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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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