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Spam giftset for Chuseok.

I went to the store one day in Korea, and I was suddenly overwhelmed with all the spam! It hadn't been there just a few days ago, but suddenly there were multiple giftsets featuring Spam, mainly, and tuna and olive oil in lesser amounts. Spam is the canned pork shoulder and ham mixture,...

Midsummer, the longest day of the year marking the middle of summer time (aka the Summer solstice) is a holiday in Sweden. A lot of people go to their summer houses, or to some nature-y place with their friends and families. There is often a big pole, decorated with flowers and leaves that people dance around and sing songs. The pole was originally a symbol of fertility. The most famous song is Små Grodorna, which is about small frogs. It's also an excuse to have a...

Labor Day is on May 1st in Sweden, and on that day, University choirs sing, and people join demonstrations, mostly for Socialism and against Capitalism. Labor Day was the first non-Christian public holiday in Sweden, and the only one until 2005, when Sweden's National Day also became an official holiday. 

On April 30th is another holiday- Valborg. It's a combination of Pagen Spring celebrations and Viking Fertility celebrations. Mostly, it just seems like a reason for...