My favorite holiday is New Year's Day. We follow the lunar calendar so this year starts on January 26. In my country, this is one of the most important holidays that people have celebrated for long time.
Personally, I like this holiday because my family gets together. This also means that I can get to meet relatives who live far away. Moreover, there are many special activities we do on the New Year's Day. This day people wear beautiful Korean traditional costumes. When children wear Korean costumes and then perform a New Year's bow their parents and realtives give them the New Year's gift money.
Also, we prepare many different kinds of traditional foods to have a feast with families and friends. Especially, I enjoy eating rice-cake soup "Tukguk"(prepared with slices of rice cake, beef, eggs, etc.) Tukguk means a rite of passage as we grow a year older. After that, we play some games that Korean people used to play long time ago.
You give a very nice image of New Year's, Young Hee. The reasons that you gave about why you like New Year's are the same reasons that I enjoy Christmas with my family. We all get together, and I see a lot of people that I only see once a year. We also eat special food that remind me of Christmas - like ham and twice-baked potatoes. Your soup "tukguk" sounds interesting - I would like to try it! What are the special games that you play?
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