Mid-autumn festival

Yesterday was Mid-autumn festival Aunts and Uncles came over and the young cousins to celebrate. As usual we sit outside of our flats and watch the kids playing with candles and lanterns while the adults would sit and eat mooncake with chinese tea and pomelo... It is a time for family gathering. I think now most people already do not celebrate this festival. Either they are too busy with their work or they are unbother about it...

My two young cousins, Ethel and Eguene, i don't think they know the origin or history of mid autumn festival and why do we eat mooncake and things like tt... Still remember when i was young, used to ask my parents to buy those battery-cartoon lantern. Every year, you would see many shops selling. When the cartoon characters appear at most shops, it means that this is the latest cartoon that the kids like to watch. After that they have added music to the lantern. After that, I am not sure becos i have grown up le... Recent years, i have not seen shops selling those lanterns. They have been back to old days where they sell paper lantern...

I think now most shops are more concentrate to selling mooncake. Almost every shops are selling mooncakes. From bakery to cafe to resturants. They have came out with many different types of mooncakes. It used to be only those lian rong, red bean mooncake. Now they have durian, coffee, ice cream flavours... Even with different types of cartoon characters mooncake. Tradition mooncake are hard to see le...

So ppl, how do you all celebrate your mid-autumn festival or you all don't celebrate at all?