Dialogue One
W:Happy New Year!
M:Happy New Year to you.
W:What did you do for Christmas?
M:I went home to celebrate it with my family, what about you?
W:I went a Christmas party at my friend's house.
M:Why didn't you celebrate it with your family?
W:I went home for Thanksgiving this year, and couldn't afford to go home again for Christmas.
M:I see, what did you do at your friend's party?
W:We decorated the Christmas tree with tissues and ornaments, had a traditional Christmas dinner with roast turkey, and sung Christmas carols.
M:Did you exchange Chrismas gifts with each other?
W:Yes, what about you, how did you celebrate it?
M:My family went to church, open gifts, and then spent the day eating and playing games with each other.
W:Which do you prefer, giving gifts or receiving them?
M:Obviously, I like getting gifts of people, but I feel better about giving people gifts that I know they like.
W:Me too, it feels good to make people happy.
M:I agree.
Dialogue Two
W:Hi Jordan, how are you?
M:I'm fine, and you?
W:Yeah, I'm all right, say, do you happen to know when Spring Festival is it this year?
M:Yes, it's next Saturday.
W:Oh good, I thought I'll miss it, are you going to celebrate it?
M:I don't have any plans to celebrate it, what about you?
W:I'm having some friends and family over for dinner, do you want to come?
M:Sure, are you going to do anything special to celebrate it?
W:Yes, we're going to have a big meal together, play mahjong and make dumplings together.
M:Why do you plan on eating the dumplings?
W:It's a tradition in China to eat the dumplings at eve night.
M:I see, I've never celebrated it the Spring Festival before.
W:Well, you should definitely come to mine this year then, we're going to set off some fireworks in the evening too, it will be a lot of fun.
M:OK, what time should I come by?
W:You can come any time before 6:00 P.M. .
M:Should I bring anything with me?
W:You don't have to bring anything, but if you want to, you can bring a bottle of wine.
M:OK, should I bring some red envelopes for the kids as well?
W:Sure, if you want to, I'm sure they'll appreciate it.