【Eng-Notes】Festivals Activities

Chinese New Year

Ø  Have a haircut

Ø  Buy new clothes / shoes

Ø  Write / Stick red paper

Ø  Display red paper on door and walls

Ø  Get to flower market

Ø  Eat turnip cakes / taro cakes / sweet rice dumplings / fried dumplings / melon seeds

Ø  Visit relatives (reunion dinner)

Ø  Get red packet / envelope / lucky money

Ø  Wear traditional clothes

Ø  Says ‘ Kung Hei Fat Choi ‘

Ø  Watch parades / lion dances

Ø  Light firecrackers

Ø  Light joss wind mills at temples

New Year

Ø  Go to countdown party

Ø  Watch fireworks

Ø  Drivers honk their horns

Mid-Autumn Festival

Ø  Look at the full moon

Ø  Buy / eat starfruit / pomelo

Ø  Play with glow sticks

Ø  Light lanterns

Ø  Tie riddles to lanterns

Christmas

Ø  Decorate the Christmas tree with angle / stocking / bells / tinsel

Ø  Send E-cards

Ø  Look at the Christmas lights

Ø  Exchang gifts / presents

Ø  Sing Christmas carols

Ø  Santa Clous 聖誕老人