Christmas Survey for overseas Chinese

[GUYUEHU]

If you would like to reply please cut and paste survey and respond to:

guyue_hu@yahoo.com

in email form. Names are not necessary, just the answers to below questions and anything extra you may want to add.

Hello, I am writing a paper for my Chinese Folklore class and since I don't think I can do my interviews purely in Chinese, I have decided to learn about Christmas as an ABC or other country-born Chinese, or as a Chinese who has partially grown up outside of China. Feel free to write about your family traditions or lack of them here. Also feel free to vent any Christmas related frustrations you may have.

Please just casually respond to this as if you are speaking instead of writing since this is suppose to be a "field work" type interview. If you are motivated, feel free to respond in Chinese since I'll have to translate most of this stuff anyway....Thank you!!

BACKGROUND INFO:

year of birth:

City, Country of birth,

Age moved to US, Canada, or other:

If born overseas, what generation overseas Chinese are you:

Primary language spoken at home:

Primary language spoken with friends:

Religion: (do you actively practice this religion Y/N)

HOLIDAY QUESTIONS:

Does your family celebrate Chinese Holidays?

If so, list:

Does your family primarily celebrate Chinese holidays, local holidays, or a combination of both?

Do you personally feel more closely connected with the Christmas holiday and other locally celebrated holidays, or just Chinese holidays?

Does your family celebrate Christmas?

Do you celebrate Christmas?

Do you tend to celebrate Christmas and more local holidays than your parents?

If your family doesn't celebrate Christmas, what do you think is the primary reason?

If you celebrate Christmas, do you attach any religious meaning to the holiday, or is it a general celebration?

If you celebrate christmas, do you or your family have any specific traditions/ beliefs/customs? (feel free to go into detail here santa, gifts, cookies, food, drinks, mass, clothing, the nativity, visiting relatives...etc activities and customs during christmas.)

Who do you primarily celebrate christmas with, your immediate family, friends, classmates, coworkers...etc?

Any additional thoughts you have on growing up in a multicultural environment and celebrating holidays in general.

How do you think your celebration of Christmas may vary from those of non-Chinese origin?

Any other thoughts on the subject or anything you want to get off your chest about Christmas or anything else in general to give me something interesting to write in my paper, write here:

Thank you very much!!