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Christmas Day!!

7:33am JST Saturday 27 December 2008 (day 14157)

In Japan, Christmas is a non-event. It's a work day, like any other, though pushed as a big shopping day. Fred said he wanted to have Christmas with me. If I recall correctly, I think the conversation went something like this:

3:50 PM Fred: oh yeah

3:51 PM i wanna have christmas!

me: woohoo!

what day are you arriving?

er, date?

Fred: i was all, i haven't had christmas with my brother in years.

3:52 PM xmas day, 2pm

(25th japan time)

me: Tru

Fred: it doesn't have to be a big thing

me: Christmas will be awesome.

Fred: i just miss my brother

3:53 PM me: I miss you too

I miss you too

Fred: so like a little tree and a wrapped knickknack and a colored-y sock

me: done

I've even got a present for you.

3:54 PM Fred: arrite, awesome. that's really what i want.

me: you got it, bro

Fred: thank you. it'll be the best christmas ever!

3:55 PM me: YES !!!! :-)!!!!!!!

Thanks for letting me know

Fred: welcome

me: cause otherwise I wouldn't have done anythnig

there's no such thing as Christmas here

Fred: yeah, i almost forgot,

And guess what? Santa came last night! Took the tree from downstairs and put it up on my desk! Presents everywhere!! And I do mean everywhere: Ami will have to go outside to get one of hers; hahahaha!

3:18pm JST Sunday 28 December 2008 (day 14158)

Christmas Day was great yesterday. We opened a slew of gifts and Ami wrote all the names of people and items involved wih giving and receiving.

I got two beautiful books of pictures of Earth from above, a text over which I drooled for quite a while in a book store, but lamented not having an English version. Now I do! Not just one, but two!

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