Ok the Chinese Lunar New Year is Monday.
Of course, it is completely acceptable NOT to celebrate it. Some of you may not celebrate random holidays outside your culture. Others may feel that anyone's holiday is worth popping open an adult beverage and toasting whatever holiday it may be. Both are fine.
This is just a guide to make sure you do things the right way.
Right: drink an adult beverage. Never a bad way to celebrate anything.
Wrong: drink too many and drive afterwards
Right: show support for Chinese friends or teammates or co-workers by wishing them a happy new year.
Wrong: fill up an NBA arena in Sacremento with thousands of t-shirts, decide afterwards it is somehow racist to do that on the first day of Black History Month and frantically remove the t-shirts before the game, managing to offend blacks, Chinese, folks who wanted a cool t-shirt and your entire fan base.
Right: if legal in your jurisdiction you can set off firecrackers.
Wrong: blow your hand or your head off.
Right: eat some noodles to represent long life. Even speghetti will do. Yes, you can celebrate Chinese New Year with a plate of pasta. And an adult beverage if you wish.
Wrong: Eat very short noodles. Long noodles means long life. Choking on the noodles is also not advised.
Right: if you really celebrate the traditional way, it involves giving money in red envelopes to kids in the family.
Wrong: steal money from your kids' piggy bank.
Remember, it is perfectly acceptable to ignore the holiday and spend the entire day discussing the previous day's football game.
I hope this helps.
Of course, it is completely acceptable NOT to celebrate it. Some of you may not celebrate random holidays outside your culture. Others may feel that anyone's holiday is worth popping open an adult beverage and toasting whatever holiday it may be. Both are fine.
This is just a guide to make sure you do things the right way.
Right: drink an adult beverage. Never a bad way to celebrate anything.
Wrong: drink too many and drive afterwards
Right: show support for Chinese friends or teammates or co-workers by wishing them a happy new year.
Wrong: fill up an NBA arena in Sacremento with thousands of t-shirts, decide afterwards it is somehow racist to do that on the first day of Black History Month and frantically remove the t-shirts before the game, managing to offend blacks, Chinese, folks who wanted a cool t-shirt and your entire fan base.
Right: if legal in your jurisdiction you can set off firecrackers.
Wrong: blow your hand or your head off.
Right: eat some noodles to represent long life. Even speghetti will do. Yes, you can celebrate Chinese New Year with a plate of pasta. And an adult beverage if you wish.
Wrong: Eat very short noodles. Long noodles means long life. Choking on the noodles is also not advised.
Right: if you really celebrate the traditional way, it involves giving money in red envelopes to kids in the family.
Wrong: steal money from your kids' piggy bank.
Remember, it is perfectly acceptable to ignore the holiday and spend the entire day discussing the previous day's football game.
I hope this helps.
