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Win! Win! thatsonline.cn So goes another year in Shanghai. asked some of our favorite food- Once again, it was a blur of res- ies - and drinkies, it isn’t the same taurant openings, bar closings, without mulled wine - to share big musical acts and art shows, their favorite seasonal recipes fashion fads, literary festivals and, (p70). Enough for you? Of course as always, bizarre news stories not! We’ve got just about every- from around the nation. We thing you need to celebrate lil’ old thought we’d have a quick recap baby Jesus’ birthday - and have of China goings-on in 2013, so a happy Hanukah - in our Urban Hourly updates on news, you can sound like a clever clogs Eyes pullout. current affairs and general at those Christmas parties (p24). weirdness from around It is not just about celebrating that Shanghai and China. Yes, the yuletide is upon us once birth in the barn though. 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