Some people believe that it is the responsibility of individuals to take care of their own health and diet. Others however believe that governments should make sure that their citizens have a healthy diet. Discuss both views and give your opinion. Give reasons for your answer and include any relevant examples from your own experience or knowledge.

All

celebrations

of different festivals are unique depending on their cultural backgrounds and geographical locations. Some

celebrations

,

however

,

share

some surprising

similarities

. In

this

case, the

Chinese

celebration

of New

Year

and the Western

celebration

of

Christmas

. Some may think that these two

celebrations

have nothing in common because of their different cultural background.

On the contrary

, these two

celebrations

share

many

similarities

. One important similarity between the

celebration

of New

Year

and

Christmas

is the importance of kinship.

As the

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highlight of the evening is spent around the dining table talking with family and friends. In China, millions of

people

leave their workplaces

on

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different vehicles to be with their families. In the West,

people

also

travel from everywhere back to their homes to celebrate

Christmas

together.

Although

the number of

people

traveling

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is less than in China. But in both cases, celebrating together with family

the

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driving force for the

people

to travel around during the cold

winter time

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. Another similarity between

Christmas

and New

Year

is the wishing for prosperity and luck. In the West, the typical

Christmas

rite is to attend mass or carol service to remember Jesus's birth and to wish for a good start

into

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the

next

year

. In the East, the

Chinese

New

Year

is welcomed with lion and dragon dances in parades through the streets. Compare to the silent mass in the West, the dances are loud with the aim to push away evil spirits and

bringing

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in prosperity as well as luck for the

year

ahead.

Finally

, both

celebrations

share

an important aspect, the food. For

Christmas

, the typical food includes turkey, different kinds of cakes of other

foods

with religious

meaning

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meanings

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. In China, the

foods

are chosen carefully based on the symbolic meaning of their name or appearance.

For example

, fish is always present during

Chinese

New

Year

meals because the

Chinese

word for fish has the same sound as the word for abundance.

As a result

,

foods

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have become an important way to wish for a prosperous new

year

.

Although

the Western

celebration

of

Christmas

and the

Chinese

celebration

of the new

year

have many differences, they

also

share

some remarkable

similarities

in many aspects.

For example

, both

celebrations

denote the importance of kinship, the wishing for a better

year

, and the importance of

foods

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food

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. Even though some

people

believe that there are no

similarities

between the two

celebrations

, a closer inspection can still show that they have more in common than not.