South Shore Plaza Schedules Lunar New Year Celebration

BRAINTREE, MA — Another weekend brings another Lunar New Year celebration in Braintree.

Coming off of the town's first official celebration on Sunday at Town Hall, South Shore Plaza will host a celebration at the mall on Saturday.

The celebration will feature tables with crafts and flowers from 2 to 4 p.m., as well as a Lion Dance, starting at 4 p.m.

Those looking to attend should go to Center Court, which is located in front of Macy's, at South Shore Plaza.

This comes after Braintree's first Lunar New Year Celebration garnered big crowds, even bigger than event organizers and town officials expected.

The festival was scheduled for the first time on Sunday at Town Hall, and, quickly, it became evident that the event would be well attended.

So much so that town officials put out a statement on Facebook stating that there would be a wait to enter the celebration.

The line and wait didn't dampen any spirits, however.

Justine Huang, who organized the event, took to Facebook to thank the community.

"The first lunar new year celebration was a great turn out. It was beyond what I expected for turn out and thanks for everyone’s support and patience," Huang said.

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