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While on my tang yuan expedition, I came across a shop that seemed to specialize in all things Lunar New Year-related. I neglected to jot down the name or address of this place, unfortunately, but you won’t miss it if you walk down Mott south of Canal. It’s on the west side, a tiny storefront that would completely escape notice were it not for the fact that some red creature made of paper and plastic seems to have exploded inside.

Not only are there fake oranges and fake firecrackers to hang and plastic gold ingots to decorate with, but you’ve got hundreds of different kinds of hong bao to choose from and lion masks to boot. There are a couple of other similar shops at the corner of Bayard and Mott, but I think this one might be the best, if only for sheer product-to-square footage ratio.