tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33409496.post4980013372015560985..comments2008-08-04T16:07:45.247+09:00Comments on My So-Called Japanese Life: Christmas in Tokyo (2007)Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33409496.post-39207065205550053072007-12-25T22:31:00.000+09:002007-12-25T22:31:00.000+09:00Merry Christmas to you and hubby, Shari! I hope t...Merry Christmas to you and hubby, Shari! I hope that you managed to take the day off together. Alas I've ahd to work, but I'm looking forward to the holidays in a few days.Emskhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01695482838326498180noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33409496.post-67579401465699495932007-12-25T11:08:00.000+09:002007-12-25T11:08:00.000+09:00I'm glad to hear that Ohio is not the only windy p...I'm glad to hear that Ohio is not the only windy place on the planet. <BR/><BR/>Yesterday was so windy it was blowing cars off the road here in town. I swear that I could feel the breeze through the seemingly solid walls of my house.<BR/><BR/>Christmas seemed to start winding down here before it got started. I was out on Saturday and the stores already started stocking up on items for Valentines Day! This is outrageous! LOL!badmoodguy (Бадмўдгуи)https://www.blogger.com/profile/00737755278975395898noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33409496.post-1026244148673028802007-12-25T10:51:00.000+09:002007-12-25T10:51:00.000+09:00Merry Christmas to you, too, lostinube. :-)Literal...Merry Christmas to you, too, lostinube. :-)<BR/><BR/>Literally, seconds before I accessed your comment, my husband pointed out my mistake to me and I was moments away from fixing it. It just goes to show I don't know the holidays either. ;-)<BR/><BR/>To be fair, one of my students sort of confirmed my incorrect conclusion by saying she thought the holiday had something to do with "labor". I thought there were two holidays (because my calendar says so and one was the emperor's birthday).<BR/><BR/>I never felt much Christmas stress back home. I think it's because I'm very organized and started preparing slowly from October (because I enjoyed it so much). Also, my family didn't do parties so there wasn't the need to mess about for hostessing duties.Sharihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17419851636570519145noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33409496.post-44114522915050158732007-12-25T10:22:00.000+09:002007-12-25T10:22:00.000+09:00Merry Christmas!Actually, yesterday was a make-up ...Merry Christmas!<BR/>Actually, yesterday was a make-up holiday for the Emperor's Birthday on the 23rd. Kinro kansha no hi is in November.<BR/>I for one have been enjoying my slow Christmases in Japan. Back home my family would host a Christmas party at my house and the days leading up to Christmas were about cleaning and preparing as well as having to fight the crowds at the malls. I can do without the Christmas stress.lostinubehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04343082700103486584noreply@blogger.com