Lunar New Year (Chinese New Year) is coming up – it’s the Year of the Dragon.
Legends and lucky symbols of the New Year, videos of San Francisco and Bangkok, children’s books, fun food to celebrate the holiday.
Montreal Gardens of Light
Every fall the Montreal Botanical Garden (Jardins Botanique) has a lantern festival, this year Gardens of Light (Jardins de Lumiere). It’s absolutely magical for kids to wander through the Chinese Garden, over a waterfall flowing into Dream Lake, going in and out of the pavilions – the entire garden is decorated with large silk lanterns. A parent writes, “My kids loved it so much we had to go twice!”
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