Pepero Day
"Pepero Day is a unofficial holiday in South Korea similar to Valentine's Day or Sweetest Day. It is named after the Korean snack Pepero and held on November 11, since the date "11/11" resemble four sticks of Pepero. The holiday is observed mostly by young people and couples, who exchange Pepero sticks, other candies, and romantic gifts.
According to the story, Pepero Day was started in 1994 by students at a girls' middle school in Busan, where they exchanged Pepero sticks as gifts to wish one another to grow "as tall and slender as a Pepero" (Pepero means "thin like a stick"). However, it is more likely it was initiated by Lotte, the company which produces Pepero."
Jenna and I spent the whole day receiving these chocolate sticks and it became a bit of a competition, after each class we would compare our hoards. Although after about 5pm I was loosing badly as one of Jenna’s students had given her a whole box. This came in very handy when we needed to suppress our chocolate cravings later that night.Below is a picture of a girl on the subway with a heart made out of Pepero boxes. I couldn’t help but take a photo representing the extreme lengths they go to. It reminded me of being back home on Valentines Day. We saw variations of this all day; everyone was carrying them men, women and children.
A lady on the subway with her gigantic Pepero heart
A collection of various Pepero (unfortunatly it's not mine)
- Posted by k_millington on 22/12/2006.
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