1. You get an excuse to buy a completely new wardrobe.
2. Because red packets are Christmas presents without the BS.
3. Think a three-course meal is fancy?
4. Christmas lights have nothing on Chinese New Year.
5. Everyone looks good in red.
6. Every Chinese New Year dish symbolises good luck. So you're obliged to eat all of it.
7. Does your favourite holiday include guys who dress up as dancing lions?
8. And if you really want to know what hell feels like, you can always go to Chinatown.
9. Feeling peckish? Here, have 10,000 different snacks.
10. FYI: Nin gou is a million times better than Christmas pudding.
11. And cherry blossoms are the classy Chinese version of a Christmas tree.
12. When you're sick of all the food, you can detox with some healthy fruit.
13. Or some healthy seeds and nuts.
14. Chinese New Year is the only holiday that actively encourages you to light explosives.
15. You also get to celebrate the start of a whole new zodiac year.
16. If you want some entertainment, why not go to the Chinese New Year parade?
17. Kidding! Stay at home and eat all the food.
18. Because this is the one time of year your relatives won’t judge you for overeating.
19. Bonus: Chinese New Year technically lasts for 15 whole days!
20. But the best thing about Chinese New Year? Probably getting a chance to visit your friends and family.
21. Even that one cousin who can't stop taking selfies.
