メリー クリスマス！
Merry Christmas! Wanna know more about how the holiday is celebrated in Japan? Although I didn't get a chance to experience a Japanese Christmas, I did learn a lot about it.
- It's not a national holiday so people still have to work on the 25th.
- It's a holiday for couples, and you can feel the romance in the air walking through Tokyo. That's why there are a lot of celebrity polls about what gift they would get their girlfriends and boyfriends or what they would do on Christmas. If you don't have a significant other, you can celebrate with friends.
- The traditional way to celebrate is to eat fried chicken (typically from KFC, or "Kenta") and Christmas cake. Place will take orders in advance.
- Illuminations, a.k.a. Christmas tree lightings, are a big event in the cities.
- Japanese snowmen only have two circles (my students thought it was weird that I drew three circles on mine).
- The kids know about Santa, but they don't know about Mrs. Claus.
- Mariah Carey's "All I Want for Christmas Is You" is the Oricon #2 best-selling international single of all time and is titled "Koibito-tachi no Christmas".
- Whereas Christmas is spent with lovers and friends, New Years is a family holiday. I'll talk more about it next week.
- Finally, even Hachiko gets in the Christmas spirit.
- It's not a national holiday so people still have to work on the 25th.
- It's a holiday for couples, and you can feel the romance in the air walking through Tokyo. That's why there are a lot of celebrity polls about what gift they would get their girlfriends and boyfriends or what they would do on Christmas. If you don't have a significant other, you can celebrate with friends.
- The traditional way to celebrate is to eat fried chicken (typically from KFC, or "Kenta") and Christmas cake. Place will take orders in advance.
- Illuminations, a.k.a. Christmas tree lightings, are a big event in the cities.
- Japanese snowmen only have two circles (my students thought it was weird that I drew three circles on mine).
- The kids know about Santa, but they don't know about Mrs. Claus.
- Mariah Carey's "All I Want for Christmas Is You" is the Oricon #2 best-selling international single of all time and is titled "Koibito-tachi no Christmas".
- Whereas Christmas is spent with lovers and friends, New Years is a family holiday. I'll talk more about it next week.
- Finally, even Hachiko gets in the Christmas spirit.