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  • On the first day of Chinese New Year, My family gave to me

  • Lots of red pocket money

  • On the second day of Chinese New Year, In my family

  • Married daughters visit (Dan: What?) And get lots of red pocket money

  • On the third day of Chinese New Year In my family

  • Nobody visits people Get fortunes told

  • And get lots of red pocket money

  • On the fourth day of Chinese New Year In my family

  • Eat Spring dinners Go back to work

  • If your job is crappy And get lots of red pocket money

  • On the fifth day of Chinese New Year In my family

  • Eat dumplings!!!! ~~ For good luck

  • But not visit family It’s bad luck

  • And get lots of red pocket money

  • On the seventh day of Chinese New Year In my family

  • It’s everybody’s birthday And a goddess made humans ~~

  • You eat fish and noodles Unless you are Buddhist

  • Then you get no meat And get lots of red pocket money

  • On the eight day of Chinese New Year In my family

  • We eat dinner again Almost Jade Emperor’s Birthday

  • People go back to work! Nooo!! ~~ Bosses buy you lunch

  • You eat more Tummy’s getting round

  • And get lots of red pocket money

  • On the ninth day of Chinese New Year In my family

  • It’s Jade Emperor’s Birthday People offer prayers

  • With sugarcanes Or tea, incense and fruit~~~

  • Roast pig Or gold paper

  • It all works And get lots of red pocket money

  • On the thirteenth day of Chinese New Year In my family

  • No more food coma You go vegetarian

  • To clean out your stomach From eating for two weeks

  • And celebrate the God of War ~~ Who was a Chinese general

  • Named Guan Yu Won a hundred wars

  • And get lots of red pocket money

  • On the fifteenth day of Chinese New Year In my family

  • It’s lantern festival Eat rice balls

  • And Light up candles If youre South East Asian

  • Find a boyfriend Write down your number~~

  • On a mandarin Chuck it in a river

  • And hope a guy will call you And get lots of red pocket money

  • On the days we skipped of Chinese New Year In my family

  • We probably just eat Eat, talk and eat

  • Lion dance and fireworks Talk, eat and eat

  • Eat, talk and eat Chill, watch TV

  • Talk, eat and eat Visit family

  • And did we say eat?~~ Eat, eat and eat

  • With family Or without

  • And get lots of red pocket money!

On the first day of Chinese New Year, My family gave to me

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