Pls help to correct: Chinese New Year

Chinese New Year is also called The Spring festival, which is the most important holiday of the year. It is <strike>a</strike> <font color="#e76363">the</font> start<strike>ing</strike> of a new year, a new season, when families, friends <strike>could</strike> <font color="#e76363">can</font> get together to celebrate.

Normally the whole <strike>families</strike> <font color="#e76363">family</font> and relatives, if possible, will get together <strike>at</strike> <font color="#e76363">on</font> New Year's eve. Lots of delicious <strike>meals</strike> <font color="#e76363">dishes</font> (a meal is more of a collective term of all that you eat in one sitting, i.e. breakfast, lunch, dinner) will be made for dinner and the seniors will give gifts (or hongbao, <strike>an</strike> <font color="#e76363">a</font> red envelop with money inside) to the kids. We talk, we drink, sometimes we <strike>stay all over the night</strike>..."<font color="#e76363">stay over all night</font>"(this one emphasizes that it's the <em>whole</em> night) or "<font color="#e76363">all stay overnight</font>"(this one emphasizes that <em>everyone</em> stays overnight)

It <strike>will be</strike> <font color="#e76363">is</font> around 7 days in total. We spend the <strike>rest of</strike> "<font color="#e76363">rest of the</font>"/"<font color="#e76363">remaining</font>" days <strike>with</strike> <font color="#e76363">in</font> visiting friends, playing Majiang, visiting relatives if they <strike>saty</strike> <font color="#e76363">live</font> far away, etc.

It is a time to give, to share, to gain. It is a great break you can have year over year, which empower<font color="#e76363">s</font> you <strike>to</strike> <font color="#e76363">on</font> a new jouney.

The only difference is the tense or time that the situation takes place. "The time has come" is used for describing the situation taking place in the present. "The time had come" is when someone is describing the situation in the past or when the context of the situation is in past tense.

You're right. Lighten and brighten are quite similar, especially when it used to describe any situation with light. Lighten also has other meanings, like to make less heavy, but you probably know them already. ;) However, many times lighten is more associated with color and to lighten something means to adjust the shade of color towards the white end of a spectrum. Brighten doesn't really address color as much and is more descriptive of the actual increase of light. It often means to make something more brilliant. LIGHTEN: 1. All the time in the sun has lightened her hair. 2. The BB cream has lightened her skin. BRIGHTEN: 1. That shirt really brightens up your face! 2. The sunlight brightened the attic.

Hey TK! Long time no see. I hope you're doing well. Wow, thank you for being so thorough. It was definitely helpful. Example sentences are the best because I can compare to see what I'm doing wrong. Awesome. :D

It's kind of bad but I catch myself sometimes thinking "아이씨/aish".....