Gung Hay Fat Choi…….(well that’s the way I always say it…..) and I know it does sound different when those real Chinese speakers speak. It’s the Year of the Rabbit…..the year 4709! Celebrate!
Getting ready for the New Year celebration – I’ve cleaned, cleaned, cleaned. I’m sprucing up the fengshui a bit – taking a look at the bagua map and seeing where I need to move things in the condo. I’ve scheduled my annual new year’s luncheon date with Jan, my Ox friend, for our dim sum meal. I have my haircut appointment set for that day so I’m clean and neat for the New Year! As I look through the checklist I’m stuck on the following –
“Buy new clothes for the new year”
Yea? Really? Are the Chinese gods and ancestors trying to torment me??? I’m not supposed to “Buy new clothes for the new year!!!” Oh no! And my subtle (Oh, not so subtle hint) of getting giftcards and having people buy me things just isn’t working out. Oh well. I have plenty of clothes for the New Year, even if they aren’t “new” and I’m not “buying” them!
The Chinese New Year celebration is a time of celebration; of eating, of course, thanking the gods for the past year and moving forward to good luck in the year to come. I am thankful for the past year and look forward to a glorious new year.
So, Happy New Year – Gung Hay Fat Choi!!!
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