Entry for December 17, 2007

I watched TV news reporting that Christmas has been changing to "Happy Holidays" in America and religious associations remonstrated. I like the name "Christmas". It sounds as if I can get some presents. :-) Here Christmas doesn't have religious overtone in Japan. Although there are some Christians, they are very minority. In fact, I don't remember what for Christians celebrate Christmas. As I recall, it is a birthday of Jesus. I think Japanese celebrate it only to celebrate me.



For me, my birthday, 20th, is more important. In this season, Japanese people jazz up. I think they do it to celebrate my birthday till 25th. I've said "You jazz up for me, right?" many times in my life. Some friends said "No" and other ones said "yes". :-) Anyway, thanks to Christmas, Cities are always bright in my birthday. Thanks for a job well done. Haha.



Santa Claus sounds サンタクロース(Santa Kurousu). His name can become a Japanese sentence that "三太、苦労す". 三太(Santa) is a Japanese first name, it sounds Santa. "苦労す(Kurou-su)" means "experience hardships". Hence "Santa experiences hardships" is his name.

In fact, Santa experiences hardships because he must visit all houses where kids sleep, I think. :-)



Have a nice day.



It is a photo of Christmas in Kobe.