The Chinese New Year is a big traditional holiday in Singapore.On its Eve，while many will 【C1】______for the reunion dinner，others will head for the airport or train station to ’flee’【C2】______such festivities.With a 【C3】______number of Singaporeans going on overseas tours during this time，the Chinese New Year holiday has in recent years become a 【C4】______season for travel agents，【C5】______it Used to be a lull period for them.Isn’t Chinese New Year the 【C6】______important traditional festival for the Chinese？Well，for those who choose to 【C7】______flight，it means an opportunity to enjoy a holiday out of the country.The concern is，if even Chinese New Year can be 【C8】______，what other traditional festivals cannot be disregarded？Why do we need to 【C9】______traditional festivals？Firstly，they are inseparable from our ethnic identity.The Chinese，Malays and Indians all have their own traditional festivals 【C10】______which they derive ’a sense of belonging to a particular community’.So if any Chinese does not see himself 【C11】______one，there is no need for him to celebrate any Chinese festivals.True，everyone has the right to 【C12】______traditions.The problem is：you cannot deny your ethnic origins or change your skin color.We are 【C13】______with a certain skin color which cannot be ’bleached’—if one has a ’yellow face’and yet refuse to 【C14】______with the Chinese，who else can he or she identify with？Secondly，the 【C15】______spirit of the more than 2000-year-old Chinese New Year is closely intertwined with the traditional culture and values of the Chinese.【C16】______its core is the Confucian value of good interpersonal relationships.Traditional Chinese festivals 【C17】______center on maintaining and improving human relations.Reunion dinner helps to 【C18】______family ties while the exchange of gifts and greetings enhance relations among friends.To skip the reunion dinner and stay 【C19】______from Chinese New Year means losing many great opportunities to forge stronger kinship and friendship ties.A tradition must be capable of being 【C20】______down from one generation to another.Yet this does not mean traditions cannot be changed.

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