process analysis essay As a country of diverse culture, Vietnam has many celebrations for different events such as Mid-Autumn festival, Vietnamese Women's Day, Teacher's Day, so on. However, the biggest and most important celebration is Tet holiday, which takes place around January 1st in Lunar Calendar annually. On the days of Tet, people have lots of things to do to welcome a happy and lucky new year: They go shopping, decorate their house, visit relatives and friends, go to pagodas, etc. The preparation for New year often begins 4-5 days before January 1st. On these days, women go shopping for new furniture, new clothes for them and their family. They also go to Tet Market for peach blossom (for Northern people) or apricot (for Southern ones) or kumquat tree to decorate their house. On the New Year's Eve, people either go to see fireworks or stay home watching Kitchen God program or get together in the kitchen waiting for the sticky rice cakes to be boiled. All are very interesting. Some people are so eager that they stay up till 12p.m to welcome the first moment of New Year. After busy days of preparation, people can finally wallow in the happy and exciting atmosphere covering all over the country. Early in the morning of the first, people prepare a tray with traditional food such as sticky rice cake, meat roll, pork pie, pickled welsh onion, so on to offer to their ancestors. Then they dress in new clothes and come to their relatives or friend's house to exchange New Year's wishes. Some women go to pagodas to wish their family a new year full o luck, happiness and health. Children may be the happiest because they can enjoy a lot of sweets and receive lucky money. Tet is a meaningful occasion for family's members to gather and hope for a happy and successful year.