I made this tonight in Chinese class. I don't think we were told how to pronounce it.

(http://s168.photobucket.com/albums/u182/geibu/?action=view&current=luck.png)

I would guess:
福 fu2

Based on what it looks like and context.

GONG XI FA CAI! :DDD

Yay! Happy New Year for real! Wait. Why is it inaccurate?

Because I think it's more accurate to mention it as the lunar new year. "Chinese New Year" gives the feeling that only China and Chinese people celebrate it, which is untrue.

Ah I see. That makes sense. I wonder why it's known as the Chinese New Year around here...and on Google.

(Source: Wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lunar_New_Year). Everything I say herein is suspect.)

There are other cultures which use lunar calendars, like the Islamic and Hebrew calendars, whose new year's celebrations don't fall on the same day as the Chinese one, so "the lunar new year" is technically ambiguous, where "the Chinese new year" is not. And while the new year's holiday China celebrates is common to many neighboring countries and has recently been popularised in many others worldwide, it would still be fair to name the festivities according to their origin, no?

To be culturally unbiased, let's start calling Western new year's day "the Gregorian new year".

I'll show you and celebrate the Julian New Year!