It's Chinese New Year! On Thursday, February 7, 2008, it was what people in the Western world call Chinese New Year. Jason has informed me that it should be called Lunar New Year because the Chinese are not the only people who celebrate this event. Also, as you may have guessed, it's the Lunar New Year because the people follow the Lunar calendar.
We didn't do anything special on February 7th, but we did celebrate on other days. Here's a picture of Hokulani with her "Asian" shirt we got in China. She wore it on February 7th to school, and gave her friends homemade red envelopes with a new year greeting and candy.
On Saturday, February 2, 2008, we went to Crazy Buffet with the Taiwanese Association (Orlando). The food was delicious! We ate sushi, raw fish, noodles, rice, various types of meat, including cooked fish, and a variety of desserts. The children loved the chocolate fountain best.
On Saturday, February 9, 2008, we went to a friend's house for dinner. Jason stayed with Sandy and her husband when he first came to Florida. Sandy and her husband are friends of Mike and Jennifer Lin (Jennifer is Jason's sister), from when the Lins were living in Orlando, Florida. We ate so much food it was unbelievable! Look at all of this food! We also made brownies with chocolate frosting for dessert, and managed to eat some after dinner. We met another family at Sandy's home, and they were very nice. We enjoyed getting to know them.
Lunar New Year is a great time for celebration, eating, and getting together with family and friends. Hmm. . .sounds a lot like some of the other celebrations we have here in America.
P.S. For those of you who didn't know, it's now the YEAR OF THE RAT. (Carmel's granny is a rat, Carmel's mom is a rat, Carmel is a rat, Anuhea is a rat, and the expected baby will be a rat!)
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