Mongolian Horse Milk Wine for Christmas

On Christmas Day at the Thomas family I brought my Mongolian Horse Milk Wine for everyone to try.  I had never had it before and it was a gift from my Dean in the English Department, and good friend, Zhou Sha Sha.  Her father gave it to me the last Sunday I was in Xian.  I actually like it.  It looks like the Bai Jiu but has a smoother taste.  For a horse milk wine it has a bit of a kick to it.  I am going to polish this off.  It was different this year at Christmas.  This year I was emailing people in China and wishing them a Merry Christmas or Sheng Dan Kuai La, as we say.  We got a phone call from one of JoAnne's students and she wished us a Merry Christmas.  I had many of my Chinese students wish us a Merry Christmas on our Q-zone the Chinese social network.  James Zhang, our Chinese exchange students sent me a message on QQ and wanted me to give everyone his best.  It is a little different each year here at Christmas.  My friend, Rob Rogers, a foreign faculty member at Xian, said the best thing about this time of year in China is that there is no this time of year in China.  Ah, but they have the Chinese New Year next month and that is this time of year only with 1.3 billion people.  I hope everyone had a Merry Christmas and I wish you all the best for the New Year, ours and yours.