<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/4ce953cf-fe5c-476b-899e-06b3ff68858a/855F1B67-0453-4BE1-A8D7-2D73325BEA34/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.studio2b.org/escape/travelfiles/" href="http://www.studio2b.org/escape/travelfiles/" style="font-size: 11px;">www.studio2b.org</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.studio2b.org/escape/travelfiles/">Chinese New Year</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.studio2b.org/escape/travelfiles/">Chinese New Year is on February 18th this year. It marks the beginning of the Year of the Pig. The festival is celebrated for two whole weeks. It is the oldest and most traditional of Chinese celebrations.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.studio2b.org/escape/travelfiles/"><P>Here are some cool things about Chinese New Year you probably didn't know:</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.studio2b.org/escape/travelfiles/"><UL> <li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;"><DIV>People start preparing for this celebration months in advance. Houses are cleaned thoroughly before New Year's Day. It is considered bad luck to sweep or use a broom on New Year's Day, since you might be sweeping away the good luck that the New Year brings in.</DIV> </LI> <li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;"><DIV>Red is considered the luckiest color, and people wear red to bring in good luck. Wearing red guarantees good health and success in the New Year.</DIV> </LI> <li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;"><DIV>How you look and behave on New Year's Day will set the tone for the rest of your year.</DIV> </LI> <li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;"><DIV>Children and unmarried friends are given small red envelopes with money in them (called Lai See), for good fortune.</DIV> </LI> <li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;">Firecrackers are symbolic of sending away the old year and welcoming the new.</LI> </UL></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/855F1B67-0453-4BE1-A8D7-2D73325BEA34/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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