8 Things That Made My Chinese New Year in 2008

So it’s that time of the year again. Time to go back home to the girlfriend’s hometown, and from there to pass the Chinese New Year at her grandmother’s farm.

The way that people pass the New Year in China differs from province to province, and town to town, but the warm feeling inside must be about the same.

Anyway, here are some that made my Chinese New Year a little more special than usual:

What Made My Chinese New Year

1. Asked my girlfriend to marry me in Hai’nan, and asked the parents in her hometown. By far the best part of the holiday (everything else doesn’t come close).
2. Saw the baby who pooped on the floor and the dog that ate it.
3. Ate a really big, really fresh chicken leg to kick off the New Year’s eve feast, as usual.
4. Set off the most bad ass fireworks in Grandma’s farm area (in many farms in China, families live next to or close to each other and work different pieces of the nearby land)
5. Watched a far better than usual Craptacular. They seemed to have kicked out many of the older hosts and skits in favor of more popular stars.
6. Posed with more family than ever before for the big New Year’s / New Year’s Eve shot.
7. Communicated better with family than ever before, and felt more at home.
8. Slept and ate much more than usual. Laziness and glutiny, in moderation, soothe the soul.

How about you? What made your Chinese New Year a good one?

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1. 1|loki on the run says:
   

   Don’t you think that it is more than a little elitist to label something that many Chinese seem to enjoy as a Craptacular?

   I tuned in a little all the way from America and found the one that I saw to be interesting at least.

   I can see sensitivity training in your future, Dude!

2. 2|Jeremy says:
   

   Maybe you’re right and you’re very right that this year’s was great in comparison to past years. Anyway, I didn’t invent the term - here is excerpted from the link above (and lets us know what many young Chinese people think about most year’s performances.)

   Pretty much every Chinese person I talk to agrees that it gets worse every year, ever reaching new depths of raw bore-power. Yet most Chinese households tune in faithfully every year.

   But hopefully this year’s marks the beginning of a new era of shows that are enjoyable to watch. It was obvious they pulled out many of the more boring hosts and pulled in many more interesting stars. But that didn’t make any of the other smaller ’spectaculars’ we sat through any more interesting.

3. 3|Doc Meyer (exapt again) says:
   

   I only caught it on the CNN and thought it looked pretty wild.

   Had to remind my Mom “Happy Chinese New Years” for the first time (She’s Korean)

   Cheers from Uruguay

4. 4|Jeremy says:
   

   Hi Doc - It was pretty decent, I enjoyed it the first time around.

   Cheers from the opposite side of the world