Christmas in Korea

Christmas is always on the 25th of Dec in winter.
The weather is usually snowy but it sometimes does not snow.

Half of Korean people are Buddhist and half of them are Christian. During Christmas in Korea most Christians usually go to church to celebrate that baby Jesus was born at Christmas.
After that, they usually have some meal with their families and they exchange gifts.

Children always check the head of their bed on Christmas morning. They find the presents and are happy. They have a good time.

There are always big decoratians of
Christmas trees in the center of the city.

It looks beautiful!
We often can see Santa Claus on the streets and they give children a little present. When Santa Claus gives a present, children have big smiles. It's a happy time.

Buddists do not have a celebration on Christmas. My morther and father are Buddist. So we never celebrated Christmas and no gifts were given. When I was young I rarely thought about why Santa didn’t come to my house. I wanted to get a present on Christmas.
But I was not sad because my parents always gave me a present
called love. Anyway, Christmas is a wonderful joyful day!!!!!

A Korean recipe - Kimchi

This is a recipe for Kimchi.
For this food, you need these ingredients:

1 head of cabbage
1,500ml of salted water
1 cup of red chili pepper
4 tablespoons of garlic and sugar
1 tablespoons of ginger
1/4 cup of fish paste
4 tablespoons of sticky rice paste
1/4 of a radish
1 cup of green onions


You make it like this


First,cut the cabbsge into half, prepare salted water
and put the cabbage in it for 5 - 6 hours.
Then, rinse the cabbages and wait for them to dry.
Next, cut green onions and radishes into lengths of 5cm
and chop the garlic and ginger.
After that, prepare fish paste, red chili pepper, sugar
and sticky rice paste.
Then, mix all.
Finally, put the mixture inside of each leaf
and then store in a Kimchi pot.

My hometown is Goyangdong, a suburban city of Korea.The population is 893,965 people.
There are many mountains and parks in Goyangdong.
Many people come for jogging and chatting in the park.
It's warm in spring , hot in summer and Autumn is neither hot nor cold.
The Autumn has a high blue sky.
The leaves turn red, yellow, orange and brown.
Those views are colorful and beautiful.
Winter is cold and has a lot of snow and it is covered with snow and looks like pictures.
Many people are going to Seoul to work.
When there are going to office they take the bus, private car and subway.
When I was in Goyangdong I took the subway to work.
It is very busy in the morning.
When people finsh work they come back home and then while they eat, they chat with their family.
They have a good time together.

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