Sharing Lunar New Year: Longevity, lion dances and learning
<p>When I was a little girl, I knew there was something special about “our” new year. Unlike the Jan. 1 celebration, Chinese New Year had nothing to do with champagne and resolutions. It was all about family.</p>
<p>Now we call the holiday “Lunar New Year,” embracing traditions from Korea and Vietnam, and I love that inclusion. But in my childhood home, it was “Chinese New Year,” and it always made me think of my grandmother.</p>
<p>My sister and I were born in Maa Maa’s (my grandma’s) San Francisco Chinatown apartment building, a home she purchased by scrimping and saving because she wanted a place where her whole family could stay together. In fact, when my parents first married, my father — her son — brought his bride to that building, and we stayed for years.</p>
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