South Korea Christmas 2024 Uk. Choose from 26 trips with 97 customer reviews. Although christmas is a public holiday in south korea, the celebration takes on a unique flavour compared to the west.

Unlike seollal or chuseok, christmas is not a big traditional holiday, so most koreans don’t travel back to their hometown to celebrate. Couples often exchange gifts and share romantic dinners similar to valentines day, while friends gather to have some “chimaek” (= combining korean fried chicken ‘chikin’ and beer ‘maekju’) or to go clubbing or partying in.