Your English-speaking friend has asked for your help with a college project he/she is doing about celebrating New Year in different countries. Write a letter to your friend. In your letter say how important New Year is to people in your country describe how New Year is celebrated in your country explain what you like about New Year celebrations in your country.

Dear Saini, Hi, how are you doing? I hope you are doing well. I received your letter about the college project recently. I am happy to help you research about various New

Year

traditions in other countries. I really want to announce the celebration in my home country, Korea.

It is clear that

the New

Year

is a very important holiday for Koreans. We have a system to count age when people get one

year

older together in the New

Year

.

This

unusual age custom means a lot to us during

this

holiday and we try to celebrate it big because we celebrate the New

Year

special.

Also

, most Korean families tend to not get together because of their busy lives, so they try to get together in the New

Year

.

In addition

, we usually cook various traditional foods

such

as japchae, jeon, and tteokguk to celebrate New

Year

.

In particular

, a bowl of rice cake soup symbolizes longevity and wealth

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and has a special meaning to forget all the difficulties and bad things of the past

year

and start the new

year

brightly. So tteokguk is a symbolic food for New

Year

. When I was young, I used to receive pocket money from my family, including my parents, and when I gave them pocket money, they gave me a lot of good words and advice, so I used to like

this

. What's interesting is that when I get older, I don't get paid and I have to give my nephew some pocket money, so it's a bit of a shame. I hope my letter will help you with your project. Please contact me if you have any questions. I can help you with anything. Best wishes, Hwiju Jin.