San Francisco is preparing for 2025 Chinese New year parade

@Aquitaine24 (11858)
San Jose, California
January 22, 2025 6:33pm CST
San Francisco will be having a Chinese New year parade soon. It will be hosted by Joan Chen. Daniel Lurie will be the first mayor to be innaguratd in Chinatown. It will be the year of the snake.
https://www.sfexaminer.com/news/the-city/joan-chen-grand-marshal-of-2025-sf-chinese-new-year-parade/article_bbec7e8a-d8e8-11ef-b43c-734050f00101.html
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@rakski (133663)
• Philippines
23 Jan
We have Chinese New Year celebration here too
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@Aquitaine24 (11858)
• San Jose, California
23 Jan
How big is it there?
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@Aquitaine24 (11858)
• San Jose, California
23 Jan
@rakski yes, the local 99Ranch Market had lion dancers when it first opened. There were lion dancers art church last year as well.
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@rakski (133663)
• Philippines
23 Jan
@Aquitaine24 since there are lots of Chinese here, the celebration is big. It is now declared as a national holiday. Most mall owners are Chinese and they have big businesses here. We have a Chinatown as well. Malls have dragon dance performers as well
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@RasmaSandra (82855)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
23 Jan
There is also always a big celebration in the Chinatown in my hometown NYC
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@Aquitaine24 (11858)
• San Jose, California
23 Jan
Yes, there is a Chinatown there. Do you go every year?
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@RasmaSandra (82855)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
23 Jan
@Aquitaine24 I used to when I lived in NYC but now I am in Florida
@kareng (69230)
• United States
24 Jan
Enjoy!
@id_peace (15032)
• Singapore
1 Feb
Chinese New Year parade, we will get ours as well but I am not sure when it will be.
@just4him (318846)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
25 Jan
Enjoy the parade.
@grenery8 (14056)
• Zagreb, Croatia (Hrvatska)
25 Jan
o, yes, the wood snake. enjoy the parade!
@AmbiePam (96295)
• United States
23 Jan
I bet it’s an enjoyable thing to see in person.