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1. What do you usually do on spring festival？On Spring Festival，my mother always buys me some new clothes ,so, I wear new clothes on every Chinese New Years Day. I also get a lot of Lucky Money for my parents and my relatives, when I pay them new years calls, about 3000 yuan. You know Spring Festival is a top for people, so I go back to my home town to visit my relatives and friends. But if sometimes I dont have time to go back, because I have classes, I will send them greeting cards. On the eve of the Spring Festival , I stay up to watch CCTV Spring Festival party. I think its interesting and full of joy，when I watch it, I usually eat jiaozi which is made by ourseves. After eating jiaozi I often go downstairs to do firework with my family, on the first day of a brand new year, I usually go to cinema, to see big film with my parents. Thats what I usually do on Spring Festival.2. Whats your favorite festival and why?My favorite festival is Spring Festival. Because my mother can buy me some new clothes, so I can wear new clothes on Spring Festival, I also get many Lucky Money for my relatives and my parents, when I pay them new years calls. On Spring Festival, I can go to cinema, to see big film with my relatives and friends. I think thats exciting. You know Spring Festival is a top for people, so I can go to my hometown to visit my relatives and friends. If I have listens, I can send them greeting cards. On the eve of the Spring Festival. I stay up to watch CCTV Spring Festival party, I think its very interesting, Because the CCTV Spring Festival party is very good. When I watch it, I full of joy. On the first day of a brand new year, I usually eat jiaozi which is made by ourselves. After eating jiaozi, I often go downstairs to do firework with my family. So my favorite festival is Spring Festival.3. How many festival have you knows?I know 23 festivals. There is Jan. the 1sts Spring Festival. There is Jan. the 15ths Lantern Festival . There is Feb. the 14ths Valentines Day. There is Mar. the 8ths Womans Day. There is Mar. the 12ths Arbor Day. There is Apr. the 1sts April Fools Day. There is Apr. the 5ths Tomb-Sweeping Day. There is May the 1sts May Day. There is May the 4sts Chinese Youth Day. There is May the 5ths Dragon Boat Festival. There is June the 1sts Childrens Day. There is Jul. the 1sts Anniversary of the Founding of the Chinese Communist Party. There is July the 7ths Double-Seventh Day. There is Aug. the 1sts Army Day. There is Aug. the 15sts Mid-Autumn Day. There is Sep. the 10ths teachers Day. There is Sep. the 9ths Double-ninth Festival. There is Oct. the 1sts National Day. There is Oct. the 3sts Halloween. There is Dec. the 25ths Christmas Day. There is Dec. the 8ths Laba Rice Porridge Festival. There is May the second Sunday is Mothers Day. There is June the third Sunday is Fathers Day.4. Do you know any tradition or custom about Chinese New Year?I know whenever Chinese New Year, people have the tradition or customOf play firework, wear new clothes, get Lucky Money, watch CCTV Spring Festival party with family, go back to hometown to visit relatives. Sand cards to greeting, stay up in eve, eat jiaozi. The most acquaint for me is play firework. It is said that play firework is to frighten the name yell “nian”s monster. I acquaint get Lucky-Money too, It is said that “sui” is a monster, he Bully the child, so adult be for restricted “ sui”, Evolve gradually become money. This is I know about Chinese New Year tradition custom. 5. Do you know the original story about Chinese new Year?It is said that. New Year evening can see a monster eat people, people are very afraid. An old man tell people not to afraid monster, he have a way. He kindles bamboo and gun-powder in evening frighten monster left this village. Because this monster name is nian, so in the Chinese, New Year is “spend nian”.6. Western festival or Chinese festival, which one do you like best?I like Chinese festivals best, because they are interesting and full of joy and happiness. They have many beautiful original story and long history. They have their oven feature and tradition. Take Spring Festival for example. I can play firework and get much Lucky-Money on Spring Festival.7. What do you know about Christmas?I know Christmas celebrates the birth of Jesus Christ, people think he is the son of God. During Christmas, people go to church to pray. They will exchange cards and presents, and have a big dinner together. They would like to sing Christmas carols and watching traditional Christmas films or cartoons on TV. Especially for children they like decorating Christmas trees with beautiful staff. They will put their stockings at the end of bed before they go to sleep, because Santa Claus will give presents and put them into stockings. You know Christmas is the most important festival in the western countries just like Spring Festival in China. So Christmas is a time for them to have family reunion.8.What do you know about Halloween?I know Halloween is on oct. 31st. People usually make a pumpkin light on this festival. First they will buy a pumpkin, cut the lid off it, take out the pulp, then they cut holes in the pumpkin, two eyes a funny nose and a big mouth with a long these, finally they put a candle inside it. After making the pumpkin light, they play Trick or Tre