Happy New Year! Gung Hay Fat Choy!
I love holidays. Everyone's holidays. Especially those that mark a new beginning of one sort or another. In the last few years I have really come to love the Lunar New Year.
I love holidays. Everyone's holidays. Especially those that mark a new beginning of one sort or another. In the last few years I have really come to love the Lunar New Year.
According to the Chinese, this is the Year of the Pig. And not just any old pig. This is the Year of the Golden Pig. Chinese hospitals are bracing for a baby boom, because this is a most auspicious year to have a child.
It is also the beginning of a 20-year cycle. Supposedly, what we do today will set a pattern for the next 20 years. Be careful not to sweep your house or wash your hair today, lest you sweep or wash away good fortune. Tomorrow, the second day of the new year, is considered the birthday of all dogs, so be sure to give the pups some special love (and maybe a treat as well).
We'll be putting in a special word to our ancestors in the hopes that the year 4704 brings us a golden piglet or two. Those (like me) born in the year of the sheep "have a special place at the pig's table," so perhaps now our luck will take a turn for the better.
Blessings and prosperity to you all!
