Christmas is not widely celebrated here in Taiwan, but doing some final shopping today in Taichung (T'aichung) 台中 left me feeling as exhausted as I would have back home in the States. Or is it that I'm just getting older? My daughter, on the other hand, had a seeming inexhaustible supply of energy all through the afternoon and into the evening, before finally conking out in the car on the drive home. And while she may be too young to comprehend the meaning of Christmas or what it is that Santa Claus does exactly, she has figured out that something special is going on.
Some pictures from today:
We first went to the Tiger City shopping mall, where there was a Chibi Maruko-chan ちびまる子ちゃん event going on. This show is very popular in Taiwan, though mentioning the name "Maruko" will nonetheless draw a blank from many Taiwanese fans of the series (not with my daughter!).
Tiger City naturally had a Santa figure on prominent display, and Amber took this picture of her parents standing next to it. Not bad composition from someone who isn't even three years old yet.
From Tiger City, we drove over to another shopping mall, the name of which I can't recall. Suffice it to say it's the one near the NOVA computer mall. Here there were some illuminated displays set up out front, and Amber had her picture taken in front of them:
Shopping completed, we headed back to Fengyuan 豐原. And so the shopping is almost done, though the wrapping remains to be started. We have only a small, sad-looking artificial tree set up in the living room (which I'm too embarrassed to take a picture of), and I'll only have Thursday morning free to watch Amber open up her presents, before having to go off to work. And, of course, there's no snow (unlike my family and friends back home, who seem to have a lot of it at the moment). Still, I'm happy to see Amber beginning to feel excited by Christmas, and hopefully it won't be too far in the future for her to enjoy the genuine article.
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