English diary by Korean #4 - How we celebrate the Christmas
Apparently New year is coming and It means so is most greetful day, Christmas!
To be honest, Christmas day in Korea is not that big celebration day. (Some people might not agree with it)
But I can surely say we celebrate this day less than what English do. Here in England I saw shop or house being decorated with Christmas stuffs from end of October and people start refrering that day and look forward so much!! The reason I chose this topic for diary is also I talked about christmas with friends today:)
In Korea, Christmas is more like couple things. Normally they are thinking of going to cinema at first. So to get cinema tickets on Christmas, people have to book those quite earlier. And then they might have a nice meal in nice restaurant so they need to book it as well. This might be similar to many countries but as we can see on the HOME ALONE I think for people in Europe or America, Christmas is more family thing.
Anyway as we normally celebrate christmas with partner, poor person who doesn't have own partner they might 'watch home alone eating oranges'. This quote is often used for describing person who spend that day on his own.
FYI - some people have wondered what our family day is. I can say New Year(in English they refer it as Chinese New Year but actually New Year day in Luna calender) and Thanks giving day.
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FYI - some people have wondered what holidays/celebrations do we have for family gatherings. It's New Year's Day on the lunar calendar (but in English they sometimes refer to it as Chinese New Year) and Korean Thanksgiving Day (-> Is this Chuseok?).
*Just because a person is single and not dating doesn't mean that they are 'poor' :P
**Not sure if you actually meant the movie or if you meant that they are at home alone, watching television and eating oranges.
Anyway, thanks for sharing.
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English diary by a Korean #4 - How we celebrate Christmas
Apparently, New Year's Day is coming soon and this also means so is another day of celebration, Christmas!To be honest, Christmas Day in Korea is not really a big celebration (some people might not agree with me).
But I can certainly say we don't celebrate this day as much as what the English do. Here in England I saw shops and houses being decorated with Christmas decorations since the end of October, with people already starting to talk about and look forward to this holiday so much!! The reason I chose this topic for my diary entry is because I talked about Christmas with my friends today:)
In Korea, Christmas is more like a couple's thing. Normally, couples plan to go to the cinema first. So to get cinema tickets on Christmas Day, people have to book quite early in advance. Couples might then want to have a nice meal in nice restaurant so they need to book reservations early as well. This might be similar to many countries but as we can see from the movie Home Alone, I think for people in Europe or America, Christmas is more of a family thing.
Anyway as we normally celebrate Christmas with a partner, a poor* person who doesn't have a partner might 'watch Home Alone eating oranges'**. This phrase is often used for describing a person who spends that day on his own.
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