HAPPY PEPERO DAY!

What is Pepero Day you might ask?

According to www.popseoul.com/terminology,
Pepero Day: (빼빼로 데이) An informal holiday on November 11 (11.11) where peppero chocolate sticks are given out as presents.

Also, here's a snippet about it from an article I read:

11/11. If you’re a Westerner, it was Armistice Day, the end of World War I.
If you’re a Korean farmer, it was Farmers Day, but don’t expect too many Koreans to know that. In a coup that undoubtedly has fattened the bank accounts of some clever marketing executives at Lotte Confectionary Co., most Koreans would say that Nov. 11 is “Pepero Day.”
Pepero is a snack that looks like a straw dipped in chocolate. Under the chocolate is a thin cylindrical biscuit, in fact, and it is not even originally Korean ― Japanese have known the snack as Pocky since 1965.
But Pepero Day now rivals Valentine’s Day in Korea, especially for the younger set.
The day has also become an occasion for young lovers to exchange gifts of the stuff, including oversize versions that Lotte so kindly provides. In some elementary schools, students exchange the sticks with classmates at 11:11 a.m. on Nov. 11.
Pepero Day supposedly started in 1994 at a girls’ middle school in Busan, where students exchanged the sticks in hopes of becoming tall and slender.

Sorry you can't enjoy the oh so yummy pepero's today! I'll bring some back at Christmas :)