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Korea's Lucky Sticks, Lucky Day

Korea's Lucky Sticks, Lucky Day

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Nov 12, 2011
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All around towns and cities across South Korea, the owners of convenience stores and small supermarkets have put the finishing touches to street displays of chocolate gifts given annually on Nov. 11. Tables protected from the rain by summer lawn awnings have been spread thick with boxes of chocolate. Nov. 11 is Pepero Day.

Pepero Day does not commemorate…

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