Of course when I was old enough to keep the money in my own pocket, my parents gave me a long lecture about money. My parents told me to spend my money wisely. On Chinese New Year, my brother and I also receive red envelopes from relatives and adult friends of my parents. On the kitchen table there is a circular red jar containing sweet New Year's snacks. My family and I eat the snacks before breakfast and my mom records our every movement with the camcorder.
Breakfast is always different and better than all other mornings of the year.
We eat lunch in a Chinese restaurant in Chinatown. My family and I go there earlier to see the parades in Chinatown. For dinner there is a huge feast just like the night before. Relatives that live close to us will come to eat with us. And as usual, my mom will record everything we do on camera.