Ushering in the Year of the Ox

February 12, 2021February 25, 2021 aaronjhill

Learn about the Chinese New Year, the traditions and the taboos. Celebrations are weeks-long, culminating in the Lantern Festival on February 26ᵗʰ this year.

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Born in Iowa, I now live in Seattle. My parents met in South Dakota. During the Great Depression and the Dust Bowl many families left. My great uncle made his way west in 1939 with some of his hometown friends. Their destination was Anacortes, Washington, where they'd landed jobs building a log mill. My great uncle continued to Seattle, for a time living in the Greenlake neighborhood with a family from that same hometown. View all posts by aaronjhill