The Lunar New Year dawns on Feb. 5, and we’ve got ways to share good wishes, whether you celebrate it as the Year of the Pig or the Boar.

1. With two tiny pink ears and pleading black eyes, this little Piggy Bun is almost too cute to eat. Almost, but not quite, because if you don’t eat it, you’ll be missing out on the creamy, sweet custard that fills its steamed bao exterior. It would make the perfect dessert for a Lunar New Year feast, ushering in the year of the boar. A pair of the porkers sells for $4.99 as part of Yum Cha’s dim sum menu, available 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. daily. Red bean-filled Doggy Buns are also available. Yum Cha is located at 1341 Kapiolani Blvd.; call 951-7888. — Donica Kaneshiro, Star-Advertiser

2. Shop Toast’s Kagami wooden box is modeled on the Japanese New Year’s tradition of displaying a stack of mochi topped by a tangerine for luck. Although the Japanese typically celebrate on Jan. 1, the little boar charm on the side makes this an appropriate Lunar New Year memento. Jeremy Shoda — owner, designer and boxmaker at Shop Toast — introduced the item five years ago, along with a new animal charm each year. The charms are also sold separately, so in 2020 you could sub out the boar with a new charm for the Year of the Rat … and keep going until you have all 12 zodiac animals. Each layer of the kagami peels open to reveal a compartment that can be used to store treasures — use one to keep all your animal charms, perhaps. It’s $25 for the set, or $3 for just the charm, sold at the Kaimuki shop, 3434 Waialae Ave.; 447-9233. Order online at shoptoast.com. — Betty Shimabukuro, Star-Advertiser

3. Mozaic Paper’s die-cut greeting card, designed by local artist Lori Nuha, is deemed classy enough to sell at the Smithsonian Store in Washington, D.C. It’s a tri-fold card that lists within the positive qualities of the Earth Pig — “grounded in positive energy and good fortune.” Mozaic Paper has issued the limited-edition cards for eight new years, printing them locally at Electric Pencil. They sell for $19.50 for a pack of three at mozaicpaper.com, or find them at Hallmark Gold Crown stores, da Shop in Kaimuki, the Honolulu Museum of Art, Miemiko in Ward Centre, Hilton Hawaiian Village’s Anuenue Logo Store in Waikiki, and Whole Foods Market or the Paperie, both in Kahala Mall. — Betty Shimabukuro, Star-Advertiser

4. Chinatown is filled with piggie thingies — from jade charms to plastic wall hangings. Walk down Maunakea Street and you’ll find them stacked and strung just inside shop doors, and spilling out onto sidewalk displays. Winning the prize for cutest are stuffed pigs of all sizes, one of which would make a great gift for anyone having a baby in the Year of the Pig. (A baby born in the last pig year would be 12 in 2019, so it’s up to you to figure out if the preteen is too old for this sort of thing.) The big pig here was $18 at Guan Hua, at Maunakea and North King streets; a bigger one sells for $28. The little piggie was $4 at DDJ Hawaii at Maunakea and Hotel streets. — Betty Shimabukuro, Star-Advertiser

5. Add some spice to Lunar New Year feasts with “You Know You’re Chinese When …” (2018, Legacy Isle), an entertaining, revealing little book by Honolulu psychologist Stephen Choy. Charmingly illustrated by his wife, Canossa Choy, it covers food, customs and common greetings.

For example: You know you’re Chinese (or Chinese at heart) when you count the wonton in your bowl of soup, can distinguish look fun from mai fun and gai choy from gai lan, trade li see (red money envelopes) for cups of tea from youngsters, and request nian gao (new year cake) without rudely mispronouncing it. It sells for $11.99 at Barnes & Noble and other local bookstores. — Mindy Pennybacker, Star-Advertiser

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