You can learn a lot from himonkey.net. Monkey has a nice story about the lunar new year from his year 2004 - the year of the monkey!.
I didn't know Tiet or Lunar New Year was the second new moon after the winter solstice....now I do thanks to Monkey. As Monkey says -
Gung Ho Fat Choy!
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For those of you living in or visiting the San Francisco area, here's a link with Lunar New Year festivities from the Bay Area Traveler Chinese New Year Events 2005.
By the way, this is the year of the Rooster. The online journal Vietnam Style asks the question What Kind of Rooster Are You?
