Before New Year's Eve
The celebration actually starts on New Year's Eve with thefamily reunion dinner. By New Year's Eve, you should havedone the following:Clean the entire home to get rid of all the things that areassociated with the old year.Put away all brooms and brushes.Pay all your debts.Resolve differences with family members, friends, neighbors and business associates.Buy the following:Red money envelopes,Oranges and/or tangerines,Fill a "Cheun hup(a circular red tray separated in eight compartments) with melon seedslotuschocolate coinsnuts etc.Flowers (especially plum blossoms, peach blossoms, water lilies),A new set of clothes and shoes for children, preferably something red or orange.Get new dollar bills from the bank. Insert the new dollar bills into the red envelopes.Now the red envelope is called a lai see or lucky money envelope.
The celebration actually starts on New Year's Eve with thefamily reunion dinner. By New Year's Eve, you should havedone the following:Clean the entire home to get rid of all the things that areassociated with the old year.Put away all brooms and brushes.Pay all your debts.Resolve differences with family members, friends, neighbors and business associates.Buy the following:Red money envelopes,Oranges and/or tangerines,Fill a "Cheun hup(a circular red tray separated in eight compartments) with melon seedslotuschocolate coinsnuts etc.Flowers (especially plum blossoms, peach blossoms, water lilies),A new set of clothes and shoes for children, preferably something red or orange.Get new dollar bills from the bank. Insert the new dollar bills into the red envelopes.Now the red envelope is called a lai see or lucky money envelope.