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hi renee sarah oh good can you help me sure |
thank you take this red paper |
okay what are you doing |
i'm putting up decorations for lunar new year i don't know anything about lunar |
new year how do you celebrate it well on lunar new year's eve families get |
together then they eat a big meal |
what do you eat we eat |
chicken fish noodles and dumplings |
and parents give red envelopes to their |
children red envelopes |
the envelopes have money inside cool |
oh we also wear new clothes look at my cheap house it is from my mom |
it's really pretty how do you say that word again |
pow is a traditional chinese dress |
lunar new year sounds interesting i can write about it for the newspaper |
great write about the diner too |
why this month the diner has a lunar new |
year menu we are serving delicious chinese food |
all month okay |
i can write about the diner but |
i want a red envelope first you look great honey |
what's the occasion very funny |
why are you wearing running shorts tonight's lunar new year's eve |
did you forget no |
we're having dinner with my family i don't want to go |
well we have to go change your clothes i put your new |
clothes in your bag honey |
why am i wearing this i feel silly |
i like to wear traditional chinese clothes for lunar new year we'll be a |
hit at dinner fine |
i'm not too excited about seeing my brother |
last lunar new year he kept talking about his money |
i understand but he's family i know |
let's go happy lunar new year |
i have a lot of work to do what are you working on |
i'm writing a column about lunar new year |
the date of lunar new year changes every year did you know that yes it follows |
the lunar calendar that's right |
lunar new year isn't just a chinese holiday did you know that many other |
asian countries also celebrate new year's on the same day |
yes max how do you know all this when i cook |
foods from different countries i like to learn about the culture too i love |
reading about other cultures and foods cool |
chinese called their new year chonjiye |
and koreans call theirs and vietnamese call it pet but i don't |
know much about their traditions do you i know some traditions |
do all three holidays have the same traditions |
they have similar traditions in all three countries people eat a big |
meal with their families cool tradition so what are some of the differences |
the food is different koreans enjoy rice cake soup vietnamese |
eats sticky rice with meat it's wrapped in leaves i want to try to |
make that let's stop talking about food |
i'm getting hungry i'll cook some new year's food for us |
betty picks up a stuffed rat she gives the rat to sarah because it's |
the year of the rat sarah has a gift for betty too |
betty is happy but a little confused when she sees the |
gift she isn't sure what the gift is |
thanks uh |
what is it it's a chinese paper lantern |
it's flat now pick up the top and it opens up |
wow where did you get this lantern |
in chicago's chinatown i went there with my brother last night |
chicago that's far |
you must have driven a long time it took us two hours it's okay |
we had fun well that's good |
we ate a lunar new year's eve dinner in chinatown |
i've always wanted to go to chinatown you should go |
there will be a lunar new year parade on saturday max and i are going |
will there be firecrackers yes do you want to go okay |
i'm sure we can find the best chinese food there |
i don't think so i think max cooks the best chinese food |
renee listens to them they are talking about max's daily |
special simon doesn't like it |
max isn't happy about that he loves his food |
renee smiles she walks over to max and simon |
what's wrong voice simon can't appreciate good food |
i can appreciate good food i just don't want this food |
what's wrong with it simon well |
it's strange it is |
yes what's so strange about it |
simon it's slimy and |
it smells a little strange too it smells okay to me simon simon just |
try it it tastes really good but simon come on |
one bite can't hurt you and you may really like it |
oh all right hey |
this is really good see my food is good |
yes it is renee bring me another plate of this |
i love it okay honey coming right up |
hi sarah how was school great |
we're doing presentations on world festivals |
my presentation is next week which festival will you talk about |
the winter carnival in quebec i can make snow cones for everyone |
great idea i can help you |
or you can present australia day and talk about the cockroach races i can |
help you i found some cockroaches |
ben you brought cockroaches into our house |