Chinese New Year

Our family attended our first CNY celebration this year -- and it was huge!  A small Chinese-American church around here apparently hosts this big event and we have no idea how they do it on such a grand scale.  Everything was free and there were dozens of table with food samples and drinks and crafts and activities for everyone to try.

There was also a giant stage from which performers sang/danced/spoke in both English and Chinese.  They also called all of the children on stage at point where they were given traditional red envelopes with dollars inside!

We were all a little overwhelmed by the sheer number of people, and pretty quickly Jinna Rai was ready to leave.   I'm sure the whole concept was pretty bewildering to her!