What to buy for Tet?

1. Gifts

Gifts for parents and grandparents are indispensable when growing up. This is a gift to express gratitude and affection to the creator. Some people have given them to their parents and grandparents throughout the year, but anyway, don't forget to give something on this traditional Tet holiday.

When you are an adult, financially stable enough to buy gifts, that's when the age of the parents is getting higher and higher. So you can consider health care products.

2. Redeem envelopes

New Year's lucky money is considered a cultural beauty of Vietnamese people every New Year's Eve. Therefore, do not forget to buy beautiful red envelopes to celebrate the age of loved ones in the family

3. Tet flowers

Tet, of course, can't be without fresh flowers in the house. In addition to the main flowers of Tet such as apricots, peaches... You also need to buy other flowers to display on the altar or display in the house during Tet to make the house more brilliant such as gerbera, chrysanthemum, etc. rosehips, daffodils…

4. Confectionery, jam, and nuts on Tet holiday

These are all indispensable things on the guest table of every family every Tet to spring. First is to treat guests to play, then for the family to gather together to enjoy.

However, consider buying just enough for the family to eat of it because most nuts and jams don't last long.

5. Food during the Lunar New Year

Markets are usually closed during Tet and we also have a lot of work to do these days, so you need to buy foods before Tet and then preserve them and eat them gradually.

About a week before Tet, you can buy dry goods such as vermicelli, shiitake mushrooms, and wood ear mushrooms because these are easy-to-preserve foods. As for approaching Tet, you should buy more meats such as beef, pork, chicken, chicken eggs, duck eggs, sausages, spring rolls, and green vegetables... and store them properly to keep food. stay fresh longer.

6. Beverages

Soft drinks and tea are things you will probably remember. But be sure to buy more juices to help supplement vitamins, clear heat, and cool down your family during the Lunar New Year.

If you have young children at home, don't forget to buy some milk that your baby likes.

7. Fruits

Offering a tray of five fruits on the altar of ancestors during Tet is a traditional custom of Vietnamese people. Depending on the region, the types of fruits displayed will be different. For example: In the North, 5 kinds of fruit are often chosen to bring to the five-fruit tray including bananas, grapefruits, persimmons, tangerines, and peaches.

In the Central region, people often choose some fruits such as dragon fruit, banana, pineapple, watermelon, custard apple, orange, and tangerine... Meanwhile, in the South, people often offer mango fruit. bridge, fig, coconut, papaya, mango. Please choose fruit suitable for where you live to buy.

8. Traditional cakes

Banh Chung, Banh day, and Banh tet are the traditional cakes of Vietnam. Which, for the northern provinces, Banh Chung and Banh day are two indispensable cakes on the Tet holiday. In the South, Banh tet is close to the people of the South.

Currently, many families still keep the habit of wrapping these cakes themselves to enjoy all the typical flavors of Tet. But if you can't pack it yourself, find it at a reputable address.

9. Offerings

Offerings include incense, incense, clothes, and paper money. For the custom of our Vietnamese people, this is a must, we believe that in the new year not only the living but also the dead and the gods need to be prepared and welcome the new year.

Around the 21st and 22nd of the lunar calendar, you should choose to buy offerings for the apple man, according to Vietnamese custom, on December 23, you need to offer him an apple to the sky.

Accordingly, memorize all the trays and offerings you need to buy enough.

SOME NOTES WHEN SHOPPING TET

- Remember to check the goods carefully for quality as well as the expiry date, and check the price carefully to avoid falling into the "trap" of promotions when the prices are raised very high and then decreased by some supermarkets.

- Do not buy too much food, and avoid leaving excess causing waste.

- Should use cash when shopping, buy something, prepare enough cash to buy, limit the use of credit cards or online payment methods, because you will most likely miss hand "swiping the card" buys something you like on impulse in a minute and can't get a refund. However, if you bring cash, remember to store it carefully to avoid theft. Otherwise, choose the shopping method that suits you and still save as much as possible to avoid the situation of swinging your hand over your forehead."

By: Vietnamese women