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Sunday, January 29, 2023

New Year, New Name

Until recently the "Lunar" New Year was always called "Chinese New Year." Heaven forfend that in these enlightened "woke" times we recognize nearly forty centuries worth of history that is celebrated by the majority of the world's population. No, now it sounds like it's simply the Moon that's celebrating a new year. No basis in historical fact is necessary, as is customary these days with the Woke crowd.

Nevertheless, it's always fun to look up your Chinese (Lunar?) zodiac sign and see what the description tells you. I was born at the tail end of the Year of the Rabbit; I missed being a Dragon by about 72 hours. So 2023 is my year once again. Predictions seem a bit tentative for Rabbits in 2023. Oh well, whatever transpires, I'm sure I've lived through worse.

Even the Chinese people are annoyed at the effort to change the name of their ancient holiday. So, as they say in Mandarin, Xin Nian Kuai Le ~ Happy New Year. 

Go ahead, Wokesters. Translate that into Lunarspeak.