Yesterday, 17 September, 2024, was the traditional holiday of Chuseok/추석, also known variously as Han-ga-wi, August Moon Festival, Harvest Festival, and the Korea-centric "Korean Thanksgiving". It's celebrated on the 15th of August by the lunar calendar, when the Moon is full, the summer heat has largely subsided and "the horse fattens and the sky is tall" (although this year the temps are still quite high, remaining in the lower 30's Celsius (90+ Fahrenheit) when normally they should have fallen to the mid-20's).
So the whole mishpocheh -- most of my extended family in Korea -- got together on the day before and had a big delicious lunch at a Hanwoo beef restaurant (thank you, uncle).
And I presented all present with the Chinese "Moon cakes" that I'd bought a couple of days previously.
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