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VanIslander
Joined: 18 Aug 2003
Location: Geoje, Hadong, Tongyeong,... now in a small coastal island town outside Gyeongsangnamdo!
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| Qinella wrote: |
| Hey, they sell egg nog in Korea? |
 ... one of the easiest drinks to make.
Simply mix together two well-beaten eggs, three cups of milk, three tablespoons of sugar, a teaspoon of vanilla and a big pinch of nutmeg.
If you have any trouble finding nutmeg just ask mom or pop to send some over with the next letter. |
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Wangja
Joined: 17 May 2004
Location: Seoul, Yongsan
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| Posted: Sun Oct 23, 2005 3:50 pm Post subject: |
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| Didn't get Christmas holidays in Kuwait and Saudi Arabia either. Tant pis. |
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mindmetoo
Joined: 02 Feb 2004
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| Posted: Sun Oct 23, 2005 4:07 pm Post subject: |
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| As far as I know, Christmas is a legal holiday in Korea. Unfortunately, if most any Korean holiday falls on the weekend they don't observe it on the following Monday like they usually do in the U.S. |
I gather Korea and Japan (maybe more so Japan) introduced Christmas as a way to spur domestic consumption. The Japanese are quite tight with their money and the Japanese hoped a Christmas buying season would help retail. Even during the great depression, the American government moved Thanksgiving to the start of November one year in hopes it would kick start consumer spending.
A few years ago the Japanese government tried to prime the consumer spending pump by giving everyone a couple thousand dollars. The Japanese all steadfastly put the money in their bank and didn't touch it. They tried again. This time they issued everyone vouchers. You couldn't save the vouchers. You couldn't take them to the store, buy a pack of gum, get the cash, and put it in the bank. They had to be spent all or nothing. So if it was 10,000 yen and you bought a 5,000 yen item, you got no change. |
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mindmetoo
Joined: 02 Feb 2004
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| Wangja wrote: |
| Didn't get Christmas holidays in Kuwait and Saudi Arabia either. Tant pis. |
The nice thing about no western style Christmas is the holiday stress is about zero. |
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sheba
Joined: 16 May 2005
Location: Here there and everywhere!
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| Posted: Sun Oct 23, 2005 7:38 pm Post subject: |
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| I get to choose my holidays and Im taking all of them at Christmas. |
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margaret
Joined: 14 Oct 2003
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| Posted: Sun Oct 23, 2005 9:19 pm Post subject: |
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I get Xmas and Xmas eve off because I don't work Saturday and Sunday is the Holday (don't usually work Sunday either.) I get 6 days off chosen by the hogwan--none of which are at Xmas. I get 4 days off of my own choice and am choose to take 2 in the fall and will take 2 in the spring. I could take them at Xmas but would rather take them when the weather is good for traveling around Korea.
Margaret |
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deessell
Joined: 08 Jun 2005
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| Posted: Sun Oct 23, 2005 9:24 pm Post subject: |
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| Time off at Xmas time = Sick days. |
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cruisemonkey
Joined: 04 Jul 2005
Location: Hopefully, the same place as my luggage.
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Wow... culture shock.  Because Christmas and New Year (Jan. 1) fall on weekends this year, and there are no days off in liew (if one doesn't normally work weekends) there are no 'holidays' between Oct. 9 and Lunar New Year! 
I'm going to use ten days of my vacation time to take two weeks off to go to Thailand over Christmas/New Year.  |
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