Monday, December 05, 2005

19 days till Christmas

I have: finished Christmas shopping. Jeff did most of it.

I need to: get haircut for Friday's Christmas part (adults only) put up the tree, decorate, wrap presents, mail presents, plan and prepare meal, drive around town looking at lights.

What I miss from the US: Family and friends. The Nutcracker, Mandy and I used to go every year, it was always different always beautiful.

In Japan they sell Christmas crap all sorts. Santa stuff, trees, stockings, decorations all sorts. They have a Santa Land complete with a real Santa from Finland. Too bad it is about 5 hours away. It is an amusement park, with rides and such. I laugh when reading the big deal being made in the US right now over Happy Holidays vs. Merry Christmas. Here the only Christians are us Americans and they are celebrating the secular part of Christmas without it offending thier religious sensibilities.

I am so behind in homework, luckily we have a break coming up, so I can catch up. My teacher is really nice about late work, he just gives so much it is hard to catch back up after Thanksgiving. So I best get busy.

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