HAPPY NEW YEAR COCKTAIL PARTY - Sunday JAN, 22, 2023 🐇 5pm-wear red &/or gold

HAPPY NEW YEAR COCKTAIL PARTY
Lucky Year 2023 -Year of the Rabbit!!
Join us for Chinese New Year's Eve-Year of the Rabbit - Venetian Style

This will be a Sunday afternoon for drinks, nibbles to full dinner (your choice) as we sit in the cocktail lounge/dinner party area.

With the feelings of wanderlust of far away places during the
post-doldrums holidays: Dress-up in Gold & Red for Good Luck...

LOOKING FORWARD TO A FUN WAY OF RINGING IN THE NEW YEAR WITH MUCH PROSPERITY & JOY AMONGST FRIENDS, SOME OF WHICH YOU JUST HAVEN'T MET YET!!!

Warmly,
Lynda

If your curious about how Chinese New Year & Venetian Italian Style come together....or the meaning of the Year of the Rabbit...read on...

Marco Polo, known by many as a Dalmatian, made Venice one of his beloved seaports and opened the far east to all of Europe.

The rich black, gold and reds of the Venetian Carnival is informed by the silk trade trail forged by the efforts of explorer Marco Polo.

Divina is a skilled restaurant in many culinary delights, we come together to celebrate to brighten-up these gray sky days post-holiday frenzy, dream of warmer weather and forging friendships for the forthcoming year. Wearing colors in solidarity will be a fun way of kindred spirit.

Were you born in the Year of the Rabbit? Else, perhaps you know someone born in one of those years....

Either way! Come revel in good luck that is foreshadowed ahead for 2023.

Please SAVE-THE-DATE: Be sure to have your black, red and gold outfit (or any combination) all ready for Chinese New Year's Eve (in Venice)!

## What Does the Year of the Rabbit Mean to Us?

In Chinese culture, the rabbit is thought to be the luckiest of the twelve animals of the zodiac. It signifies forgiveness, grace and beauty. Those born in the Year of the Rabbit are calm and harmonious. They tend to avoid arguments and petty fights as much as possible, but are very creative and have good taste.

The Year of the Rabbit is the fourth year in the Chinese zodiac tradition and repeats every twelve years. It starts on January 22, 2023 and concludes on the 9th of February, 2024. Rat, Ox, Tiger, Rabbit, Dragon, Snake, Horse, Goat, Monkey, Rooster, Dog, and Pig are the twelve zodiac animals, in order.

The recent years of the Rabbit are: 1915, 1927, 1939, 1951, 1963, 1975, 1987, 1999, 2011, and soon enough in 2023.

The Chinese New Year doesn’t have a set date as the western New Year does, so it is incredibly important to make sure you have the right date for when every Year of the Rabbit begins.

According to the Chinese Zodiac, the Year of the Rabbit 2023 is a very peaceful year, welcomed with open arms by all after the bold Year of the Tiger. We need to retreat to a quiet and peaceful place, in order to heal our wounds and wind down after all we had to endure the previous year.

Tastefulness and improvement will triumph over all else, and people will acknowledge that prestige is more important than force.
It is a time when we have to keep ourselves in check and not become hedonistic and lazy.

The Rabbit tends to affect those people who are too attracted to comfort, which makes them forget about the value of responsibility

Looking forward to seeing you there!
Warmly,
Lynda

Marco Polo reference: http://www.silk-road.com/artl/marcopolo.shtml/