Tet / Vietnamese New Year is one of the best time of the year for us. Especially my Husband, who goes all out with the decor especially RED!!! "The more RED the better" that's his motto for Tet! Here are a few things we got so far!
Here's a link that defines Tet. Although I knew what Tet is but it's still very interesting to read!
Since Hoa Mai - Ochna integerrima (in the central and southern parts of Vietnam) is not available here in Chicago, we substitute that with Forsythia instead. For Forsythia has that same yellow color and blooms right around the Tet holiday! So we settled for that!
Like the Christmas Tree... it is usually adorns with charms... and most often New Year cards in Vietnam (we only adorn ours with charms here)! <3
To pick up that New Year spirit... we had friends and family over ... of course for food first lol and then a few rounds of Bingo! Vietnamese usually plays Lô tô (Lotto) which is the same as Bingo except that they sings when the #s are called instead of just saying the Collum Letter and number like we would call in Bingo! We are not that talented so we just plays regular Bingo. But non-the-less it was an awesome and FUN time! I almost lost my voice screaming the whole night! lol
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