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Happy Chinese New Year!
This Lunar New Year is the first new year that Mr. Toucan and I are married. It means that it’s also the first year we’re giving out these, instead of receiving them:
{our custom-made red pockets display our last name phonetically translated into Chinese*}
Lai See, or red pockets, are filled with money and given to wish the recipient good luck and wishes for a prosperous new year!
Typically, these red pockets are given to the unmarried from the married, and only to people younger than the couple. Luckily for the Mister and I, we don’t have too many relatives that are younger than us!
Despite having to give money instead of receiving it, it has kind of been fun to participate in Chinese traditions from the married side!
Have any traditions changed for you since being married?
*We are quite fortunate that Mr. Toucan’s family name translates into Chinese very well! I’ve been told that it translates to “Very harmonious”. 
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i love the custom lai see! hope you’ve been having fun giving them out.
that must be so fun, to enjoy annually traditions in a new light now that you’re married! i’m looking forward to celebrating holidays as a married couple.
can i ask where u can print your own designed red pockets??? and how much they cost?
Happy new year! I went home to LA to celebrate the new year, just so I can benefit from my last year of being able to receive lai see.
Do I get one?
I am happy to see that you wrote a post about Chinese New Year. Being Chinese my self I am in the spirit of starting new, fresh, healthy, and prosperous!
Congratulations!
This is our first Chinese New Year and I bought Hello Kitty red envelopes much to my new hubs’ dismay. It was fun giving them out this year!
Next year, we’re going to see if we can get the ones with hubs’ last name so that we can use them for red eggs, weddings as well as new years.
Does anyone have any recommendations as to where you can buy the surname envelopes?
@bbpacco and meli: I had mine made in Hong Kong. My aunts took a trip there in October and brought them back for me.
Happy New Year! I can’t wait to marry my half Chinese hubby to be able to give out Lai See next year. Although, I will miss the Lai See we get from his grandma…
hehe we were taught to recycle our lai sees when we were little. so i always get reused lai sees
cute!!! We’ve been engaged for 4 years now! Our family teases us saying we’re pushing the wedding back every year because we don’t want to give up receiving the lai see! haha…
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Mrs. Toucan, Boston
Age and Occupation: 25, Full-time Research Assistant, Part-time Graduate Student
Fiance's Age and Occupation: 25, Actuary
Engagement Date: February 18, 2007
Wedding Date: June 7, 2008
Blogging Since: November 07, 2007
Venue: St. Catherine of Genoa, Jin Asian Cuisine Restaurant
About Me: I’m a Gemini to the extreme. On one side, I’m a girly girl. I read countless bridal and fashion magazines, and have an obsession with keeping up with the latest Hollywood gossip. On the other side, I’m a sports fanatic. Despite being a full-time bride-to be, full-time research assistant, and part-time student, I’m also a full-time Red Sox fan from spring training to October, and a full-time Patriots fan from mini-camp to February. I devote almost as much time researching my for fantasy football team as researching for our wedding!
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