Monday, November 26, 2007

Christmas in Japan






Since the Japanese don't celebrate Thanksgiving, after Halloween they dive right into the commercial fever of Christmas. This includes sales, decorations, the whole nine yards. I thought it was interesting because while Japan is a mainly non-religious culture, they certainly embrace the commercial religion of Santa Claus. These are some pictures of just a few of the many decorations I have seen...

4 comments:

Anonymous said...

Wow, those are pretty decorations! Do they have Santa up or is it just lights and trees? Glad you're having fun, you can send my present in the mail! Love you infinity times infinity!
Mary

Anonymous said...

Wow- look at all those lights! I'm with Mary- you must be in the spirit of things- so shall I send my list or did you already send my gift to surprise me? I heard they have lovely pearls in Japan and since that is what the name "Margaret" means, possibly that might be something for you to check out if you need ideas for me :-)

love,
Mom

Anonymous said...

that is pretty freakin amazing...something to shoot for for the house this year a think...see if we can't light up the whole neighborhood by ourselves..hahaha just kidding..matt will probably makes some comment about that...but congrats about your job and everything...yeah if you're getting presents, which you should, shot glasses, i'm gonna start collecting them cause they are cheap and they usually look cool and you can get them everywhere...love ya and miss ya
glo

Anonymous said...

Those are very beautiful lights.I with you that they like the commercial part of Christmas and not so much of the reason for the season. Keep the pictures coming I enjoy seeing them.

Love Dad