Seasons Greetings
Haluk Skywalker
Year.
PS: What's the sign of 2004?
John W.
> I wish you all a Merry Xmas (or Hapy Hannukkah, as appropriate) & Happy New
> Year.
>
Just finished putting together my son's Christmas present. Pretty cool
that he's now old enough to have presents complicated enough to require
major assembly!
John W.
Haluk Skywalker
yazdi:3FE9FE0...@yahoo.komm...
When I grow up I shall put away childish things and play with those of my
son...
Louise Bremner
> PS: What's the sign of 2004?
Monkey?
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Matthew Endo
> Haluk Skywalker <yokoo...@spam.net> wrote:
>
> > PS: What's the sign of 2004?
>
> Monkey?
Louise, I see that you're a cat... (grin)
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Monkey (saru) - after which there's tori (bird - well I guess rooster to be
fair), inu (dog) and inoshishi (wild pig - boar at a stretch). At which
stage I'll have a full set of Japanese animal years 'under my belt' having
snagged nezumi (mouse - but let's face it - it's really a huge festering
RAT) back in 1995.
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Louise Bremner
> At which stage I'll have a full set of Japanese animal years 'under my
> belt' having snagged nezumi (mouse - but let's face it - it's really a
> huge festering RAT) back in 1995.
Ye gods... I'm coming up to two full sets....
Ray
BTW.....does anyone here actually MISS the Christmas rush? After
seven years here, it still feels kinda weird not too see the huge
crowd of people or the traffic that seem to go on for miles. (G)
And here's a question......why aren't real Christmas trees sold in
Japan? Is it because the shipping? Can't they be grown here?
It's not really Christmas when you walk into a department store and
you see a big, FAKE tree.
Ray
Matsudo, Chiba
Declan Murphy
> Mele Kalikimaka to everyone here.
>
> BTW.....does anyone here actually MISS the Christmas rush? After
> seven years here, it still feels kinda weird not too see the huge
> crowd of people or the traffic that seem to go on for miles. (G)
Speaking purely for myself - nope. http://tinyurl.com/2o2x4
> And here's a question......why aren't real Christmas trees sold in
> Japan? Is it because the shipping? Can't they be grown here?
Real Christmas trees have leaves made of eucalyptus, shed their bark
instead of their leaves, host the occasional koala, and provide a bit of
shade when you are knocking back a cupla tinnies after your mid Xmas
afternoon surf. They are too expensive to ship here, can't be grown here
either, and even if they could would lack a certain ambience.
> It's not really Christmas when you walk into a department store and
> you see a big, FAKE tree.
I could argue that its not really Christmas when you walk into a
department store, but I digress.
Regards Declan,
from the Xmasmuzak free bunker/spider hole thingee,
Okazaki, Aichi.
ps: can someone please wake me up when it is all over.
John W.
> Mele Kalikimaka to everyone here.
>
> BTW.....does anyone here actually MISS the Christmas rush? After
> seven years here, it still feels kinda weird not too see the huge
> crowd of people or the traffic that seem to go on for miles. (G)
>
> And here's a question......why aren't real Christmas trees sold in
> Japan? Is it because the shipping? Can't they be grown here?
>
But there's probably very little demand. With lumber being a commodity
in Japan, it's a fairly big waste (not that that stops Japanese -- or
anyone else). Also it would put a sizeable burden on an already taxed
waste management system. US communities have to deal with this issue
every year; mine has a special recycling center set up for people to
bring in their old real Christmas trees to be turned into mulch (I suppose).
> It's not really Christmas when you walk into a department store and
> you see a big, FAKE tree.
>
I think you'd be surprised that many stores in the US, too, use fake
trees. Think of the expense of obtaining and maintaing a living tree
every year. Plus the fire hazard situation. It's also very non-PC these
days, unless of course it's an acutal living tree that gets transplanted
back into the earth.
John W.
Ernest Schaal
sense...@spam.musubi.yahoo.com wrote on 12/25/03 11:26 AM:
Actually, we got a nice tree. It is wooden and has small ornaments and is
easy to put away for the next Christmas.
Brett Robson
>
>It's not really Christmas when you walk into a department store and
>you see a big, FAKE tree.
>
How can it be xmas when it's so goddam cold?
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Ken Yasumoto-Nicolson
> Mele Kalikimaka to everyone here.
>
> BTW.....does anyone here actually MISS the Christmas rush? After
> seven years here, it still feels kinda weird not too see the huge
> crowd of people or the traffic that seem to go on for miles. (G)
I guess you didn't try to buy a cake last night after work then? It
was sardines at all the cake counters of Hankyu Takarazuka, so who
knows what the centre of Osaka was like!
> Ray
Ken
Ray
>> It's not really Christmas when you walk into a department store and
>> you see a big, FAKE tree.
>
>I could argue that its not really Christmas when you walk into a
>department store, but I digress.
You got me there. lol
Ray
Matsudo, Chiba
Ray
>How can it be xmas when it's so goddam cold?
Cold? Cold? Nah.....it's tooooo early to be cold. Wait until
January or so. That's when it'll be really cold...for me that is. (G)
Ray
Matsudo, Chiba
Ray
Nah.....I was never into the "Christmas cake."
Here's a quetion for you regarding Christmas food:
Why is it that the department store like Daie, etc. go crazy with the
barbeque chicken or whole chicken (cooked or raw) only this time of
year? I stopped by several stores recenty and all I saw was chicken,
chicken, chicken. Would be nice if they sold whole chickens year
round. Then, I wouldn't have to cook so much. LOL
Ray
Matsudo, Chiba
Brett Robson
The worst thing about winter in Japan is listening to me complain about it. I
think bears have right idea.
Eric Takabayashi
> On 25 Dec 2003, Ken Yasumoto-Nicolson wrote:
>
> >Ray <sense...@spam.musubi.yahoo.com> wrote in message news:<hfikuvsscbmprg1dv...@4ax.com>...
> >> Mele Kalikimaka to everyone here.
> >>
> >> BTW.....does anyone here actually MISS the Christmas rush? After
> >> seven years here, it still feels kinda weird not too see the huge
> >> crowd of people or the traffic that seem to go on for miles. (G)
I was simply on my way home from house hunting last weekend and was trapped for about 20 minutes on the six lane
road near the local Toys R Us, moving about two car lengths per green light because people were driving so
aggressively and blocking the intersection when the lights changed. I haven't seen driving like that since the
last shopping center grand opening.
> >I guess you didn't try to buy a cake last night after work then? It
> >was sardines at all the cake counters of Hankyu Takarazuka, so who
> >knows what the centre of Osaka was like!
>
> Nah.....I was never into the "Christmas cake."
I don't think of it as Christmas cake. I think of it as strawberry topped chiffon cake. So far this month, I've
made two, bought one, and bought another one to ice and decorate myself tonight because it was just 298 yen at
Daiei.
> Here's a quetion for you regarding Christmas food:
>
> Why is it that the department store like Daie, etc. go crazy with the
> barbeque chicken or whole chicken (cooked or raw) only this time of
> year?
Because that is what the people do. It took some doing for whole turkeys to be offered year round in the US, as
well. Turkeys at Christmas is starting to catch on here, too. The local supermarket had ten roast turkeys for
sale at 5,000 yen each.
> I stopped by several stores recenty and all I saw was chicken,
> chicken, chicken. Would be nice if they sold whole chickens year
> round. Then, I wouldn't have to cook so much. LOL
I know three people who are butchers. They say if there is anything you want which you cannot see on display,
such as enormous roasts or thick cuts of steak, just ask in back. They may even have access to things like
mutton.
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