Write about your New Year's Eve

Lunar New Year, also known as Tet, is my favorite traditional Vietnamese festival. Lunar New Year often takes place for about 2 weeks, including one week before and one week after the first day of the Lunar New Year. During this special occasion, the time I like most is New Year’s Eve or Giao Thua in Vietnamese,  which is the transition moment between the old and the new lunar year. 

On New Year’s Eve, my family members usually clean the house and worship the ancestors, then have a big reunion dinner, talking to each other and watching the special Tet TV shows until late at night. When it is precisely 00:00 a.m., meaning that the new year officially begins, my family watches the fireworks together and then go to the pagoda to pray for a happy and peaceful year. 

To me, New Year’s Eve is always the most emotional moment. It will always be my favorite moment.