To “tell a yarn” means to tell a story, especially a long and tall one, one that is exaggerated, one that is imagined or at any rate one that is not entirely true. That’s the idea being conveyed in ...

在中国，古人过小年有“官三、民四、船五”之分：北方地区多受官方文化影响，选择在腊月二十三庆祝小年；南方远离政治中心，倾向于腊月二十四过小年；而一些渔家，则会在腊月二十五过小年。