anyway , I've had a great time. I helped mes.lee clean up the house for new year .then, on new year's eve, we put all the brooms, mops and dust cloths away because no cleaning is allowed on new year's day (you aren't even allowed to wash your hair) that evening I had a wonderful dinner with the lee family. there were lost of relatives their as it's a special day for families to get together and remember their ancestors. mr.lee set off some firecrackers at midnight, and we had to have all the doors and the windows in the house open so that the old year could get out
on new year's day there was more food! although it was the biggest meal I'd ever seen , we didn't eat any meat that day. I ate the most unusual foods I've ever eaten - things like lotus seed and black seaweed! all the foods are said to bring good luck . then we went out and stopped by lost of other houses to wish everyone a happy new year or the houses look more beautiful at this time of year. lost of people decorate their rooms for new year , usually with red paint or wallpaper and they put happy wishes written on pieces of red paper on walls and doors. the living rooms are full of vases of flowers, plates of oranges, and lost of candles.
the celebration went on for weeks, so i'm very tired and a bit fatter than I was when I last saw you!
l'll write again soon
love
cora