Merry X'mas !!

What Christmas is like in Japan?

How to celebrate Christmas for Japanese people is a little bit different from the traditional way, maybe it is because less than 1% of Japan's population is Christian. December 25th is not even a Japanese national holiday. Christmas is mostly a commercial event for them. Many Japanese people don't know exactly what the origin of Christmas is. In Japan it is common to give Christmas presents. Some Japanese families have a Christmas tree inside of their houses and now it is becoming very common to have lights on the outside of their houses. Many Japanese people have Christmas parties around Christmas Day.

Christmas Eve has also become a night for couples to go out and spend a romantic time together at restaurants or hotels.

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Chinese New Year. - February 14, 2010 -

Red envelopes

Traditionally, Red envelopes or red packets are passed out during the Chinese New Year's celebrations, from married couples or the elderly to unmarried juniors. It is also common for adults or young couples to give red packets to children. Red packets almost always contain money, usually varying from a couple of dollars to several hundred. Per custom, the amount of money in the red packets should be of even numbers, as odd numbers are associated with cash given during funerals. The number 8 is considered lucky (for its homophone for "wealth"), and $8 is commonly found in the red envelopes in the US. The number six is also very lucky due to the reason, in Chinese six can mean smooth, as in having a smooth year.

- From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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