Christmas Socks

Last Christmas I hung my Christmas sock near our Christmas Tree.  We have a tradition that if you were a good boy or girl for the entire year, Santa Claus will visit your house and give you presents.  We usually hang Socks or even cellophane.  Our family usually do this tradition.  This year we agreed to...

End of the World 2012 (12.21.12)

Today is 12.21.12 ( December 21, 2012) Do you think the world will end today? No one really knows the answer to this question! I think some people just misunderstood the Mayans.  Who are the Mayans? The Maya is a Mesoamerican civilization, noted for the only known fully developed written language of the pre-ColumbianAmericas, as well as for its art, architecture, and mathematical and astronomical...

Xin Nian Kuai Le! (Happy New Year)

Spring festival, or what is more known as the Chinese New Year, is considered one of the most important events in China.  This year we will celebrate it on January 23, 2012. The celebration is based on the lunar calendar, so that the first day of the lunar year marks the Chinese New Year. Nowadays...

Friday the 13th

January 13, 2012 -> Friday the 13th      Friday the 13th occurs when the thirteenth day of a month falls on a Friday, which superstition holds to be a day of bad luck.   Why?  According to biblical sources, Friday was the day on which Eve offered Adam the forbidden fruit and Jesus was crucified.   Judas, the apostle...