It’s Valentine’s Day and my son has enough sugar in him to hold him through Christmas. He was so excited to go to daycare today because they were having a party in his preschool room. At first he hated the move to preschool, but he’s settling in. We did have to stop in his old room to give Valentine’s to his friends that haven’t moved to the preschool room yet.

Anyhow, I thought I’d see if Valentine’s Day was celebrated in Korea. It turns out that the greatest Greeting Card Holiday of all is celebrated everywhere. In Korea, it’s celebrated a little differently. Here, Valentine’s Day is a big excuse to give everyone we know a lot of sugar. In Korea, February 14th is a day for the women to give gifts to their sweethearts.

If that seems a little unfair, never fear, Korea has a way around that. March 14th is called White Day and this is the day that men buy gifts for their sweethearts. They might even choose that day to swear their undying love for their girlfriend.

Not to be forgotten, if you are single in Korea, you get to celebrate on April 14th. They call it Black Day. It’s a day where you eat jajong noodles with your friends. Jajong noodles are black.

I’m off to spend the rest of Valentine’s Day with my family. My son is currently sitting in the bathtub singing “Twinkle Twinkle Little Star” at the top of his lungs. My parents sent him a Valentine’s gift in the mail and his favorite part were the little glow in the dark stars that you put on your ceiling.

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