What CELEBRATING Chinese New Year means?

 What is celebrating Chinese New Year to all of you? 

For many, when people think Chinese New Year, they instantly think.....

 

  "Kam" or gold in chinese, even cute Cady knows how to grab oranges

For others....it could be...

 

 

 Wearing red?

For many Malaysians, glorious food such as cookies, soft drinks, and Bak kwa is a MUST!

 

 

 

 Delicious vegetarian food on the first day!!!

 

 After the first day, it's all types of food allowed already!! Even satay baby!!!

For children and the young adults... alot of them look forward to..

 The red packets...Ang Pow!

Even for the mischievous ones... they think celebrating must entail...

 

 Fireworks!!

 

 Gambling

There are some families who treat Chinese New year as a must for a

 Holiday!

For me, it's actually ALL of the above(not so much the gambling or holiday) but definitely the FOOD! Many people put on tons of weight over the Chinese New Year holidays. Most importantly though, it' spending all of what I've mentioned above with my relatives and friends... It's a meeting ground for everyone to come together and celebrate all the customary traditions. Although each of us may interpret "celebrating' differently, we will always be together when doing one or all of it right?

 

 

 

 

 With my cousins, grandparents, parents, aunts, and uncles...You have not even seen my extended family YET!

 

 

 

With some of my close friends from all over!!

 Last but not least, all those older have shared their traditions with us all the way from China. Passed down from generations to generations... For us younger generations, what we can do is preserve it, and share it with the little ones......

 

Am I right about the above? Do you guys celebrate the same way too???

Gong Xi Fa Cai! May all of you have a prosperous, happy, lucky and successful year ahead!!!

xoxo

Meiz