Tonight is the Mooncake Festival, otherwise known as the Lantern Festival. The Mooncake Festival, for those of you white supremacist ignoramuses who know nothing about anything outside your own pop culture, for those of you who aren't familiar with chinese culture, is based on the following actual happening. ( History lesson, children, open your textbooks to page... ) Interesting, eh? This was the true story. There is another story associated with it, this one a legend. ( The one told by the old man with the mandolin on the sidewalk. )The lantern part? Comes from another part of the actual story. ( Why we cheerfully walk around being fire hazards every once a year. ) So there you have it-I hope I provided a few moments of entertainment for those of my friends stressing over stuff in your life right now. God knows we all need a little bit of that. I don't know-I've always liked my own culture, and looking up information on the Mooncake/Lantern Festival seemed as good a de-stresser as any. Now if only I had meself a li'l lantern and a mooncake to munch on.... headspace: indifferent pirating: Stereogirl; Nice Stupid Playground
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