Being part of China's family

Spring Festival is the time when China becomes most Chinese, but many foreigners living in the country are also getting into the spirit of the occasion.

For American Tammy Fitter's family, that means joining about 20 other families to pool their money for an entire truckload of fireworks, donning traditional Chinese attire and feasting on a huge holiday banquet.

"We try to make it as local as possible. That's what we love about living abroad - you take the best things of the country in which you live," says the registered nurse with Beijing International School.