Ready to Celebrate

January 1, 2026

TIME for Kids

Store full of bright red decorations and plush horses; shopper browses.
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This shop in Liaoning Province, China, is one of many getting ready for Lunar New Year celebrations. February 17 will kick off the Year of the Fire Horse, which happens only every 60 years.

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