Merry
Christmas to you!
祝你圣诞节快乐!
My birthday is on
Christmas .
我的生日在圣诞节。
We'll see you at
Christmas.
我们在圣诞节和你见面。
"We have seen the growing trend of product volume in the Chinese market in the coming years, especially at several major shopping nodes every year, such as the 618 shopping festival, Double 11, Christmas, and Spring Festival.
“我们看到未来几年中国市场的产品量呈增长趋势，尤其是在每年的几个主要购物节点，如618购物节、双11、圣诞节和春节。
I'm thinking about buying a few for my family and friends as gifts even after Christmas.
我正在考虑买一些给我的家人和朋友作为礼物，即使是在圣诞节之后。
Until last year, Silver Fern Farms venison products were mainly available in catering packs in China and were only offered during festive seasons by way of Christmas and New Year gift boxes at Sam's Club.
直到去年，银蕨农场的鹿肉产品在中国主要以餐饮包的形式提供，只有在山姆会员店的圣诞节和新年礼盒的节日期间才提供。
First, more aggressive marketing campaigns can be advanced regarding holidays such as Valentine's Day or Christmas, which can further boost Ferrero's sales.
Dr Anthony Fauci on Monday warned that the upcoming Christmas holiday season may be even worse than Thanksgiving in terms of spreading the coronavirus.
Fauci told CNN that because the Christmas season stretches into New Year's, the prospects for spreading the virus as people travel "may be even more compounded than what we saw at Thanksgiving".
Black Friday, the start of the Christmas shopping season, is a major event.
With Christmas Day falling later this month, Himo, another leading portrait startup, has launched portraits designed exclusively for the festival.
"With Christmas coming, both of us believe that such photographs will bring good luck and cherished memories," he said.
Black Friday, the start of the Christmas shopping season, is a major shopping day featuring the highest discounts all year round and serves as a bonanza for brick-and-mortar retailers, e-commerce players and consumers from around the world.
Black Friday, the start of the Christmas shopping season, is a major shopping day featuring the highest discounts all year round and is a bonanza for brick-and-mortar retailers, e-commerce players and consumers from around the world.
com Inc is banking on Black Friday, which falls on Nov 29 this year, the beginning of the Christmas shopping season in the United States, to boost cross-border online purchases, as Chinese consumers, especially those living in the third-and fourth-tier cities, display a fast-growing purchasing power for high-quality goods from overseas.
com in 2016:“After four months of private deprivation, a university administrator sent an emissary to my door with a small, friendly Christmas present: a neatly wrapped bottle of instant Nescafé.
From elaborate street lighting to snow globes the size of cars to a giant toy robot by jewelry brand Tiffany and Co, businesses around Shanghai have been ramping up their marketing efforts to lure customers ahead of Christmas.
In the days up to Dec 25, this professional Santa will make his rounds at Hyatt hotels and its sister establishment, bringing the festive cheer to guests during various Christmas events.
At the nearby Waldorf Astoria, the hotel has erected a shimmering two-story Christmas tree.
At the Peninsula Hotel, the afternoon tea service has been changed for the festive period to include a range of Christmas pastries.
Over at the area around Huaihai Middle Road, decorative elements such as Christmas street lighting, snow globes the size of cars and a giant toy robot by jewelry brand Tiffany and Co. can be seen this year.
While Christmas is not a public holiday in China, industry players point out that the Chinese are nonetheless warming to the occasion.
"Christmas is a time of growing excitement here in China, especially among the younger generation.
We see them visiting with family members to share a meal in our restaurants for example, and spending Christmas eve with friends having fun together in our VUE Bar," says Hyatt on the Bund General Manager Mark Foxwell.
According to a 2016 Mintel article, "urban Chinese consumers have adopted the Western tradition of giving boxed chocolates as Christmas presents", while the firm's China Festival Shopping Market Report released in January this year revealed that Christmas is "one of the biggest Western shopping festivals in China", with 53 percent of consumers having bought gifts for their friends and family.
The increase in sales of Christmas trees in China also point to a growing acceptance of the festival in the country.
In 2017, Shanghai-based marketing and research firm China Skinny reported that some 600,000 Christmas trees were sold on Tmall, an e-commerce platform by Alibaba.
Numerous domestic retailers on e-commerce site Taobao have kicked off Christmas sales, just days after the "Double 12" promotions on Dec 12.
Tencent's massively popular PUBG Mobile recently introduced a Christmas theme to the game, adding elements such as snow, gift boxes, Christmas trees and snowmen.
"In the eight years that I've lived here, the tributes to Christmas have become a lot more polished, and on a much grander scale as brands have increasingly invested more in winning the market," says Mark Tanner, founder and managing director of China Skinny.
I feel that for consumers, at least in Shanghai, Christmas is less of a mystical novelty than it was eight years ago.
Those in the food industry have also been riding on the growing wave of the Christmas spirit.
"As for the Chinese response to Christmas, I think it's getting there slowly.
But I think more and more Chinese people are now understanding the spirit of Christmas and all the positivity it entails.
But while most people might think that Shanghai, as China's most cosmopolitan city, would be the most receptive toward Christmas in the country, Tanner points out that this is not necessarily the case.
"China Skinny has noticed that many lower tiered cities are embracing Christmas this year more so than Shanghai.
An example is in Chengdu where the lighting of the Christmas tree appears to be a grandiose celebration at many of the big hotels such as Hilton, Waldorf Astoria, Wanda, Kempinski, complete with VIPs, children's choirs, elaborate Santas, and a host of delicate Christmas-themed foods," says Tanner.
"In the lower tiered cities, celebrating Christmas on a grand scale is a more recent tradition than in Shanghai, and therefore more of a novelty.
Amazon expected sales in the holiday quarter leading up to Christmas to rise between 10 percent and 20 percent, to as much as $72.5 billion, while analysts on average had expected $73.9 billion, according to Refinitiv data.
In January, House of Fraser reported disappointing Christmas sales, down 2.9 percent from the previous year.
In January, House of Fraser reported disappointing Christmas sales, down 2.9 percent on the previous year.
"With December round the corner, I had to make a big order since most Kenyans now shop for Christmas towards the end of November which is less than two months away," she said.
"There are always special editions for Christmas and New Year.
The General Administration of Customs said China's exports of home appliances rose 13.4 percent year-on-year to $7.24 billion in November, fueled by the Christmas shopping season and a low comparison base the previous year.
The import and export growth rates are anticipated to pick up in the fourth quarter as a result of the rising restocking demand for the coming Thanksgiving and Christmas season, a favorable base effect, as well as China's policy to ensure stable growth, according to a report released by Peking University's HSBC Business School in early October.
Consumption of food, tobacco, alcohol, daily necessities and services will be further boosted as more people will return home to visit their relatives and friends during the Spring Festival, the most important festival for Chinese people, similar to Christmas for the Westerners.
"On Christmas Day last year, the average daily customer flow was 60,000, returning to the level seen in 2019.
In the past decade in particular, he and his company, Yiwu Hamid Import & Trade Co, which specializes in selling products such as scarves, handicrafts and Christmas ornaments, have witnessed the rapid development of Yiwu's foreign trade.
China's exports had been weighed down by a sluggish Christmas shopping season, high inflation and high interest rates, as well as an uncertain economic outlook in overseas markets.
As the world's largest distribution center for Christmas products such as tree decorations, Yuletide clothing, greeting cards, festive lights and packaging, its markets reopened to high sales due to chartered flights and new logistics channels.
The company saw rising orders in 2021 with toys and Christmas products mainly exported to the United States, generating over $10 million in total export volume.
And so will Christmas and New Year revelers who might relish the prospect that prices of imported Japanese sake in China could fall quite a bit as tariffs will be cut by as much as 40 percent, thanks to the RCEP.
As the Christmas holiday approaches, Shanghai's business district lights up with lanterns and decorations to attract visitors.
Last year, 35.4 percent of total imports worth 10.6 billion euros occurred in the fourth quarter, which includes the Christmas season, Destatis said.
"Global consumption often picks up in the fourth quarter with multiple festivals and celebrations like Christmas in Western countries, which will shore up demand for China's exports, while many upcoming events, including the China International Import Expo, will also help expand imports," said Zhou Mi, a senior researcher at the Chinese Academy of International Trade and Economic Cooperation in Beijing.
He said the number of festivals and celebrations during the period in Western countries, such as Christmas, will shore up demand for China's exports.
Yiwu is the world's largest distribution center for Christmas products like tree decor, Yuletide clothing, festive lights and packaging, with two-thirds of the world's goods in this category coming from the county-level city.
Although August was typically the busiest month for selling Christmas products to global markets in past years, many popular products have already been sold out, said Su Xueqin, a Christmas goods supplier at Yiwu International Trade Market.
Therefore, the peak purchasing season for Christmas goods has come to an end ahead of schedule compared with earlier years," Su said.
Apart from Yiwu, major export ports handling Christmas supplies such as Ningbo-Zhoushan Port, Zhejiang province, also saw an export peak period for Christmas supplies since May this year, said Meng Yuefeng, an official at Cixi Customs, a branch of Ningbo Customs.
To avoid congestion, some Christmas decorations have embarked on their journey to overseas markets much earlier than before, he said.
Christmas products are time-sensitive.
"However, there is a time difference between order times and delivery times of Christmas products.
At present, the increase in shipping prices has exceeded the budgets of some buyers, and many Christmas products with low value and limited profits are facing the risk of being canceled.
Pressured by high costs, foreign trade companies have to rely on innovation to produce items with more digital functions and added value, as well as develop personalized Christmas products for targeted consumer groups in various countries.
The company's major customers in the United States increased by about 32 percent, and those in Europe increased by about 28 percent as foreign customers stocked up in advance for Black Friday and the Christmas season.
Gadgets, Christmas goods and machines … all are par for China's cross-border e-commerce courseThe COVID-19 pandemic may have savaged many a business, but the dark cloud has a silver lining: resurgent foreign trade riding the wave of new formats and models like cross-border e-commerce, new technologies like big data, and tools like digital payments and online exhibitions－all necessitated by curbs on travel and transport, and measures like social distancing.
From Christmas goodies to juicers to laptops to mini-excavators to even large-scale machinery, everything is now par for the cross-border e-commerce course.
That was done because overseas customers who placed the orders for the Christmas season using cross-border e-commerce channels, wanted delivery sooner than later, to preempt any possible delays.
"Many of our overseas clients, especially those from the retail sector, demand that we ship their goods for Christmas sales as early as possible to prevent risks like potential delays.
There will also be a limited series of characters for special occasions such as Christmas or Chinese New Year for the same price, with no premium price for limited edition holiday specials, and some buffs are even lining up in front of shops overnight.
"The Spring Festival, or the Chinese Lunar New Year, is the most important holiday in the Chinese calendar — the equivalent of Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year's Eve combined.
com, Ali-Express' sister platform for B2B sales, surged 185.3 percent year-on-year as demand for Christmas ornaments has been rising since July, Alibaba said last month.
Black Friday, the United States import that falls on the Friday after Thanksgiving in late November, has since been embraced by European retailers as the quasi-official beginning of the Christmas shopping season.
COVID-19 has driven tree, ornament sales online as trade shows take hit from lockdownsWhile Wang Quan doesn't celebrate Christmas, the year-end holiday season usually kept him busy in previous years as his artificial Christmas tree export business in Dongguan, Guangdong province, remained robust as each year drew to a close.
"While there's an obvious gap between the 700 to 800 trees being exported during typical Christmas seasons, it's still a burden-reliever in terms of my balance sheet," he said, adding that the average selling price stands at $230 and the most extravagant trees run for up to $2,000.
AliExpress, the online retail service Wang relies on, now supports delivery of large Christmas trees to European customers within three to five days.
Sales of mugs with Christmas elements on AliExpress expanded three times compared with the same period last year, while Christmas tableware sets more than doubled.
Also riding the seasonal boom is Li Yuling, head of Shenzhen Fengrui Science and Technology Co Ltd. Banking on AliExpress' bonded warehouses overseas, Li is now able to guarantee a three-to-five day delivery of Christmas trees with a height of up to 1.5 meters within Europe.
"Christmas trees－along with wreaths, lights and other decor－are in high demand this year as many holiday celebrants turn to the year-end festivity as a way to take their minds off rising coronavirus cases.
com, AliExpress' sister platform for B2B sales, surged 185.3 percent year-on-year as demand for Christmas ornaments has been rising since July, Alibaba said.
Zhejiang province's Yiwu, a city which produces and exports 80 percent of all Christmas supplies worldwide, is enjoying an earlier-than-expected peak selling season.
The company pledged more measures to meet surging international logistics demand during the Christmas and New Year's season.
"The export boom is one of the biggest economic surprises this year regarding China's outlook," with the country benefiting from effective containment of the virus and strong Christmas orders, said Zhou Hao, an economist at Commerzbank AG in Singapore.
Black Friday, which marks the start of the Christmas shopping season in the West, is a manic shopping day featuring deep discounts.
XI'AN — During this Christmas season, Care Bears dressed in Santa Claus hats and other decorations can easily be found in shopping malls across the United States.
"Orders dropped during the COVID-19 pandemic, but market demand quickly recovered and we began to prepare for the Christmas season six months ago," said Min.
During popular periods such as Christmas and New Year, rooms are also nearly fully booked.
Zhou said demand for manufacturing and exports amid the upcoming Christmas season will further drive the rapid growth of cargo throughput at ports.
On Christmas Eve, "Snow King", Mixue's brand figure, appeared in Tokyo clad in a red cloak and cruising in an open-top car to celebrate the opening of the company's second store in Japan.
He said that major festivals and national events in overseas markets, such as Christmas, military parades and diplomatic activities, are the main drivers pushing fireworks orders to his company.
The commodities, including artificial flowers, Christmas lights, Santa hats and toys, will be aboard a special train for cross-border business and is expected to arrive in Minsk, Belarus, in 17 days.
Although the international orders are nearly coming to an end, they have extended their production plans to early next year as the World Cup sports craze is expected to last for a long time, Wu saidYiwu, the world's largest distribution center for Christmas products, reopened on Aug 21, 10 days after COVID-19 restrictions went into effect.
"Every August is typically the busiest month for selling Christmas products to global markets," said the person in charge of Yiwu Jiumu Arts & Crafts Co, who preferred to remain anonymous, China Times reports.
"Yiwu is the world's largest distribution center for Christmas products such as tree decorations, Yuletide clothing, greeting cards, festive lights and packaging, with two-thirds of the world's goods in this category coming from the county-level city.
With the shortage of suppliers, the shutdown of production, and the suspension of express shipping during the 10-day restrictions caused by COVID-19 disturbing the overseas market, August began the Christmas season as cross-border shipping generally takes two to three months.
If the products can't be shipped by the end of August, it is very likely that they won't catch up with the Christmas promotions in the following months.
"I went there to get more photos with the giant Christmas trees and other holiday decorations," she said.
HANGZHOU－With the Christmas season here, the relevant industries in China, which were hit by the global spread of COVID-19 last year, have been recovering.
About 80 percent of the world's Christmas products are exported from Yiwu, a global leading small commodities market in Zhejiang province.
This year, Christmas decoration manufacturers have seen a rise in orders.
The Yiwu Christmas Products Industry Association, with more than 200 members, said orders increased 30 percent year-on-year compared with the 2020 figure.
Dongyang Weijiule Crafts Co Ltd, a Christmas water lanterns producer, reported its sales volume bounced back to the 2019 level at 30 million yuan ($4.7 million).