The first image that immediately pops up into my mind when I hear the word “celebration” is a stack of dirty dishes and a messy house with empty beer cans all over the floor.

My family is no differencet from that.

So onat an important event, my mother and I have to wake up early in the morning to buy fresh ingredients inat a nearby market and spend hours in the kitchen cooking an enormous amount of food.

No wonder you don't really like celebrations. I don't blame you!

The cleaning up after the party takes forever, too.

I guess that only men love to throw a party as they don’t have to do anything but enjoy the feast and get totally wasted after(ward).

ack. Lazy men.

Anniversaries such as weddings or funerals are common celebrations, too.

I can’t speak for everyone, but I suppose it partly depends (up)on how large one’s social network is.

So for someone who has a lot of such people like these, celebrations will usually mean spending time with a large number of people.

On nNew yYear's dDay or thea death anniversary, for example, my house is packed with about thirty people who are my extended family.

If you attend a festival in Vietnam, such as Hung King Temple or Giong fFestival, you can see many parents holding their child’s hand or walking with their teenagers or other adults.

The first image that immediately pops up in my minhead when I hear the word “celebration” is a stack of dirty dishes and a messy house with empty beer cans all over the floor.

This is because in Vietnam, to celebrate a special occasion, the female members are put in charge ofin preparing a large feast for the whole family and/or the guests.

I added 'put' because it makes it sound like the situation was pushed on to the female members.

My family is no difference from that.

So on the day of an important event, my mother and I have to wake up early in the morning to buy fresh ingredients infrom a nearby market and spend hours in the kitchen cooking an enormous amount of food.

Usually, after cooking, I am already fed up with the smell of food.

I guess that only men love to throw a partyies as they don’t have to do anything but enjoy the feast and get totally wasted after.

Some also throw a party when they achieve a considerabllarge accomplishment such as a promotion or college acceptance.

I can’t speak for everyone, but I suppose it partly depends on how large one’s social networkcircle is.

Social network may be correct too, but I changed it to social circle since it's used more commonly.

So for someone who has a lot of suchthose types of people, celebrations will usually mean spending time with a large number of peoplegroup.

On nNew yYear's dDay or the death anniversary, for example, my house is packed with about thirty people who are my extended family.

Normally, people are so occupied with work or studying that they seldom have the time they want to spend quality time with their families.

So most people will try to make up for ithis during festivals.