"Astonishing ! Hundreds of naked female Japanese visitors are demonstrating in the Tian'an Square ." Today when I logged on QQ, I received this message . I clicked the address only to find that I was taken in . It said, "Astonishing ? Astonish your head !Happy April Fool's Day , you fool ! "Yes , it is April Fool's Day .

The celebration of western festivals in China is popular and a hot topic for years .

Celebrations
Who makes the festivities
Nowadays , western festivals are so hot in China .The festivals mainly incorporate Christmas Day , Valentine's Day , April Fool's Day ,etc . Let's see some Statistics from a newspaper survey . According to ages , the percentages of the young people under 18, over 28 , from 18to 25, from 25 to 28 ,who celebrate Christmas, are separately 7%, 29%, 46%,18% . According to careers , there are 84.6% workers of science and technology , education , medicine, 83.3% students , 71.4% administrators and office staffs, who keep Christmas .

[color=orange]How people celebrate[/orange]
When these festivals come along , many young people become quite exuberant .They exchanges gifts with classmates , friends , colleagues , valentines. They chat , sing , and laugh happily .And they go to the pubs and restaurants . When Christmas falls , there are a variety of decorates such as Christmas trees , miscellaneous toys , vermilion hats , little candies , elaborate cards , blessings, ribbons and festoons in various stores , the campuses , offices , houses, etc . And on Valentine's Day , the streets are stuffed with cerise roses . People send boxes of chocolates, diamond rings , and write love poems to the their beloved . And they sit drinking the grape wine in the bar and kissed each other on the streets .

To cut long story short , many young people are really fascinated by the western festivals .

[colou=red]Controversy : For or Against[/color]


Though the western festivals become more and more popular, there is much controversy over this phenomenon. Many people ,including the experts ,turn to worry about the disadvantages and potential harm of the celebrations. And many people think otherwise .Different people have different views towards it .

Part 1 :
Viewpoint 1
Some people comment that the festivities are meaningless . "They are foreign. And why should we Chinese keep their festivals . They have nothing to do with us ! What should we do that for ? " they said , "don't do this sorts of stupid things again ! " One people says online jokingly ,"April Fool's Day ? Forget it .Don't you know that we are keeping Fool' Day every day ?" We celebrate the festivals even without knowing their meanings .

Viewpoint 2
Others believe that the western festivals serve as a kind of cultural aggression . And we should drive them out of our country lest they should undermine our traditional culture and system . Some festivals such as Christmas are highly religious .As the 'imported 'festivals become hot , our own native festive occasions turn cool . What's worse , if our own distinctive culture be destroyed , then the whole nation will not exist .

Viewpoint 3
Some people point out that the youngsters are misled by the market sellers , who exert great efforts to advertise and propagate their products and provide all kinds services related to the west festivals . And the young people are just following the trends indiscriminately . It will cost them an arm and a leg to buy the gifts ,which is especially inappropriate for the campus students . Some stores hold contest of kissing , in which the couple who kiss each longest will be rewarded . Many young people including the students take part in it .

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A lot of people assume that the phenomenon is actually a kind of blind worship of western things . They condemn the people keeping the Occidental festivals as lacking the backbone . They should strength their confidence of our own country and our own traditional festivals . It is better to celebrate our own .

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Someone employs as a protest a Chinese idiom –Tungshihhsiaopin ,meaning blind imitation with ludicrous effect .This mainly refers to the April Fool's Day . Some people make excessive jokes and do some foolish things .It may generate harmful effects . Some severe consequences are really made because of it .

Part 2 :
Viewpoint 1
Some people argue that there is no harm of the festivities . For one thing , it helps to consolidate the relationships between friends , lovers , classmates , colleagues , etc . Through the activities , we can know each other better . If you want to pursue a boy or a girl , then Valentine's Day is a great chance .You can boldly show your love to him or her under the cloak of festival.

Viewpoint 2
The festivals brings happiness to us . It can contributes t o alleviating the pressure of study , work ,etc . In modern society , everyone may feel some stress. Since the celebrations are beneficial , why should we keep them out of the door . And happiness is indispensable part of our life . Just for fun and for relaxation . There is no conscience of religion . Many people accept the festival without knowing their original significance .So don't worry about the influence of religion . A lot of good memories will remain in our brain .

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The western festivals are colorful . And they emphasize more on the individualism and liberalism .Some aspects of our traditional festivals not fit to many people . For example , to celebrate the Dragon Boat Festival , people traditionally make Tsung Tzu (a pyramid-shaped mass of glutinous rice wrapped in leaves) at home . But it is not convenient for people who live in the big cities to do it . And the Ghost Day has an ambience of gloom and horror . But people in the west celebrate the Halloween Day with a more happy attitude.




The Conclusions


We can see that there are advantages and disadvantages of the celebrations of western festivals . It is impossible to totally refuse them . And it is not wise to take them all . So what should we do ? And how should we face the it ?

1 .Western festivals are not patents of the west .
We can also do some festivities during the days . To celebrate the western festivals , we should not go to far . But we should not waste too much money . And on the April Fool's Day , we should limit the acts of mischief lest we cause disaster to other people .

2 . We should know our own culture well .
The Chinese culture emphasize on collectivism . It is helpful to the country's united force .We should cherish the traditional festivals .

3.We should do something to make the traditional festivals more enchanting .
We should modernize our festivals and diversify the festivities .For example , we can make the dragon-boat racing as a national contest .