On November 11 (11/11) Koreans celebrate Pepero Day, a.k.a. Single's Day. Which basically is an awesome marketing idea invented by the makers of the popular snack (Lotte). Pepero's are also known as Pocky Sticks, a chocolate-covered cookie stick.
On this day, people buy boxes of Pepero to give to their lovers, teachers, classmates, coworkers, and pets. Think of it as type of Valentine's Day.
According to Wikipedia, the numerical date for November 11th (11/11) resembles four Pepero sticks and therefore that's the reason why it was chosen to be Pepero day.
I was also told by my Korean Language teacher that people give the snack to kids as good luck for making them grow tall. I guess I need to eat a lot of those, but I think I'll grow wider than I will taller if I eat tons of them! lol
So Happy Pepero (빼빼로) Day!!
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1 comments:
Mmmmm! Love Pocky!!! How interesting there is a "day" to gift it to others. Pretty neat! Will remember 11/11. CC
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