Happy New Year!

Yes, you read that right. Today is New Year's Day in China. We went to a Chinese New Year's festival a couple of weeks ago. We would have enjoyed Chinese food tonight if we didn't have tickets to the circus. We plan to do this sometime this weekend. I did get some pictures of Grace today. As she gets older we will try and do more for the Chinese New Year. Below is a brief description of the Chinese New Year that I got off another website.

The Chinese New Year that is celebrated for about fifteen days is one moment in the year when the whole nation feels united as they can imagine each other's enjoyment. The Chinese New Year gets determined by the Lunar calendar and therefore it is sometimes called the Lunar New Year. In 2008, the Chinese Lunar Year Festival would start from 7 th of February. As every one is aware of its significance, the working people in china can take weeks of holidays so that they can join the company of their near and dear ones and a feast with their family members on the Lunar New Year's Eve. Although with the changing times and increasing mobility of the people the celebration of Chinese New Year Festival has undergone some changes, everybody still very fervently follow all the customs that their elders have taught them.