It's 1:48am, Christmas Day, so it's Christmas here in Japan, but not yet in America. I suppose never before have the time zone implications for Santa been so real to me until now. Anyway, I should be off to bed, but.... MUST..... UPDATE.... BLOG....
Doesn't everyone look so lovely?! Last week, we had the end of the year Christmas party. This semi-formal event is the last event of the year, and in my opinion, one of the best. Here there were all the making of a good Christmas party; Christmas dinner, singing carols, games, gift exchange, and a Christmas message. Except here, the food was Japanese, the songs are sung in another language, and I couldn't understand most of the message. But hey, what do you expect?!
Although, I could only understand very little, I really enjoyed the message at the end. It is a tradition for Nagai-san to speak at the Christmas party about Christmas. While most of us don't have to think twice, for some of the students, this was the first time that they had ever heard that Christmas is a celebration of the birth of Jesus, or made the connection that "Christ" is found in the word Christmas.
And I got a cool clock as my white elephant gift! Score!!!
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