Friday, December 19, 2008

Piping it in.



The Lotte Department Store in Seoul sprays artificial snow at intervals throughout the day. The Korea Times ran a similar picture last night



with an interesting caption.
Citizens passing by Lotte Department Store in central Seoul enjoy sudden “snow” in the middle of a sunny day, Thursday. The store decided to provide artificial snow 10 times a day for five minutes spontaneously to “cheer up people suffering from the global economic downturn.”

LOL. Part of the charm of snow is that it doesn't happen all the time, and when it does it's special. Well, it doesn't happen much unless you're from a country with four distinct seasons like the United States. The people who live in an area with nice weather like Pittsburgh aren't touched by this kind of thing but Koreans can be impressed.

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