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Thanks to its long history, rich tradition and Vintage Ho Ho Ho Marry Christmas 2021 Santa Hat T Shirt Buddhist influence, Vietnam has festivals organized all year round- many of which are unheard of in the West and really fun to learn about. Tet holiday, for example, is an ideal time to see how families celebrate their love for their ancestors and for each other. Tet should not be mistaken or called Chinese New Year, which may even be an insult to some nationalists. It resembles the Lunar New Year in many ways, but modified with a Vietnamese feel in it. For example, in the countryside, people stay over night and make chung cake- over a bit of fire and some end-of-year gossips. In Hai Phong, the buffalo fighting festival is a well-known occasion: the winning buffalo will get killed and presented to the village god. Even public holidays in Vietnam are worth joining: come to Vietnam on the 2nd of September and you will see nation-wide parades. The whole streets will be lighted by the red flags- and fireworks take over the sky at night. Check our events page to see what events you can join in your next trip.

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In the 1950s and 60s, the US government followed the “Domino theory” which said that if a Vintage Ho Ho Ho Marry Christmas 2021 Santa Hat T Shirt fell to Communism, the countries around that state would in turn also become Communist “like a line of Dominos falling”. The old French colonial possession of Vietnam in South East Asia had divided in two following WW2 and Independence from France with the North falling under the influence of the Soviet Union and China and the South being a capitalist state supported by the US. Eventually a guerrilla war started in the south with insurgents sent by the North and the US became involved sending increasing numbers of troops and material to support the South Vietnamese government. Now here is where the major problem lay, the US saw the war as a simple battle of democracy and freedom versus Communism and tyranny, but it was not remotely as simple as that. The South Vietnamese government was notoriously corrupt and incompetent, the South Vietnamese people were not exactly enthusiastic supporters. Plus, the war was less Communist vs Capitalist and much more a war of national reunification, the people wanted to be one country again and did not care who won the war as long as Vietnam became one state, and it was obvious that the Communists were actually trying to do this while the Southern government was just lining it’s own pockets. So when the US went into Vietnam they were walking into a far more complicated mess than they ever considered.

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I myself am a Vintage Ho Ho Ho Marry Christmas 2021 Santa Hat T Shirt. I wasn’t wounded in combat, but during PT when some fucking idiot texting and driving hit me with his truck. Messed up my leg, I had to have a hip replacement and I wear a brace to walk properly. I can still run a bit but not for exercise since that will wear out my hip faster, so I do the alternate walk event for the PT test. I wanted to stay in the Army and managed to get returned to duty as an instructor for Advanced Individual Training (the training after basic where Soldiers learn their specific jobs) where I teach computers. I have four years left to retire. On the other hand, I have friends with brain injuries who look perfectly healthy and yet loose their cars in parking lots and freak out on a daily basis. I have friends with PTSD who do not get adequate sleep and are not allowed to drive because of it. I have friends who are burn victims who shy away from society. I have friends missing limbs, who are blind, deaf, or cannot speak well due to a stroke. Not all of these friends can hold down jobs. Some of these friends could have a job, but their current situation would change drastically making life inconvenient for them. Some of these friends with the help of adaptive equipment hold down successful jobs. And a small handful of the injured veterans I know (I can’t rightly call them friends) are completely shaming the fuck out of the system. Do I judge them? Fuck yeah I do. I even reported one for fraud.

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The Walk Streets near the Rex Hotel in Ho Chi Minh City are festooned with flowers and Vintage Ho Ho Ho Marry Christmas 2021 Santa Hat T Shirt decorations. I head south after gazing up at the statue of Ho Chi Minh so prominently standing in front of the City Hall, painted yellow and white over colonial-era facades, and lit up on this festive evening, a few days before the actual Lunar New Year, the Tet Holiday as it is called here in Vietnam. The dates on the statue give Ho Chi Minh’s life a context. His death occurred the same year as my birth, now 50 years ago, and I wonder at how time progresses, telling stories with each of our lives. My thoughts are traveling with me as I walk up and down these beautiful streets, enjoying the families and couples strolling with love in the air.