Speaker 1: Surprise. Why are you blessing confetti all over me? Cali?
Speaker 1: He's still a want over thanky poppers. But New Year's
Speaker 1: we should celebrate. But it's not New Year's anymore? Do
Speaker 1: you mean we have to wait a whole year to
Speaker 1: celebrate New Year's again? That's no fun. I don't want
Speaker 1: to wait.
Speaker 2: Maybe we don't have to.
Speaker 1: Welcome to Stories for Kids by Lingo Kids, where we
Speaker 1: discover fascinating facts about the world around us and the
Speaker 1: fun of play learning. This is our first episode of
Speaker 1: twenty twenty four, perfect timing to learn about different kinds
Speaker 1: of New Year's celebrations. Do people celebrate the new year
Speaker 1: on the same day? Can we make our own celebration?
Speaker 1: Let's find out? Why would we wait a lot to celebrate?
Speaker 1: Recom many now? Because New Year's Day is about celebrating
Speaker 1: the new year. It's all about celebrating a fresh start.
Speaker 1: This year has to end first to celebrate the beginning
Speaker 1: of the next year.
Speaker 3: How many more months do we have to wait?
Speaker 1: Twelve months? That's right, Elliott, there are twelve months in
Speaker 1: a year. That's a long time. That's true, Billy. Not
Speaker 1: everyone celebrates New Year's on the same day. You mean
Speaker 1: people celebrate it whenever they want.
Speaker 2: Well, not exactly.
Speaker 1: Not everyone uses the same calendar to count the days. Huh.
Speaker 1: We can pick our own calendar.
Speaker 3: I what they calendar of pictures of puppies, I won't want.
Speaker 2: Because of fruits. I don't mean calendars with different pictures.
Speaker 1: What I mean is that people count the days and
Speaker 1: months of the year in different ways, and the seasons too.
Speaker 1: I'm still confused, Billy. On what day and month do
Speaker 1: you celebrate New Year's Day? January first? That's because you
Speaker 1: use a calendar called the Gregorian calendar, which celebrates the
Speaker 1: new year on the first of January. For some, the
Speaker 1: new year might start when spring arrives, with flowers blooming
Speaker 1: and everything becoming fresh and new. I love spring, we
Speaker 1: do all the pretty flours and foods.
Speaker 2: Then you would love no ruse.
Speaker 1: The Persian New Year, it's celebrated in March on the
Speaker 1: first day of spring. That's only a few months away. Calie,
Speaker 1: we can use your confetti boppers. Then, er, it's still
Speaker 1: too far. What about showing these New year?
Speaker 2: That's right.
Speaker 1: It's also called Lunar New Year. People in many different
Speaker 1: countries celebrate lunar New Year, not just China, Vietnam, Malaysia, Singapore,
Speaker 1: the Philippines and many more. Oh why did they call
Speaker 1: it Lunar New Year? Because the people who celebrate it
Speaker 1: follow a calendar based on the cycles of the moon. Oh,
Speaker 1: a moon calendar.
Speaker 2: I love the bit. Yeah, it's called a lunar calendar.
Speaker 1: Great, let's celebrate thing Lunar New Year. When do we start?
Speaker 1: Billy is right, according to his calculations, it will fall
Speaker 1: on February tenth this year.
Speaker 2: What do you mean this year?
Speaker 1: Isn't it the same every year? Actually, one of the
Speaker 1: cool things about the Lunar New Year is that it
Speaker 1: falls on a different date sometime between January and February.
Speaker 1: Is that because of the moon exactly, Lisa. It depends
Speaker 1: on the moon and the seasons. When winter is almost
Speaker 1: over and there's a new moon in the sky, it's
Speaker 1: time for the lunar New Year. And there are many
Speaker 1: other New Year's celebrations all around the world. So it's
Speaker 1: like different people having their own party when they think
Speaker 1: it's the right time for a new beginning.
Speaker 3: I like that party's all year round.
Speaker 2: It's a nice reminder that there are so many people with.
Speaker 1: Different cultures, each with their unique traditions and beautiful ways
Speaker 1: to celebrate.
Speaker 3: But none of these days are soon enough. I just
Speaker 3: want to celebrate searing anything as long as I can put.
Speaker 3: Michael thing, why don't we make our own celebration?
Speaker 2: I don't see why not. What should we celebrate good fing? Well,
Speaker 2: maybe we can think of something more than confetti.
Speaker 1: A holiday celebration usually has a nice meaning or story
Speaker 1: behind it, any ideas well. We did learn a lot
Speaker 1: about different kinds of New Year celebrations. I didn't even
Speaker 1: know people use different calendars.
Speaker 3: Yeah, we can celebrate learning about different calendars.
Speaker 1: I like that the day of the calendar a day
Speaker 1: to celebrate different calendars around the world and learn about
Speaker 1: how people.
Speaker 2: Organize the year and celebrate in different ways.
Speaker 1: Yay day in the calendar? What celebrate? Okay? Brewing out
Speaker 1: those kinfitti puppers?
Speaker 2: Yes, well, Lingo kids listeners.
Speaker 1: Today we learned about some of the different ways people
Speaker 1: celebrate the New Year, and we even created our very
Speaker 1: own celebration. We're glad you were here to celebrate our
Speaker 1: first ever calendar day with us. If you have a
Speaker 1: unique way of celebrating the New Year or any other holiday,
Speaker 1: we would love to hear from you.
Speaker 2: Just ask a grown up to help you.
Speaker 1: Send us a message, and don't forget to join us
Speaker 1: next episode to continue play learning together.