The first complete day spent with Brandon and Quentin was a great one. And while it definitely didn't feel like a Christmas day, we did our best to make the most of it. We hiked, laughed, ate, ate, and ate, and tried to capture the essence of Christmas the best we could. We found an area that had traditional Christmas decorations set up and, along with thousands of Koreans, made our way through it to take in as much as we could. I personally loved it. It was that heavy dose of Christmas that I'm sure you've been experiencing back in the States since the day after Thanksgiving. Koreans seemed amazed by every moment of the spectacle. The lights, decorations, Christmas trees, and ornaments are things that they just don't have so EVERYONE had to take pictures of themselves amongst it all.
One thing that I found particularly interesting were these two parallel lines of young Koreans (teens and 20-somethings) that were easily a mile long. People were being funneled in between these lines and offered "Free Hugs." So as you made your way down the corridor of eager Koreans, you were wished merry Christmas and hugged by every guy and girl there. Brandon actually denied a guy's hug offer and decided to remain on the outside while Quentin and I hugged and high-fived our way towards the end point - an enormous Christmas tree made out of lights. No reason for me to be a grinch!
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