We worked Thanksgiving Day, Christmas Day and New Years Eve/Day. I don't think I've ever work on either of those days in my entire life. It certainly made for a strange, sort of surreal holiday. The calendar told me it was the holidays, but it really didn't feel like it. The great news is that we have such a great “community” of foreign teachers that got together for several small celebrations. It was a lot of fun, just different. One of the highlights of the season was going to see The Nutcracker on Christmas Eve. It was beautiful...exceeded my expectations. Koreans celebrate Chuseok (their “Thanksgiving-type” holiday) in late September. Although there are a lot of Christians in Korea, the Christmas holiday is more of a commercial one. The New Year is celebrated here, but the BIG new year celebration is Lunar New Year, which this year is in mid-February, this year bringing in the 2010, the year of the White Tiger. Now THAT will be a HUGE celebration here.
