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Lifestyle With Chinese New Year approaching, conversations about whether it feels "less festive" or whether it still "feels like Chinese New Year" tend to resurface. While we take part in the festive celebrations in Singapore, some traditions that once felt common are gradually evolving — or even quietly fading — amid growing awareness of sustainability, technological developments and shifting generational ideologies. From childhood non-negotiables such as buying brand new clothes to traditional customs such as leaving doors open at certain auspicious hours, here are some disappearing Chinese New Year traditions in Singapore.Lifestyle 1. Gifting new notesDuring Chinese New Year, brand-new notes are often gifted in red packets to symbolise fresh beginnings for the new year. In recent years, however, banks have started to promote the use of "fit notes"which are clean but used notes, for sustainability. While brand-new...