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Christmas in China

By Rob Gifford
Published December 23, 2002 at 11:00 PM CST

In China, Christmas has become an increasingly popular holiday. This has less to do with increased Christianity among Chinese, and far more to do with the holiday's cachet - young people think it's cool. NPR's Rob Gifford reports from Beijing.

Copyright 2002 NPR
Rob Gifford
Rob Gifford is the NPR foreign correspondent based in Shanghai.
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