Chinese New Year traditions center on ushering out the old year and bringing luck and prosperity into the new one. Firecrackers, fireworks, red clothes and decorations are used.

Chinese New Year, also known as Lunar New Year or the Spring Festival, is a 15-day festival typically celebrated in China and other Asian countries that recognizes the start of the new year ...

It’s one of the iconic scenes in the 1983 movie “A Christmas Story” — when the pack of Bumpus hounds from next door bursts into the Parker family kitchen and makes off with the turkey that ...

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Albala said many cultures now have their own traditions — like Feast of the Seven Fishes for Italian Americans or tamales for the Latino community — particularly the Latino community in California.

The Chinese restaurant Meiwah has been in Friendship Heights for over 20 years and its founder and general manager Larry La told WTOP that no one takes vacation on Christmas. “Everybody is working.

Lunar New Year, on Saturday, is one of the most important holidays in traditional Chinese culture. The Year of the Dragon will be celebrated with a parade in Uptown on Feb. 17 and ...

I’d only known having Chinese food on Christmas as a Jewish tradition. Spending Christmas night at R&G Lounge in San Francisco reminded me that everyone shares a seat at these tables.

Back then, Chinese restaurants were some of the few eateries open on Christmas. Today, they’re some of the hardest to get into, with restaurants from Flatbush, N.Y., to Fairfax booked solid for ...