Research on two festivals which me and my team mates have celebrated

During Chinese new year,Chinese would do spring cleaning to get rid of the bad luck and would not do any sweeping of floor during Chinese new year because it means sweeping away all the bad luck they are going to have for that year but during Christmas,people do not clean up their houses unlike the Chinese.I think the Chinese is quite superstitious about cleaning up the house before the Chinese new year and not sweeping the floor during Chinese new year unlike the Christian.Sometimes, we do really have to believe in superstitious things as it maybe logical sometimes if we do the wrong thing at the wrong time and may causes us a lot of bad luck in things we do.

Another thing that is interesting about Christmas and Chinese new year is that during Christmas,people would normally exchange presents with each other to celebrate Christmas and during Chinese new year,we would receive red packets instead of presents from the elders.

During Christmas and Chinese new year,it is also a time for Chinese and Christian to gather together and celebrate the festival together like a big family and we will play together and chat with each other during Christmas or Chinese new year.

Nevertheless,the Christian and the Chinese would gather around and wait when it is near to the time for the countdown.When the countdown is over,we would say auspicious words to each other and wish each other good luck and the atmosphere would be very high as it means a new year has come which means we should put all the sad things that happened in the previous year behind us and start off with a fresh new year.

I think that Christmas and Chinese new year is about the same as it both means that a new year is coming and we will all have a new hope for the new year and put all the unpleasant things that happened behind us.The differences between the two festivals is probably the culture,the way they think and the way they celebrated it,these and probably the things that make the two festivals look differently.

Done by,
Gan Ding Zhan,Lee Yeong Chan,Chris Ng,Nur Khaliesah and Ng Hui Mei