Wikipedia knows WAY more about Chinese New Year than me, and I've been half Chinese my entire existence. :D I perpetually forget that just like in North American Culture we celebrate on the eve of the new year, not the new year itself.
But the tradition that affected me for the first time this year is the one thing my siblings and I have always known.
The married people give the lucky money to the unmarried people. Period. End of story.
Now being married, this was the first time I went to the bank, requested new 5 dollar bills and stuffed the little red envelopes. I may have been a little begrudging - I did make my siblings and cousins come to me for their lucky envelopes - but we teased each other equally, we always do.
My parents, grandmother and aunt couldn't resist giving J and I envelopes, so in the end we still came out pretty well. It was a new Chinese New Year tradition, and I think it went just fine.
go eat some chinese food to celebrate...
...mMMMmMMmMmMMmMMMmm...
0 comments:
Post a Comment