Talk:Chinese New Year Good Luck Knot/@comment-5782071-20180218021707/@comment-24509764-20180218024449

Not normally, but they are during this holiday. As watches keep track of time, people associate them with the time they have left to live, something not so cheerful to remind a person of when they're trying to celebrate the next year of life. Likewise, scissors represent cutting ties with old relations and can be seen as an ominous precedent to start the year on.

My word choice may have been a bit incorrect, as I did not restate all the pertinent information I read when researching. My mistake, will edit for clarity later.