Apples with the image of Santa Claus are popular gifts among classmates or roommates in Yantai University in east China's Shandong Province on Christmas on Tuesday, December 25, 2007. [Photo: shm.com.cn]

Apples with the image of Santa Claus, wrapped up in colorful gift paper, are sold at four yuan, or half a US dollar, each in Yantai University in east China's Shandong Province on Christmas on Tuesday, December 25, 2007. [Photo: shm.com.cn]

A sophomore in Yantai University in east China's Shandong Province sells apples bearing the image of Santa Claus on Monday, December 24, 2007. [Photo: shm.com.cn]

(CRI December 26, 2007)