Cakes ― New Centerpiece of Christmas

By Jane Han

Staff Reporter

People walking around with a box of cake has become part of an ordinary scene sketching the Christmas season in Korea. Suddenly but subtly, the baked good has marked its place as the centerpiece of the local year-end holiday celebration.

But, although the relatively new ``tradition'' might seem natural for the younger generation, elders come to ask, ``Since when did we eat cake on Christmas?'' as