CHINESE NEW YEAR

The biggest and most popular of all Chinese festivals is The Chinese New Year, and it is an exciting and colorful holiday. It falls everywhere between January 21 and February 19. Chinese people all over the world celebrate this festival  by parading through the streets, and setting off fireworks.People pay visits to friends to wish them luck and prosperity with a greeting that means ''happy greetings, and may you gather wealth.'' On the final day of the year, preparations are made for a great New Year's Eve supper. All doors are sealed with paper strips, and no one may leave or enter until the next morning. . Businesses have closed for days after the new year begins. Children receive presents of money in red envelopes, therefore; no wonder they look forward to this festival.