'this isn't christmas, this is china-town' is a great line. i'm not exactly sure what it means, but i can guess. if any of you have been to chinatown in new york city, where ryan is from, then you'll see all this green, red, and white tinsel and decorations hanging from windows and street lights. it looks like it should be christmas decorations, but it's really decorations from little italy, which is right next door, and often spills into canal st and china town. so if that's what he meant by "this isn't christmas, this is china town", then that's great. it probably isn't what he meant, and i'm sure there's another obscurely hidden reference in there, but either way, its a fantastic lyric.
'this isn't christmas, this is china-town' is a great line. i'm not exactly sure what it means, but i can guess. if any of you have been to chinatown in new york city, where ryan is from, then you'll see all this green, red, and white tinsel and decorations hanging from windows and street lights. it looks like it should be christmas decorations, but it's really decorations from little italy, which is right next door, and often spills into canal st and china town. so if that's what he meant by "this isn't christmas, this is china town", then that's great. it probably isn't what he meant, and i'm sure there's another obscurely hidden reference in there, but either way, its a fantastic lyric.