CHUSEOK AND THANKSGIVING
BY PETER LEE
Every country has its own harvest celebration
holiday. In South Korea Chuseok is widely
celebrated. Chuseok is from September 14th to the
16th and it originated from Korea`s ancient harvest
day. In America, there is Thanksgiving Day and its
origin is similar to that of Chuseok but it`s celebrated
on Thursday of the forth weak in November
Chuseok because during Chuseok we rest more than
a weak. We have a religious practice where we clean
on ancestor`s tomb.
Aidan Lupori, a 9th grade student at SLAS said, "I
know the origin of Thanksgiving and I know that
Chuseok is very similar because I know many
Koreans. During Thanksgiving my family and I don`t
have special activities: my whole family just gather
together and eats food. I like it because I can taste
more foods than usual. I don`t think Thanksgiving
is becoming commercial because we are just
cooking extra foods on that day. I heard that there
is some king of Thanksgiving gift but it`s nor
common."
Ha sung Jeong, a 9th grade student at SLAS said, "I
knew that Thanksgiving and Chuseok were very
similar because I was in American school for a long
time. My family and I usually celebrate Chuseok at
my grandfather`s house where we usually watch
special Chuseok movies and we play traditional
games. I think Chuseok is losing its own identity
because is becoming too commercial. Companies
are making more expensive products to earn more Thanksgiving and Chuseok keep their own unique
money.
traditions despite the growing commercialism.
Thanksgiving and Chuseok is the biggest holiday for
Thanksgiving and Chuseok have similar origin. Both American and Korean. Both nations are trying to
celebrate the yearly harvest season during autumn. make more activity but they are also trying to keep
But the differences between Chuseok and its own identity.
Thanksgiving is that it doesn`t have traditional
games. Thanksgiving is not given as much time as
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