The U.S. Postal Service celebrated the Year of the Dragon with the issuance of a Forever stamp on January 8, 2009, in New York, NY. Original colorful artwork by Kam Mak was combined with two elements from the previous series of Lunar New Year stamps - artist Clarence Lee's intricate paper-cut ox design and calligrapher Lau Bun's grass-style Kenji character for "ox." The ox is the 2nd of the 12 animals in the Chinese zodiac associated with the Lunar calendar. People of Chinese, Korean, Vietnamese, Tibetan, and Mongolian heritage celebrate the Lunar New Year. People born in the Year of the Ox are said to be hardworking, tolerant and persistent.