Christmas in Japan

[JayT]

Originally Posted by RobinMask

Why do you think that snow means that there must be Christmas? Christmas is a religious/cultural celebration, not one connected to weather.

LOL my thoughts exactly.
Last year it didn't snow during Christmas, in Tokyo at least. But it started to snow heavily for a few days there in January.

[GoNative]

Yeah they celebrate Christmas in the Southern Hemisphere as well where it's summer and often damned hot!

In regards to Japan there is some gift giving (seems nowhere is immune to the commercialisation of Christmas) and around where I live a few houses even have Chistmas lights and decorations but overall it doesn't seem a big event here. It's not a holiday or anything like that. There is the holiday for the Emporers Birthday on 23 Dec though and New Years Day is a holiday.

[JustinRossTso]

Originally Posted by RobinMask

Why do you think that snow means that there must be Christmas? Christmas is a religious/cultural celebration, not one connected to weather.

Sorry wasn't thinking LOL! I do love snow though! Especially when there's Christmas songs all around.

Originally Posted by GoNative

Yeah they celebrate Christmas in the Southern Hemisphere as well where it's summer and often damned hot!

In regards to Japan there is some gift giving (seems nowhere is immune to the commercialisation of Christmas) and around where I live a few houses even have Chistmas lights and decorations but overall it doesn't seem a big event here. It's not a holiday or anything like that. There is the holiday for the Emporers Birthday on 23 Dec though and New Years Day is a holiday.

Oh. I guess it won't be that bad then. Hehe... do they happen to have Christmas songs in the malls and stuff?

[JayT]

Originally Posted by JustinRossTso

Sorry wasn't thinking LOL! I do love snow though! Especially when there's Christmas songs all around.



Oh. I guess it won't be that bad then. Hehe... do they happen to have Christmas songs in the malls and stuff?

Uhh, no. But they have Christmas trees and corresponding decor.

[Jaydelart]

YouTube - Christmas in Japan (日本語字幕）

[JustinRossTso]

Originally Posted by Jaydelart

YouTube - Christmas in Japan (日本語字幕）

Thanks for the vid, I really enjoyed it! Hehe

Originally Posted by JayT

Uhh, no. But they have Christmas trees and corresponding decor.

Oh... THAT'S GOOD ENOUGH ;D! But I'll have a blue... blue blue blue Christmas... without the music.

Thanks for that picture up there btw! ^ It's really nice !

[SSJup81]

Every store I've been in so far, not counting the supermarket and the conbini, has played nothing but Christmas music.

[bELyVIS]

My memory of Christmas in Japan was getting suckered into buying a $90, yes $90, Christmas Cake for my office staff and seeing all the bummed out guys who were dumped the day after Christmas by their "girlfriend" after the girl got her date and gift.
I love Christmas in America.

[MMM]

Originally Posted by SSJup81

Every store I've been in so far, not counting the supermarket and the conbini, has played nothing but Christmas music.

You mean "Last Christmas" by WHAM, right?

[steven]

Originally Posted by MMM

You mean "Last Christmas" by WHAM, right?

I don't know about you, but that's a staple of my Holiday Season Karaoke runs.

Just to add a little more paint to this picture, I've noticed that every year there seems to be more and more giant stockings prepacked full of what looks like junk food (like crackers, candy, & chips and stuff like that). When I mean giant, I mean like twice the size of what I used to get as a kid (not that I'm complaining).

And bELyVIS, that price sounds about right. I think for a cake that could feed about 5 people you'd be looking to spend about $50.

Fried chicken is definitely a huge part of Christmas here-- I remember going to the store last year and getting monster deals on food (I think I got like a sushi or sashimi platter for like $10 as well [yea, like a full blown family sized one]).

And the world doesn't revolve around Christmas here. People work on Christmas as usual. I wouldn't call it a 100% commercial holiday. I think if you're clever enough you can find meaning in being with your girlfriend or wife or with your family or friends (probably eating fried chicken). Not being religious, that's my personal meaning of Christmas and I'm quite thankful for that.