We would love to one day be able to go over and experience it ourselves, but in the meantime we asked a few of our suppliers to tell us what they love about Chinese New Year. Here's what they said!
Anna, our hat supplier, told us that it's the most important festival in China. To celebrate, everybody gets together with their families and has a big meal - traditionally, they eat dumplings! People set off firecrackers and older family members give the children a red pack of "lucky" money...which is basically just regular money in a red envelope. Lots of traveling and visiting extended relatives, too.
Bella, one of our sock suppliers, echoed a lot of what Anna said with family getting together and eating dumplings. She also said that most work stops during this time, and they all just travel, eat well, and spend time with friends and family.
Sounds pretty fun, don't ya think?? Maybe we should turn our one night of New Years celebrations in America into something a little bigger next year...or I guess I'd settle for at least just eating more dumplings!
Keeton Yescott
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I'm Keeton - proud Portland (Maine) native living in Indianapolis with my husband and dog. Writing has always been a hobby of mine, so getting to write this blog is one of the highlights of my job. You can almost always find me with a coffee in hand, preferably iced if I had it my way. I'm passionate about fashion & believe that putting on the perfect pair of jeans is an instant mood booster. Some of my favorite things to do are going thrifting, reading murder mystery books, and spending quality time with people I love.