What I like about living in another country, so different from my own, is that you get a lot of "surprise" holidays. I always know when something exciting is about to happen, because retailers start gearing up for the holiday by putting out monster displays of gift sets. Christmas went by with almost no recognition, so I was rather confused when January 6th rolled around and all of sudden the stores are on fire with gearing up for something. It is in preparation for the Lunar New Year, which is on January 23rd. It is a national holiday here, and we will get off 3 days from school in celebration. So although, I don't get to celebrate "my" holidays in the ways that I am used to, it is nice to be introduced to so many new holidays, that I have never celebrated before.
A few months back, for the Chuseok holiday, I was surprised at the large quantity of SPAM gift sets being sold (and purchased). The aisle was literally taken over with the display and it is again for the Lunar New Year. I don't want to 'knock' SPAM too much, but it is a little funny to see it being sold as gifts. Just not something you'd ever see back home. I took a picture of it, so you could see first hand, that I am actually (for once), not exaggerating in the least.
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| A little overwhelming... |
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| This one, I just thought was neat looking. |
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| Same with this one. |
remember, i like spam, but don't really want you to buy me a gift box. please? probably be cheaper, if you want, to buy a can and wrap it here!
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