Textbook vs Real
Textbook설날을 축하합니다seol-nal-eul chuk-ha-ham-ni-da
Real새해 복 많이 받으세요! / 세뱃돈 주세요~sae-hae bok man-i bad-eu-se-yo! / se-baet-don ju-se-yo~
Why Koreans say it this way

세뱃돈 (new year's money) — children bow (세배) to elders and receive cash. Adults dread 설날 because relatives ask 결혼은 언제? (when are you getting married?). The holiday food: 떡국 (rice cake soup) = you officially age one year.

Situation: seasons

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