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Spending Christmas in Asia

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ID: 4062 Elementary
  In this festive episode, we discuss spending Chrismas in Asia with friends. Over in the East, Xmas is not so much a holiday to spend with family, but rather with friends (unless they're Christian obviously). Learn some words for various holidays, and how to say how you will spend them. Happy holidays from myself, (Gwilym), Fiona, and Constance and the rest of the ChinesePod team.
Wed Dec 13 2017 | Fiona Tian, Gwilym
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SIMPLIFIED PINYIN ENGLISH  
办 bàn to do; to manage; to handle
派对 pàiduì party (loanword)
应该 yīnggāi ought to; should; must
亚洲 Yàzhōu Asia
圣诞节快到了，你要怎么过？
Shèngdànjié kuài dào le ，nǐ yào zěnme guò ？
Christmas is almost here, how are you going to spend it?
我要办圣诞派对，和朋友一起过
wǒ yào bàn Shèngdàn pàiduì ，hé péngyou yīqǐ guò
I want to hold a Christmas party, and spend it together with friends.
圣诞节不是应该和家人一起过吗？
Shèngdànjié bùshì yīnggāi hé jiārén yīqǐ guò ma ？
Shouldn’t you spend Christmas with family?
在亚洲，圣诞节是和朋友一起过的节日
zài Yàzhōu ，Shèngdànjié shì hé péngyou yīqǐ guò de jiérì
In Asia, Christmas is a holiday that you spend with friends.
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