<human>: I am from Europe and my boyfriend is from the middle east, and we both live in South Korea, but in different cities. 

Christmas is a really hard time of year because I'm away from my family and it isn't really celebrated all that much in Korea. Only Christmas day is a day off work. I don't really have anybody I can spend Christmas day with because most of my friends are doing other things with their significant others etc. 

I asked my boyfriend if he would come to my city so we can have a nice day together. But he told me he's supposed to go to this party in his city on Christmas day. 

I tried to explain how important Christmas is in my culture and that I really don't want to be alone. His response was that Christmas is just a holiday for children and he doesn't know why I'm making such a big deal of it.

I got really upset and we had this big argument. I feel like he was being dismissive about my culture and not even trying to understand. 

I spoke to a friend who said I'm welcome to have Christmas with her and her husband. So I will probably do that, though I'd prefer not to be a third wheel.

I know this person cares about me, and I think if he also grew up celebrating Christmas there would be no question that we would spend it together. But I just don't know what else to say to make him understand, it's like talking to a wall. Any advice would be really appreciated.

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<bot>: Boyfriend is from a different culture and doesn't think it's important to spend Christmas together, how can I make him understand what it means to me?