Free Chinese New Year E-cards for 2010

Reena Das
Chinese New Year is an integral Chinese holiday, which officially lasts for 15 days. While the West characterizes the festival with lions dance, fire crackers and money in red envelopes, in the East it's all about exchanging gifts, food-fest, decorations, spending time with friends and family, and above all wishing peace and happiness for all.

The Chinese New Year begins according to the Chinese calendar, which consists of both Gregorian and Lunar-solar calendar systems. The track of the new moon changes every year, hence, the festival can begin anytime between late January and mid-February. In 2010, it falls on February 14. 2010 marks the Lunar Year 4708 and is the Year of the Tiger.

No holiday is complete without heartfelt wishes. These free Chinese New Year e-cards are perfect for celebrating the occasion and conveying your wishes to family and friends.

Free Chinese New Year E-cards: 123Greetings.com
Whether you're looking for a formal, encouraging, general or a romantic Chinese New Year E-card, this website has it all. 123Greetings.com offers a wide selection of vibrant, animated and flashy e-cards, perfect for the occasion.

Free Chinese New Year E-cards: Blue Mountain
Although a paid website, Blue Mountain offers a free trial-period for 14 days. The site carries an exhaustive collection of e-cards and features new selections commemorating the Year of the Tiger.

Free Chinese New Year E-cards: Care2.com
Care2.com presents 17 awesome e-cards for the holiday. The website offers choices from traditional graphics to kid-friendly animation.

Free Chinese New Year E-cards: AmericanGreetings.com
Similar to Blue Mountain, American Greetings is a paid website that offers a 2-week free trial. Sign up to browse their gallery, which carries a good collection of Chinese New Year e-cards. The cards are ethnic, sophisticated and different. American Greetings also allows you to post the card straight to Facebook. Simply click "Post to Facebook," allow American Greetings to access your account, choose recipients and post it to their Wall.

Free Chinese New Year E-cards: Hallmark.com
Along with paid e-cards, Hallmark always has some free options for some categories. For this exclusive holiday, the website does offer three free e-cards. Choose from a joyful lion dance, harmony and good fortune or Chinese Zodiac.

Enjoy the festivities and have a great year ahead.

Published by Reena Das - Featured Contributor in Lifestyle

Reena Das is a professional freelance writer providing well-researched content to several online publications like Yahoo!, Suite101, eHow, Trails, Travels and USA Today. She is also one of the top 1000 Cont...  View profile

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  • rohit1/29/2010

    gr8 work

  • Judi J1/29/2010

    Great information Reena. Chinese New Year on Valentines day, so we will all have the heart of the tiger. :)

  • Amanda Cartwright1/28/2010

    Great resources!

  • Gillian Wilk1/28/2010

    Very cool. Thanks.

  • Dina Quirion1/28/2010

    Love this... :o)

  • Mary Russel1/28/2010

    Happy Chinese New Year to everyone who celebrates it. Fun article!

  • Abby Greenhill1/28/2010

    thanks for the info...hope you are well!

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