Reports of anti-Christmas bias are simply humbug

In what has become traditional season's greetings, every year about this time, there are Western media reports about China pushing back against Christmas.

They cite as "evidence" for this rumors about local officials forcing the removal of Christmas decorations or Christmas-related goods.

That the government in Langfang, Hebei province, was banning Christmas goods was one such rumor, which is a misrepresentation of a local pre-holiday campaign aimed at street peddlers' unauthorized occupation of public spaces.