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![S4 - [ENCORE] Happy Holidays? (And: 新年快樂!)](https://getpodpage.com/image_transform_gate_v3/q1ZukBDMinHnMi_4hrqEyJfYwk1LJN4Brf-CaZY5oqE=/?image_url=https%3A%2F%2Fs3.us-west-1.amazonaws.com%2Fredwood-labs%2Fshowpage%2Fuploads%2Fimages%2Feec183ab-9132-4d1c-b680-e89e44d4d948.png&w=1200&h=630&fill=blur "S4 - [ENCORE] Happy Holidays? (And: 新年快樂!)")
Welcome in the Year of the Dragon with this encore of a classic episode from Season Two. Eryk claims all Taiwanese/Chinese holidays are based on sad stories filled with misery, terror, and death. John disagrees. And so the two go over the major holidays celebrated here, and, well, you be the judge of who wins this argument. Also, we cover holidays that used to be part of our calendar, until we had to give them up in exchange for two-day weekends.
AND, a very Happy New Year from Formosa Files and the Frank C. Chen Foundation.
Cover via AI + Eryk Michael Smith
May the Year of the Dragon bring you health, wealth, and happiness!
Formosa Files wishes all Sin Nen Kwai luh!! -- that's the way we say it in Kaohsiung :)
Some losing contenders for the cover are below -- (again AI via Eryk)
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Check our very first episode, the story of a very white man who showed up in London in 1703... and claimed to be from Formosa. Or try a foodie episode from Season 3. Or, for those who want some harder-core history, hear the tale of the Lockheed U-2 pilot Wang Hsi-chueh 王錫爵, who became famous for defecting to the PRC by hijacking China Airlines Flight 334 on May 3, 1986.
