Pepero Day
Novermber 11. Rememberance Day to some, 'Pepero day' to all of South Korea. 'What is 'pepero'?', you may wonder... Simple. It is a chocolate dipped bread stick. And in this country there is a Nation wide DAY devoted to it. Seriously.
Similar to Valentines day, one would buy the one they love pepero's. However, the theme of the day isn't 'love' it's actually 'pepero'. That would be like us having a 'Tim Horton's day' where we would all be expected to buy each other decorative baskets full of timbits and stuffed puppies, to not only show our affection for one another, but also to celebrate the sheer existance of Tim Horton's itself. What corporate genius could have fathomed that this entire country would actually buy into such a blatent marketing ploy? Astounding really. The best part of this whole day is the reason WHY 'Pepero Day' falls on Novermeber 11th. Simple. 11 11... looks like four peopro sticks lying side by side. obviously.

check it out:
http://www.koreaherald.co.kr/SITE/data/html_dir/2005/11/11/200511110022.asp