In the spirit of diversity and company values, Best Buy supports events that are important to their employees, customers, and communities.  The upcoming Lunar New Year is one of those important celebrations.

For Asians all around the world, including Asian-Americans, Lunar New Year not only celebrates the beginning of the year but also the ending of winter and the anticipated arrival of spring.  It is one of the most important holidays celebrated in Asian countries.  

Traditions of those who celebrate Lunar New Year often participate in include writing a wish for the new year on red paper, setting off firecrackers to send out the old year and welcome in the new, children receive gifts and families clean the home together, ahead of the big celebration.  I’d like to implement that tradition please! 🙂  The 14th day is spent getting ready for the Lantern Festival which takes place on the 15th night. On the fifteenth day, the Lantern Festival is held during which children carry lanterns in a nighttime parade.  How beautiful would that be to see?

This upcoming year, Lunar New Year, which is based on the phases of the moon, falls on February 19th, 2015 of our Gregorian calendar.  Best Buy is helping celebrate the event with Asian-inspired Giftcard and eGiftcard, available for purchase or gifting from BestBuy.com through February 22nd, 2015.

To have a gift card shipped to your or a friend’s address, follow this link.  To purchase an eGiftcard, one that can be sent via email and used at Best Buy and online, scroll to the right of the following link until you see the red giftcard with the two Koi fish: http:///www.bestbuy.com/egiftcard.

The physical Lunar New Year gift card and the eGiftcard will be available online at Best Buy from November 1, 2014 to February 22, 2015.