An American's Christmas in Beijing

A music video about spending Christmas in Beijing as an American. We filmed this entire production in Wudaokou, Beijing, China in the last few days before Christmas 2009. Enjoy!

Category:

Comedy

Tags:

• beijing
• christmas
• china
• american
• christmas song

[xiaobai88888]

the stereotype about different accents is not what I'm referring to.

You have to realize that most westerners are ignorant about China and it doesn't help that the mainstream media perpetuates that stereotype, ow you are doig the same. How do you expect more westerners to become enlightened about the real China when fellow westerners are talking down China like this?

The whole thing about bad Beijing air, mystery chuanr meat, and the Santa Claus thing is BS.

[xiaobai88888]

I agree that this song started out well enough but then it took an easy turn to the cheap stereotypical cliche type anti-China jokes. I'm sorry but I expected more from this guy who obviously looks like he's been there - probably another English teacher.

Look, we've all seen big city smog. It's prevalent in Beijing, Shanghai, HK, NYC, LA, Paris, Toronto, Chicago, London. I'm sick & tired of people pointing fingers at China for this type of crap when per capita, China is way ahead of the west.

[christmasinbeijing]

@xiaobai88888 Tell you what Xiaobai, you rewrite the lyrics to the song, any way you like, and I'll re-record a special version of the song just for you. I'm not being sarcastic, really, give it your best shot. My version will blow yours away.

Back to the smog. Yes, LA has smog. And guess what. People complained about it during the '84 Olympics. I was there. I remember.

What you didn't have in LA, however, were guys like you criticizing people who complained.

[xiaobai88888]

You can see my own video, the air in Beijing is not bad everyday. Of course it can get pretty bad especially when hot humid air from the Bay of Bohai washes in. It's not fair that every ignorant westerner thinks that all of China has bad air all of the time, how are you doing anything but perpetuating this nonsense?

I always thought that westerners would learn more about China if they would bother to visit. Maybe you do know a bit more but you don't bother to show it whatsoever.

[xiaobai88888]

By the way, I know China very well. Been all over it and have plenty of experience, same can be said for western cities as well.

I appreciate western humour but this song doesn't cut it.

[snackingonutube]

Mr. Christmas's humor is the type that makes one laugh with him and not at China or Chinese because it takes someone who's seen this before to appreciate a shared or familiar experience. I really doubt there's any part of this that degrades China. But you are entitled to your feelings and your opinions of course. I accept that different people have different sensitivities for whatever reasons.

[snackingonutube]

All the time I was in Beijing and Shanghai (both times) it was humid and very smoggy. I think cars ran on leaded gasoline which made it worse. The times I was in HK, some days were clear and others were smoggy. I went Oct 1 one year (China's national Day) to the Great Wall and it was a clear day. I was in Shanghai and saw Middle-eastern Chinese selling the barbecue meat on skewers I wanted to buy some but I didn't because I didn't want to possibily suffer the consequences.

[snackingonutube]

Dear Mr. Xia,

I think I understand where you are coming from. But China is a big place as is the US. What is the real China? What is the real US? There are so many aspects and complexities. The travel companies try and portray all places as paradises, etc. to try and attract tourists, but I think people who truly want to discover the 'real' anything do not want to go to places that are painted over with "adverts". They want to -- like you say-- discover the real thing -- warts and all.