It is 2012! We are in the new year! I was so busy this holiday season. I sold gift sets and was invited to Christmas dinner and New year's dinner. I am sure the holiday season is the most live season of the year in the U.S.A.
When it comes to New Year's day, I think it is less meaningful than Christmas for American people. Every American have a dinner or party with their family for Christmas and exchange many gifts. So, just before Christmas, the mall is very busy and the day of Christmas, I can't see anything and anybody outside. Everyone is home with their family. Christmas is the biggest holiday for American.
Compared to Christmas, New Year's day is casual. People celebrate this day by their own way. Some spend this day with family like Christmas, some go to the big city and participate in the countdown or some go to the club and have a party. One of my friends said me "Christmas is with a family, New Year's day is with friends". I think it is correct.
In Korea, New Year's day is a really big holiday. It's the one of the biggest 2 holidays. (Other one is Thanksgiving Day.) We celebrate New Year's day on the lunar calendar so it changed the date on the solar calendar every year. It's January 23rd this year. For New Year's day, every people moved to their hometown to meet their family, so we suffer terrible traffics every year.
The new year season is the most busiest season for the mall(especially, food) because people buy presents for the new year's day. Korean people don't exchange gifts but usually give them to thankful people around New Year's day.
On the new year's day, Korean family has a big party with traditional food. We have an unique custom. When children bow to older people for new year's good luck, the older people say good words to the children with money. So it is very exciting day for children.
I think Christmas day in the U.S. is very similar with Korean New Year's day. Food and detail is different but gathering and the way to greet and talking was the same. It was same feeling at least for me.
I hope you all spent great holidays with your family and everything goes well this year. Happy new year!
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