Lunar New Year Gifts

Welcome to Lunar New Year 2025! The Year of the Snake.

The snake is the sixth in the twelve-year cycle of animals in the Chinese Zodiac Calendar. Individuals born during the year of the snake are known to be wise, enigmatic, intuitive, and graceful. They possess a calm and analytical nature, often approaching challenges with a thoughtful and strategic mindset. People born under this sign are admired for their elegance and adaptability, and they often excel in areas requiring insight and precision.

What is a traditional Lunar New Year Gift?

Celebrations and gifts that usher out the old year and bring forth the luck and prosperity of the new one. Celbrations often include firecrackers, fireworks, and red clothes and decorations. Younger people are given money in colourful red envelopes. In addition, Lunar New Year or Chinese New Year is a time to feast, celebrate and  visit family members

What are the most popular Lunar New Year Gifts?

Edible blooms are particularly popular for Lunar New Year gifting where alcohol and chocolate are common gifts to give. Selecting the perfect gift can be an art in itself so let us handle the hard part.

Lunar New Year Choc-Dipped Strawberries - Belgian milk chocolate dipped strawberry gift box with the finest milk chocolate and created fresh daily. 

Important Chinese New Year dates

The most notable dates of the Lunar New Year 2025 are these three days:

Chinese New Year's Eve: January 28, 2025
Chinese New Year's Day: January 29, 2025
Lantern Festival: February 12, 2025

Our Lunar New Year gifting for 2025 brings to life a range that celebrates red, gold, and good fortune through the abundance of chocolates and edible gifts.

What animal represents the 2025 Chinese New Year? 

The wood snake represents the year 2025. The year is anticipated to bring elements of wisdom, adaptability, and transformation. Those born in the Year of the Snake are thought to possess these qualities as well; these individuals are often insightful leaders who inspire and guide others with their thoughtful approach.

Why are gifts exchanged on Chinese New Year? 

It's tradition that people will give New Year gifts so they can pass on their best wishes. It is an act of respect and gratitude in Chinese culture. The main themes is abundance and good fortune of having plenty to eat, hampers or edible gifts is the perfect gift exchange or accompaniment to red envelopes.  

What are Lunar New Year lucky colours?

The use of colours when choosing appropriate gifts is very important during the Chinese New Year period. There is a reason why the envelopes given are red because this is considered to be a very lucky colour! The colours red, yellow and gold are all very lucky colours, so this is why the decorations used during the Chinese New Year tend to feature these colours prominently.

12 Ways to Get Lucky this Lunar New Year

We could all use more luck in our lives. And with the Lunar New Year right around the corner, now’s the perfect time to up the good fortune ante. Here are 12 dos and don'ts to get you started.

DO: Clean the house

But before New Year’s Day. Any cleaning done on New Year’s Day washes away good luck.

DO: Deck the halls

After you’re done ridding your pad of dirt and demons, spruce it up with some good luck decor.

DO: Wear red

DO: Give out (or receive) red envelopes

Called lai see in Cantonese and hong bao in Mandarin, red envelopes full of crisp bills are a big part of Chinese New Year.

DO: Eat lucky food

What better way to up your luck than to ingest it? Lots of tasty eats are considered lucky, whether because of their names, appearance, or nature.

DON’T: Eat unlucky food

Namely porridge for breakfast as it symbolizes poverty.

DON’T: Bathe

And especially don’t wash your hair. "Hair" in Chinese, fa, is the same word in the phrase fa cai, meaning “to become wealthy.”

DON’T: Sweep

Sweep the floor and you’ll be sweeping away possible wealth. Don’t take the garbage out either. You’ll only be dumping good luck.

DON’T: Run with scissors

Of course you should never do so, but an accident involving a sharp object on New Year’s Day is said to bring bad luck for the year.

DON’T: Use unlucky words

Such as death, dying, ghost, or the deadly number four.

DON’T: Cry

There's no crying on New Year’s Day. Tears on the first day of the spring festival mean tears for the whole year.

DON’T: Give unlucky gifts

Invited to a New Year dinner? Great! But be sure not to bring:

Sharp objects. Knives etc.
Handkerchiefs. Another symbol of “goodbye forever” Anything to do with the number four. 
Shoes. The word for shoes (xie) is a homonym for "evil." Besides, what a weird gift.
Clocks. The phrase “give a clock” sounds a lot like “attend a funeral rite.” Clocks are also a reminder that we’re all running out of time, and no one needs that.