Tet Dinner and Eighteen Dollar Lotto!

Like most cultural celebrations on the new year, there is a main feast or dinner. This is no exception on Tet. Like Thanksgiving, you "snack and graze" all day and then you chow down for the main meal. Everyone pitches in and its a time of laughter and busyness and preparation.

Because they did not have a table large enough to fit all of us, we set the "table" on the living room floor. The meal was a type of beef and shrimp fondue in a vinegar broth then rolled in rice paper with leafy veggies and dipped in a pungent fish sauce that will make you grow hair where you don't have it and make the hair you do have fall out! Its one of my favorite dishes and thank God I married a man who loves it too.

One of the special memories was when we all held hands to say grace. Naturally, Danny and I expected Raul (Chi's hubby) to say it as he was the man of the house, but he asked Danny to do it. There was something very meaningful in him acknowledging Danny's personal relationship with God.

After dinner, Raul gave each of us 10 lotto cards to play for good luck. He got 200 of these cards for FREE from the CA lottery. Danny scratched his and won 2 additional card. I scratched mine and won $18!!! Out of the 8 of us, I won the most cash. This of course only affirmed for my aunt that I bring luck because I am her princess.