Chinese New Year meant a brand new year and it is a new start to a better year. Chinese new year starts with a full moon and end with a full moon fifteen days later. About one month before the Chinese New Year, the Chinese families will start to prepare for Chinese New Year. They will start to clean up their house and a sweep all the unluckiness and bad luck from that year away. The Chinese believe that during the Chinese New Year, they cannot sweep their house as it meant sweeping the good luck away. The Chinese would buy new clothes and shoes to be worn on Chinese New Year. They will also buy lots of paper couplets and also cute decorations to decorate their house. These decorations are usually red in color to symbolize good luck. They will also buy some New Year tidbits and drink to entertain their friends that come and visit them during the Chinese New Year. Just one day before the Chinese New Year, a family will come together for a reunion dinner at home or in a restaurant.

On New Year day itself, the parents will wake up earlier than their children to prepare red packets for their children, nephews, niece and the elderly. In some other family, the children prepare the red packet with their parents too. After that, all of them will start to prepare to visit their most seniors of the family. It will most likely be their parents, grandparents or great-grandparents. They will then exchange oranges and red packets. And they will stay at their house until night. It same goes for the second day too. On the third and fourth day of the Chinese New Year, the families will usually visit their relative, friends and colleagues. They will then exchange red packets for their respective children.

Chinese New Year is a joyous occasion for all the Chinese and non-Chinese. Although the non-chinese does not celebrate Chinese New Year, but they can go out and meet up with their friends during the Chinese New Year public holidays. But it will be inconvenient for them as many shops are not open. As for the Chinese children, they can collects lots of red packets and they can got a change to visit their relative and have fun with their cousins. And for the parents, they can visit their relative and also friends.

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