It's ok to pay New Year greetings at night, and the word "affection" is the most important thing. The purpose of paying New Year greetings is to communicate feelings and enhance family ties and friendship between people. National leaders also pay New Year greetings to the people of the whole country in the evening.

Eight Etiquettes for New Year greetings

1. Appointment before New Year greetings

Make an appointment in advance before New Year greetings, so as to avoid "crashing" with other New Year greetings of the host and making an empty trip because the host also goes out to pay New Year greetings, and at the same time give the host a time to prepare in advance. It's best to leave the host a choice when making an appointment. Don't set a time unilaterally. It's more convenient for both parties to agree on this time.

2. Timing of New Year's greetings

Generally speaking, people should pay more attention to their elders in the morning, and don't get up too early during the festival, because people usually get up late during the festival. If you visit the door too early to pay New Year's greetings, the host is often caught off guard. If the New Year's greetings are hosted by the New Year's greetings, the time for the New Year's greetings can be determined according to the time of the dinner. Arrive ahead of time, and don't wait for the dinner time. Time should be reserved for greeting and chatting.

3. Gift preparation for New Year's greetings

Appropriate gifts should be selected according to the object of New Year's greetings. If you have a good understanding of the new year greeting object, you can choose the gift that the other person likes, which is also a good choice. If you don't know much, you can choose flowers, fruits and food ... and you won't go wrong. Alcohol and tobacco should be determined according to the object. It is neither meaningful nor rude to send alcohol and tobacco to people who don't touch alcohol and tobacco. If the host has children at home, he can also choose the gifts that the children like appropriately.

4, New Year's clothing

New Year's new atmosphere, when visiting relatives and friends, we should pay attention to the appropriate clothing, mainly casual and fashionable, don't wear too much exercise, and don't wear too formal evening dresses. If the clothes are dark or depressed, you can add some small ornaments to embellish them and increase the festive atmosphere. The colors of a family's clothes should be coordinated as much as possible to increase the harmony and warmth of the family.

5. Etiquette of being a guest

When you enter the door, you should request to change shoes according to the environment of relatives and friends; Greet relatives and friends (you can know the family members and address of relatives and friends in advance); Give a gift politely; Take the living room as the main activity place, and do not take the initiative to visit each room without the owner's permission; Give priority to the living habits of the host family, not as casual as at home; The content of chatting with the host is mainly greetings and greetings to enhance mutual feelings.

6. Control of New Year's greetings

If there is no dinner, it is generally appropriate to control it in half an hour to 1 hours; If there is a dinner, you can arrive about 1 hours before the dinner and leave 1 hours after the dinner. There is no fixed time limit, but it can be decided according to the relationship with the New Year greeting object, so as not to increase the reception burden of the New Year greeting object.

7. Table manners

When attending the host's New Year reception banquet, we should give priority to the elderly, and humbly give the main seat to the elderly. The main seat in a hotel is generally farthest from the door or with its back to the host desk. At home, it is mainly facing the kitchen door, and the position of the main seat can also be seen through the home furnishings, with the left as the largest. China people's dining table is a platform for communication, so don't eat without talking, but don't talk too much.

8. Chatting essentials during the New Year

In the New Year, we should pay more compliments, praise the old people's complexion and health, and give them more opportunities to speak; Praise career, health and family relations more for young and middle-aged people; Praise children for their intelligence, study, courtesy and understanding. Talk more about happy things and less about complaining, all of which should be "saying good things in the New Year and saying good things in the export". Focus on talking about the other party, don't turn it into your own performance meeting or lecture hall, and you should also stop joking and ridicule, and you should master the degree. If you are not familiar with the host's family, don't ignore it. Take the initiative to say hello.