Happy New Year
I had to talk to the kids in my school about Chinese new year this is what I found out for anyone interested.

Gung Hay Fat Choy (Chinese New Year)
This is a time for families to get together. The Chinese add a year to their age on New Year's Day, regardless of the day on which they were born. It's one big, grand birthday party! It's a time for new clothes, time to fill the home with flowers and fruit, and time for families to remember their ancestors. There are money gifts wrapped in red paper for the children, called lai see, and firecrackers are set off to scare away any evil spirits.
At this celebration, the ceremonial dragon winds its way through the throngs of happy people in the streets. Those who are under the dragon are doing some fancy foot work to help hold it up. It is an honor to be chosen for this task.

Chinese Festival Characters and Colors
The new year festival is named for one of the twelve animals of the Chinese zodiac, on a rotation basis. The symbols for the zodiac are thousands of years old, and they include the monkey, rooster, dog, boar, rat, ox, tiger, hare, dragon, serpent, horse, and ram.
The joyous colors of the festival are orange and red, and people make pyramids of oranges and apples in their homes for good luck
The celebration can last as long as a week. There are art exhibits and karate contests, as well as dancing and a parade with papier-mâché figures of the lion. The best part of the celebration is the Golden Dragon Parade, with many people holding up the long dragon as it weaves back and forth along the street. The dragon is a symbol of goodness and strength.

Chinese New Year starts with the New Moon on the first day of the new year and ends on the full moon 15 days later. The 15th day of the new year is called the Lantern Festival, which is celebrated at night with lantern displays and children carrying lanterns in a parade.