Joss money is used as an offering for the dead, and many Asian cultures equate gifting joss money in red envelopes to wishing someone death. Red envelopes filled with lucky money are synonymous to ...

Last September, Kevin Li started thinking about how he and his wife could pass on Chinese traditions to their daughter Ava, who would turn one that December. “My wife and I made a plan [to] speak more ...

Every Lunar New Year billions of red envelopes stuffed with money are exchanged physically and virtually as a token of good fortune in the New Year. This year Lunar New Year falls on Jan. 28 and will ...

In Chinese society, “red envelope” refers to a monetary gift placed in a red packet because the color symbolizes good luck. That’s where Red Envelope got its name. Was the San Francisco-based gifts ...

We usually think of December as the final month of gift giving, and then January 1 comes and it’s all over. But as everyone who celebrates the Lunar New Year knows, there’s one more red, shiny holiday ...