Do you know Singles' Day ?
By HuaZhao
@HuaZhao (457)
China
November 19, 2012 7:38am CST
Hi, mylotters. Maybe you have no idea about Singles'Day. LOL, Singles' Day is on November 11th. It is not a formal festival. It is created by students in university. But now, it is do popular in China.Many e-commerce platform launched a"shopping festival" on that day and brandished big discounts-as much as 50 percent off, on numerous items. Sales on Tmall.com reached 13 billion RMB on 11.11. Hi, do you know and celebrate this festival in your country?
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@natliegleb (5175)
• India
20 Nov 12
yes i have heard about it where they brandish huge shopping mela and keep dancing for hours together
@youless (112511)
• Guangzhou, China
20 Nov 12
You know we are from the same country, so I know this festival. It is a new festival in the recent years. And actually today the businessmen are very creative to make many different kinds of festivals so that it will promote people to consume. The online stores seem to have a great income in this day. I am also one of them but I didn't buy it on purpose at that time. I just wanted to buy something and therefore I just went shopping online. It had nothing to do with the Singles' Day.
@youless (112511)
• Guangzhou, China
20 Nov 12
You know we are from the same country, so I know this festival. It is a new festival in the recent years. And actually today the businessmen are very creative to make many different kinds of festivals so that it will promote people to consume. The online stores seem to have a great income in this day. I am also one of them but I didn't buy it on purpose at that time. I just wanted to buy something and therefore I just went shopping online. It had nothing to do with the Singles' Day.
@Paper_Doll (2373)
• Philippines
20 Nov 12
I only heard about this from a friend who actually won their Singles' Day pageant. I do not know how they celebrated this day but they seem very happy. I think that it will also depend on the organization on how are they going to celebrate it like for them, they held a beauty pageant for their single employees. I also saw each of them holding a special chocolate cake that time and my friend, fresh bouquet.
@ryanong (9665)
• Vietnam
19 Nov 12
oh, nice to know that novemver 11th is a single day. i don't know about it at all.anyway it is always nice when there is a party to celebrate it, hihihi
@coldnpale (555)
• Greece
19 Nov 12
Lol, that's a pretty interesting day. We don't celebrate this in my country and it is actually the first time I hear about Single's Day. Why don't you tell us a little bit more about it? :) To me it sounds like it is the exactly opposite of valentine's day.:P Like instead of celebrating love, you celebrate the independence and freedom of the singles, accompanied by some discounts that are needed due to the fact that a single's life can be more expensive as there is only one person's income to pay the bills.:P
@moneyham (201)
• India
19 Nov 12
Thanks for sharing. Happy to hear that there is a day even for singles. To be honest i am hearing it for the first time. Here in Dubai, it went off just as a normal day. No such shopping deals or events over here.
@mrsuniega (786)
• Philippines
19 Nov 12
hello HuaZhao
I did not know there is a Singles day in your country. it seems so fun to celebrate that day. anyway we have a lot of festival here in the philippines. its a tradition of thanks giving. festival is the most fun celebration in the whole year.
@juhuacha (7)
• China
19 Nov 12
I'm single.When I come with the day I will be very sorrow for I haven't found a girlfriend yet now.I'm 27 years old,I spent my time in the army to practise millitary skills.Though I was a little handsome in the past,though I'm always kindful,but there's no good girls love me,I'm still single untill now.I'm so dispointed.