Vietnamese New Year

Today is the Vietnamese New Year. We were so lucky to have been invited to the Vietnamese Community New Year's party in our local town. I have to say the Vietnamese community knows how to party. It was pretty cool to be apart of another culture's traditions. When we showed up a red envelope was given to Alex and Caden. The red envelope is filled with "lucky" money. The night started off with delicious food, next was music and dancing and then a dragon dance. The dragon dance is a vital part of the Vietnamese culture, in which it symbolizes blessings and prosperity. The dance is performed to bring good luck. The dragon dances around and everyone feeds the dragon with money. Alex and Caden loved feeding the dragon. Luckily I was out of dollar bills because I think they would have fed the dragon a million times if they could. I feel so blessed that we have such great friends and that we can be apart of celebrating their heritage along with them.