Although this is my 3rd New Year in a Chinese environment, it's the first time I feel like I'm really celebrating it in a traditional Chinese way. I have spent the last two days eating basically non-stop while going around to my fiancee's various family members homes and hanging out, talking and watching terrible new year's TV programming. Before coming to China I never envisioned that people here would eat a lot, but food is so central to the family experience here and people pack it away for hours.
I kind of feel like among my WASPy friends in Canada the basic necessity of a celebratory get together is booze, and that as long as there is something to drink the evening will go on, whereas here it's all about something to eat.
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