Actually, celebrating Chinese New Year abroad is a very bleak affair. Every festival originally had its own special meaning and mood, but overseas these fade, and one may even end up just going through the motions.
在海外過中國新年，原是件非常疏離的事﹘﹘每個節慶本來有其特殊意義和心情，可是在海外卻顯得淡薄，甚至勉強成為形式化的應景。