Before social media was born, networking was something you only did face-to-face at the local pub, a chief executive's mahogany office or in between stuffing your face with smoked salmon blinis in a soulless conference room.

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Lighter than the kind served out in Nanxiang, they contain stock that is rich, almost buttery, and you can order versions in which the pork stuffing is enhanced with shrimp or crabmeat.

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Some spend the day opening gifts and stuffing themselves with turkey, while others volunteer at soups kitchens, sing in the church choir or take in a movie.

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