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PEPERO DAY

Pepero Day is a Sweetest Day-type of celebration just in Korea. Typically, school-aged children and young couples observe this day. Students share pepero with classmates and teachers. For the romantic (and richer), pepero is often combined with jewelry and other accesories as gift sets.

November 11 is the date because the numerical representation of the date(11/11) resembles four pepero sticks. Pepero is a cookie stick dipped in chocolate; however, many variations exist. Other flavors include dark chocolate and strawberry. Crushed nuts are sometimes in the chocolate coating. The size of pepero also varies; in fact, one bakery company offers a baguette dipped in chocolate.

Although it was purportedly started several years ago by a group of girls in middle school, Pepero Day--in a manner similar to the "Hallmark holidays" in the U.S.--receives its greatest promotion from the confectionary companies such as Lotte.

Whatever the reason for it, I like Pepero Day. Unlike greeting cards, pepero can be eaten.

posted by Seoul Man @ 7:45 PM