Black Day, White Day, Red Day, Pepero Day!

So I recently found out that November 11th (11.11) is Pepero Day in Korea... what does that mean? It is sort of like a Valentines Day invented by the creators of the candy Pepero. Pepero are long, thin, chocolate sticks and 4 of them make 11.11. Clever huh! So boyfriends buy it for their girlfriends, friends by it for friends, and everyone is Pepero-ed out by the end of the day.

Apparently there is Pepero Day (11.11), Valentine's Day (2.14) and White Day (3.14) for couples. White day is where the girls give the gifts and Valentine's day is the same as in the states...

I think I'll avoid confusion and just celebrate Black Day (4.14) which is the day for people who, "didn't give or receive gifts on Valentine's Day or White Day can get together and eat Jjajangmyeon white Korean noodles with black bean sauce (hence the name), to commiserate their singledom (from Wikepedia)." ......................Hmmm............ with this definition maybe I'll find a temporary boyfriend so I can at least have chocolate and not black bean spaghetti!

Ahhh the culture differences here in the Homeland :)

(Pepero Displays were all over Korea)