Dear Tim,
I really enjoyed my winter vacation a lot! It was just such a great time to be relaxed and just
have fun everyday, doing what I like. My Chinese New Year was fantastic. Usually, on New Year's Eve, people would go back to their grandparents' home (Dad's mom and dad), but since I only live with my mother and brother, we went back to my grandparents' home (My mom's mom and dad). My mom had lots of brothers and sisters which is a total of ten kids, so we're pretty much of a big family. All of my grandparents' children and grandchildren returned on New Year's Eve so that we can all have dinner together for once in a year. Our dinner would definitely include special dishes that has special meanings, for that these dishes are only specially offered and eaten during Chinese New Year.
I would love to tell you about them, but unluckily I don't really know what we called it, but I do know that my favorite dish is a kind of cake and people say that eating them would help you have good fortune on your wealth for the year. After having dinner, I went around and started wishing my relatives a happy new year. Children like me usually does this in order to get a red envelope from the elders. It is a tradition for the Chinese that they would put money in these red envelopes for us children. Starting from the next day, I pretty much just did the same thing and stayed in my grandparents' house either chatting with my relatives or gambling with them.
As for the gambling part for Chinese New Year, I pretty much just played Majiang all the time. It is a traditional game that Chinese people play in the New Year mostly. I had learned how to play it since I was 8 year old, which is not really normal since it is most played by adults. Anyways, I played Majiang with my relatives for several days and earned quite a lot of money. Also, during the New Year holiday, I payed two temples a visit and prayed for my New Year to be well.
This is pretty much how my New Year holiday went.
Best Regards, Red
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