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By Teresa Plowright, About.com Guide to Family Vacations since 1997

Chinese New Year

Monday December 29, 2008
New Year's Eve is coming up (with more family-friendly ways to celebrate than ever before), and not long afterward, families can enjoy a second New Year, with colorful parades and festivities in many cities.

Chinese New Year parade photoIt'll soon be the Year 4706, and time to welcome the Year of the Ox.

Chinese New Year falls on January 26 2009. Festivities are spread over several weeks, and families visiting New York, Seattle, San Francisco, LA, and other cities will find parades, Lion Dances, and other colorful events.

Check out Chinese New Year Celebrations, and a Chinese New Year Parade Photo Gallery.

Gung Hay Fat Choy! (Happy New Year!)

And see also:

 | Family friendly New Year's Eve: First Night events in many cities and towns  |

Comments
January 6, 2009 at 9:20 pm
(1) Carole says:

Looking at the family vacation on Quebec City, where to stay does not show the Hotel Manoir Victoria when we click on the name, it’s possible to see all other area and not this hotel????

January 7, 2009 at 6:55 pm
(2) travelwithkids says:

That should be fixed now! (I assume you were looking at this page:
http://travelwithkids.about.com/od/skiresorts/fr/mont_st_anne.htm )

Teresa

Guide to Family Vacations
http://travelwithkids.about.com

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