, the family returned home and reunited. Some Western countries combine Christmas and New Year's Day into one big holiday, especially like the Spring Festival holiday.
She used to live in Italy, and her mother was not a believer, so things like going to church for worship would not happen. But when in Rome, do as the Romans do. As one of the most important festivals in the Christian world, she would also set up a Christmas tree in the small courtyard outside her home, and hang red socks on the Christmas tree, and give different Christmas gifts according to her recent performance. Every household would hang such warm yellow lights for decoration, and the family would also have a big meal together.
Moreover, when she was a child, she had the deepest impression of Christmas or New Year's Day, because her father would usually come to spend the holidays with her and her mother. As the heir of the Xia family, Xia Youbiao had to spend traditional festivals such as the Spring Festival at home, and he had to worship and visit relatives and friends, and he couldn't move away at all. But Christmas was different. Christmas was close to the Spring Festival, and the West was also having a long holiday. Although it was busy at the end of the year, he could always take out one or two days to come and have a "reunion dinner" with them. So when she was young, Xia Siyu always looked forward to Christmas.
But when she grew up, she gradually discovered that Santa Claus would not come in through the chimney and put gifts in your socks. She also gradually understood that her father spending Christmas with them at this time was just a compromise. He never had the courage to bring his mother, who was married to him in a formal way, back to the Xia family. Maybe she had fought before, but failed, so she didn't try.
Bo Yan watched her glance at the big Christmas tree, thinking she was envious: "Do you want us to decorate one when we go back later?"
He was indeed careless today. Although the country does not recommend celebrating "foreign festivals" in recent years, couples don't want to celebrate festivals, but the "sense of ritual" of celebrating festivals, just to enjoy the feeling of being together.
Not only was there no Christmas tree, but there were no gifts. This red sock was just bought by him on the street. Although Xia Siyu is willful, arrogant and picky, she also eats fruits worth dozens of yuan with relish, and does not ask for a big meal or buy any gifts at all - this collar on her neck does not count.
Bo Yan watched her holding the red socks, and did not continue to eat the fruit inside, so he snatched the socks away: "Although it is fruit, don't eat too much at night. You haven't eaten anything at night, and eating too much of this will easily cause stomach acid. And the fructose content is also high."
He snatched the socks away, but Xia Siyu did not resist at all and let him take it away.