people who live in Canada usually celebrate Christmas because it is the most important holiday here. But in China Chinese New Year is the biggest and longest holiday. It is the most traditional Chinese holiday. It is East Asia celebration. All Chinese people celebrate this festival, even though they do not live in China. Chinese people also call Chinese New Year Spring Festival or Lunar New Year. The festival begins on the first day of the first month in the Chinese traditional calendar and ends with Lantern Festival, which is on the 15th day.
Before Chinese New Year comes, people spend a lot of money to buy presents,food and clothing .Every family will clean the house to sweep away any ill-fortune in hopes of making for good luck.
On Chinese New Year's Eve, people are usually with their families for their annual reunion dinner. At this reunion dinner people cook a whole chicken dish which means family members should always be together. they also cook a whole fish dish, it means in the coming year the family will save more money because in China the fish sounds like like the word "extra". After reunion dinner people will watch TV or do something for fun. They wait until midnight and go outside to play firecrackers. Because people believe that in this time the god of wealth will come.They light firecrackers to welcome the god of wealth into their homes. After firecrackers family members will eat dumplings together. Usually, dumplings are made by family members.They make it together.Sometimes people put a coin into one dumpling and see who can find it. If you get that dumpling with a coin, it means in the coming year you will be lucky. Early the next morning, children will greet their parents by wishing them a healthy and happy new year, and receive some money in red paper envelopes.
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