It isn't a day much different than another here in Korea. At Christmas, you see decorations and you hear Christmas music. There are even Christmas trees and several reminders of the most exciting holiday of the year. On New Year's Eve, you can watch fire works that are set off 15 minutes late. On February 14th, aka: Valentine's Day, couples celebrate with chocolate, flowers and cards. But Easter, however; nothing.
Back home, the Easter holiday is often highly anticipated for many reasons: The long and relaxing weekend with usually two days off of work; Eating a ham dinner with the family; Searching for chocolate eggs and a chocolate bunny; Having an all around good break.
Since Koreans are nearly 50% Christian, you would think that there would be some kind of attention drawn to the significance of the holiday. Now, I'm not a religious person, but if you celebrate Christmas then shouldn't there also be a holiday set aside for this occasion? Perhaps I'm just bitter we don't get any free days off.
Although we looked in the most American part of Seoul, we did not find any Easter eggs or a bunny of any significant proportion. So with that said, I genuinely hope all of you enjoy your Easter holiday. Hmmmm.....I wonder if you can order cadbury cream eggs off of Ebay.
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