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[shockinglycool]

...I was thinking about not using this thing until I got shocked, since I never got shocked from the mistletoe thing, but then I realized I had a question I needed to ask. Which is, it's almost New Year's. It's obviously going to be impossible to have temple visits and cook the food and send postcards and dress up and stuff, so I was wondering, how

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[kan_chyan]

So western New Year is more 'proper'?

[shockinglycool]

I don't think it's like that.

But there are a lot of Westerners here, y'know? I'm curious, too, and we can't do much traditional stuff, I think, so it might be fun to do it in the American custom.

[kan_chyan]

Why not? They did Christmas, there's nothing wrong with doing New Year as close as possible.

[shockinglycool]

Is it a matter of taking turns...?

[kan_chyan]

No, but it's a matter of not conforming to the majority. I have nothing against celebrating something in another's style, but should you sacrifice your own traditions to do so?

So will you be doing both? Or just picking the one the majority of people are used to?

[shockinglycool]

I'm sincerely curious about American-style New Year's. That's all.

[kan_chyan]

Well in that case so am I. Well, not so much American as western.

[shockinglycool]

Oh, that's true. I guess American and Western might not be exactly the same thing, huh?

[kan_chyan]

I think there would be some differences.

[shockinglycool]

Probably. I wonder what kinds...

[kan_chyan]

We'll just have to ask. ♥

[shockinglycool]

That's right. And ask quickly, since there are only a couple of days left...

Oh, by the way. I was being mean and anti social and a "cool loner type" this past week, so I don't know, but how are you?

[kan_chyan]

True, less than a week now right?

Hm, I've been well.

[shockinglycool]

Four days until New Year's eve... I guess preparations will as usual be a rush.

Have you...? That's good.

[kan_chyan]

The worst of things have yet to come, but I'm thinking the week will end nicely.

[shockinglycool]

...

So much for "leaving the old year behind," huh?