The last two weeks have been amazing because it is the Chinese New Year. New Year is a bigger and more important holiday here than at home. I didn’t know that New Year in Chinese isn’t the same time as ours. This might sound odd, but it isn’t even on the same date every year. Did you know that New Year in China starts with the first new moon of the New Year, and it ends on the day of the full moon fifteen days later? I was a bit confused by all this, but Mrs. Lee explained that the Chinese calendar is based on the move ments of the moon and the sun, so their New Year must fit in with this.