Xmas is coming: keep the young virgins safe at home!

I don’t read Chinese but from times to times the cover of a Chinese newspaper would trigger my curiosity and I would ask for translation.

That definitely was the case when I saw the above cover page in Hong Kong main newspaper, as Christmas was approaching, and Wham’s ‘last Christmas I gave you my heart’ song was to be heard in every alley of every store.

When Xmas in western countries is in the best case all about happy family gathering and in the worst about eating too much of too many things that don’t match together, the above article was warning parents about the issue of teenagers being at risk of having their first sexual relationship! The number 10 alarmingly referring to the age of some of the girls supposedly under threat…

Indeed in Hong Kong and all over China where Christmas is getting more popular every year, the whole meaning of it has more to do with ‘our’ Valentine’s Day or summer holiday mood. Chinese New Year is all about family gathering and celebration when Xmas bears much more of a romantic meaning and is more of something to enjoy in couple than with your grand mother.