Designer Hong Bao

Spending Chinese new year in Beijing has been one of the most amazing experiences ever. I'm used to spending summers in Beijing and so it has been amazing to see the difference between summer time and winter time in this city. As I've been busy every day trying to soak up all the new year festivities, I've fallen behind on what I would like to post.

On new years eve day, I went shopping to catch some of the big sales. I walked into The Gap and was handed an envelope. Then I realized it was an envelopes full of red envelopes (红包 hong bao - usually filled with money and given as gifts for the new year). 

Unfortunaly, they were empty... 

But overall I thought it was a really cute gesture made by The Gap.

...Even though I wish it had been somewhere like Alexander Mcqueen giving them out. Imagine designer hong bao?!?! I think I'm on to something . . . 

新年快乐！ 

ps. more celebration pictures to come!