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I find it wonderful that D Googled JuKoon and disappointing that he didn't find anything.
The name derived from a completely sober and right minded conversation (if you can be sober and right minded while being kidnapped in a volvo with me driving). After the driving adventure, the stop at the sea, the ritual throwing of underwear into the water and the creepy Pt. Fermin soiree which was quite a bit like "The Birds" only with raccoons. (We went to Pt. Fermin to see the sunken city and the feral cats...."Look Keith, it's a cat? That's not a cat, Lisa".) When we were driving back to LB to get some sustenance. It was suggested by one (of the 5 in the car) that the name should be changed to Jew Coon to aptly reflect the actual events that occurred. It was then suggested that we spell it slightly differently - Ju Koon. Why the Korean spelling, I don't know. Maybe it was a sign of the addition of Kimchi into our lives.
To top off the evening, after a nosh we returned to our house and saw an animal on the neighbor's lawn. "Look, it's a raccoon!" "That's not a raccoon, Keith, that's a cat" "No, Lisa, that's a raccoon". That cemented the new name of the holiday and, little did we know, gave a peek under the tent of raccoon adventures to come.
Oh, and Ju Koon must be celebrated on or very near the actual date but the celebration must be somewhat spontaneous. We can't let the raccoons know we're coming.
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