Happy Lunar New Year to those who celebrate! Hope you have a wonderful weekend. xo
Ruth Chan is an illustrator who lives in Brooklyn with her boyfriend. She writes and illustrates children’s books. For Cup of Jo, Ruth has also written about traveling, pets, grief, OCD, and Chinese celebrations. And here’s her beauty uniform!
I’ve just come up for air after 4 back-to-back days of non-stop feasting and and visiting and oodles of laughter and enjoying the company of all my nephews and nieces and siblings and extended family, and I have to say I’m thrilled to see an entire post on Chinese New Year! I feel so seen 😍 Here’s wishing everyone here a happy, healthy, prosperous and bountiful lunar new year ahead full of abundance and joy and peace! Kong hei fatt Choy!
This is SO beautiful! I used to live in China, and miss it all the time–especially around the Lunar New Year. Happy Year of the Rabbit to all who celebrate!
looove these illustrations <3
Happy Lunar New Year!
Having lived in HK for the first 10 years of my life and as an immigrant, this so resonates! Happy Lunar New Year!
Happy Lunar New Year everyone!!!! <333
Love these illustrations! Always enjoy seeing a glimpse of Ruth’s work from time to time.
Happy Lunar New Year! The animal illustrations are so cute. Thank you Ruth.
The rabbit making dumplings made me chuckle so hard!
I relate to this so much, Ruth! The formula I’ve adopted for Lunar New Year is similar. We invite close friends and have a big dinner of some home-cooked and some takeout Chinese food to make prep a little easier.
Love Rith’s illustrations! Happy Lunar New Year!
Love this, Ruth Chan is the best.
As a child refugee in Hong Kong, my family and I celebrated the new year with so much noise (hello, fire crackers!), food, laughter, and red envelopes. Red confetti rained down and covered the ground. Everyone seemed to be in good spirits. I missed it all terribly when we finally emigrated here to the US, but we make do with big, delicious family dinners, some games, red envelopes, and visiting places that celebrate the new year. Happy Lunar New Year!
Ruth’s story and illustrations and all these comments are so wonderful!! Happy Lunar New Year!!!
The Spaghetti House and Sasa signs in the first cell brought a big smile to my face. I used to gorge on the baked spaghetti there when I was a kid! :) Happy new year!
Lovely! Thank you, Ruth, and Happy Lunar New Year 😊
Feel the same way:) Happy New Year!
I got my new red shirt and a modified (easier to cook) good luck meal ready to share with my best friend!
Happy lunar new year!
I appreciate this. By the way, “It’s not the same here..” is an understatement. Why isn’t lunar new year a national holiday yet?
Wanted to update that this is the first year California recognizes Lunar New Year as an official state holiday! (Law AB2596)
This brought a smile to my face. Thank you!
Now that I’m older, I have empathy for my immigrant parents not being able to fully celebrate Lunar New Year here. Growing up, I always thought it was a weekend but in Asia it’s HUGE, like Christmas is here with all the bells and whistles but longer. Work shuts down for a week or more so everyone can celebrate with family and friends and travel. What’s not to love about that? I think we should officially add this holiday tradition to our roster too! :) Happy Year of the Rabbit Everyone!!!
Happy Lunar New Year, Ruth!
Happy Lunar New Year! Ruth Chan’s work always makes me feel seen, and it’s so great that CoJ has made space to amplify Ruth’s work
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Gung hay fat choy, Cup of Jo community!
My toddler’s fantastic daycare educator is Chinese and she’s been teaching them about Lunar New Year, it’s been so cute to see their little activities. They did “spring cleaning” (kids love to play with a broom and dust pan!), they made little pretend firecrackers, they’ve painted lanterns, she taught them Chinese children songs. We’re so fortunate for his wonderful teachers and I’m so thankful he’s learning about other cultures. Happy Lunar New Year!
I knew our fact-hungry son was going to ask.
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