Chinese New Year 2012 – declared special non-working day

Chinese new year 2012 // Year of the dragon (Picture, by lemongraphic.sg)

Year 2012 is the Year of the Dragon - Chinese Zodiac Dragon.

"This coming January 23, 2012, Monday, is the day of the celebration of Chinese New Year. And under Proclamation No. 84, Chinese New Year is declared as special non-working holiday in the country."

How to Send New Year Greetings through New Year E-cards

There are people that prefer receiving New Year greetings on exactly December 31 because it totally makes them feel that the brand new year is coming.  Unfortunately, sending New Year’s cards on that exact day is very troublesome because everybody will be very busy with all the preparations for their respective New Year’s celebrations, including you.  It will be impossible for you to find time to buy cards and send them to everyone on that day.  Thus, the most perfect solution is to just send e-cards to your family, relatives and friends. 

E-cards are more convenient because they are easy to make.  It would not require you to buy any materials, thus, you would not need to spend any money.

How to send New Year’s e-cards?

• Find an greeting e-card website from the Internet.

• Look for the button or options that say “Send E-card” of “Find a Card” and click it.  E-card selections usually show up after clicking the said option.  They are grouped according to genres so just look for New Year’s cards.

• Choose the New Year’s greeting card that you like among the various selections and see the preview.  If you are satisfied with the card, click it and fill out the necessary information needed – this includes your name, e-mail address, etc.

• Just continue to go next until you reach the part wherein you will be asked to provide information about the recipient and your message for them.

• Lastly, click the “Send” option.  E-card websites will ask you if you want to receive a confirmation e-mail when the e-card reached the recipient, choose this option so that you can be sure that your e-card arrives at its destination.

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New Year Messages Ideas

New Year's Day is one of the best times - a perfect time - to reconnect with friends and family members and wish them a prosperous year. Heartfelt New Year messages will make your loved ones feel special and appreciated at this special occasion. If you are looking for New Year messages ideas, you've come at the right place. Here are some ideas for new year greetings you may want to consider.

New Year Messages Ideas #1: Heartfelt Wishes

• "May the New Year bring you aspirations, happiness and hope. Here is sending my heartfelt New Year wishes of laughter and love."

• "New Year’s Day promises new beginning and fill hearts with aspirations and hopes. May this New Year be the start of your successful and fulfilling life. Happy Holidays!"

• "Let’s toast to the good times and welcome this New Year with good cheers and good friends. I wish you an eternal happiness and joy and wonderful time ahead."

New Year Messages Ideas #2: Funny New Year Quotes

• From New Year's on the outlook brightens; good humor lost in a mood of failure returns. I resolve to stop complaining. ~ Leonard Bernstein

• Good resolutions are simply checks that men draw on a bank where they have no account. ~ Oscar Wilde

• I'm a little bit older, a little bit wiser, a little bit rounder, but still none the wiser. ~ Robert Paul

• Happiness is too many things these days for anyone to wish it on anyone lightly. So let's just wish each other a bile-less New Year and leave it at that. ~ Judith Crist

• An optimist stays up until midnight to see the New Year in. A pessimist stays up to make sure the old year leaves. ~ Bill Vaughan

New Year Messages Ideas #3: General Messages

• Cheers to Happy New Year. Wishing you all the best!

• This New Year, I wish you to have a good start. May all of your worries end as the new beginning starts at New Year’s Eve. Happy Holidays!

• Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to you and to your family.

• May God bless you and your family this New Year. Let's cheer to the brand new start!

• Happy New Year to you, my friend. I'm wishing you a wonderful time with your family and friends this New Year.

The New Year Wish

I wish in 2012

May Lord bless u with...

12 Months of Joy

52 Weeks of Peace

365 Days of Prosperity

8760 Hours Good Health

52600 Minutes Good Life

Happy Holidays!

New Year Greeting Ideas

One of the festive and most important holidays of the year is New Year's Day. Many people around the world anticipate the new start of the year as the clock strikes at 12:00 midnight of December 31. Bursting firecrackers, cooking lavish meals and exchanging New Year wishes are the traditions during this festiva occasion. Air is filled with merriment and zeal during New Year.

For this coming holiday season, think about how you will express your New Year greetings to your loved ones. Here are some greeting ideas you may consider.

New Year Greeting Ideas #1: Send New Year Ecards

New Year e-cards can make a delightful, fun and entertaining New Year greeting. They can also be a great source when one need to send a beautiful and good quality holiday greeting in such a short period of time. Many greeting website online allows user to customize New Year greetings before sending out. One may even upload their own photos to make that the e-card is more personalized. There are numbers of themes and scenes available that you can choose. Some may even come as musical with holiday tunes as background. Users can also edit the messages and add their own before sending the ecard.

New Year Greeting Ideas #2: Post New Year Wishes on Social Networking Profiles

With the advancement of technology, people can now reconnect using computer and internet. Many people have now social media accounts like Facebook, Myspace, Twitter, etc. Use it to your advantage and express your NewYear wishes to your family and loved ones using these media. Post heartfelt wishes on your profile for everyone to see. You may also use New Year scraps that are specially created for social networking profiles.

New Year Greeting Ideas #3: Send New Year SMS

Be the first to greet your distant loved ones as the clock strikes 12:00. Send New Year SMS. This can be a great option especially to those who have unlimited text plan package on their mobile phones. They can greet all of their friends and family at once when they do not have instant internet access. Just make sure that your New Year text message is short enough to avoid sending a two-paged SMS.

New Year Greeting Ideas #4: Video Recording New Year Message

Have a video recording of you and your family while wishing your loved ones a Happy New Year. Make it creative by wearing costumes and using props for effects. Upload your video recording to your computer and send it via email. You may also upload it to video hosting sites like youtube and post it your social media account for your friends to see.

Happy New Year 2012

Christmas is almost here. And we know that it will only be a week's time after we celebrate Christmas that we will next celebrate the new beginning - the New year's day!

Let me wish you a very Happy New Year.

So what's your resolution for this coming new year?

New attitude? New character? New goal? New adventure?

Well then, good luck!

Happy Holidays!