Celebrations Around the World

Interesting Holiday, See You at the Pole Day

By Misha Kim

Seoul - Aug 19th

Have you heard about the holiday, See You at the Pole Day? If not, I will tell you. On April 6th, 1990, a group of teenagers in Burleson, Texas changed the world for a student’s retreat. One night, they decided to go to three schools and pray around the campus’ flagpoles for their friends and fellow students.

On September 15th, 1990, at a rally of teenagers in Dallas, Texas, over 20,000 people that went to the rally were challenged to organize prayer sessions at their schools, following the Burleson example. Some 45,000 students from 1,200 schools were doing it, so it became a tradition for teens.

See You at the Pole is a student-led festival. Every morning of September 15th, the Christian people celebrate them. Some people wear a See You at the Pole T-Shirt and pray.

Even though it is hot, cold, or uncomfortable, they come out on almost dawn, and pray. After the praying, some acrobats come and climb the pole up and down. They all get to know each other. Some people go to their home, and some people play until night. They drink wine and eatsome snacks. At night, they do some fireworks beside the flagpole.

We can notice that it is a very important holiday by watching that people who can’t join the crowd just goes to the near pole and pray, or eat, even three people!

Lastly, I want to say that See You at the Pole Day will evolute more and more.