As I posted in the last post, my Christmas was not so fun because of my cold. To make matters worse, I've been busy at work and I have no time to celebrate Christmas. But it might be the real Japanese life style. Poor busy Japanese people!
And when one of my foreign friends asked if I had made a Christmas wish, I was so surprised because I realized that we have no custom of making Christmas wishes. Looking back on my childhood, I prayed to an imaginary god of Christmas, or Santa Claus, for a present.
Though most people have no religion in Japan, we don't know much about Christmas. Besides, we never try to think about it because it is not a big deal. In a nutshell, we like to celebrate events and Christmas is one of them.
We usually have three main events on Christmas: Santa Claus comes for kids, we go on date with someone as adults, and we have a special dinner for everyone. Some people have no time to do any of these since we have work even on Christmas Day.
This is all I can write this year!
Since I really wanted to post an article about Christmas, I'll write about it next year!
日本人にとってクリスマスとは？子供にとっては「サンタからのプレゼント」、大人にとっては「デート」、みんなに共通するのは「豪華なディナーを食べること」。でも日本ではクリスマスは休日ではない為、「クリスマスは仕事」という人も多いですよね。そして日本人は無宗教の人が多いので、何かイベントそのものが「ただ楽しむもの」でしかないのが現状なのかもしれません。ちなみに私は外国人の友人に「クリスマスに願いごとをした？」と聞かれて、「ああ、海外ではそんな素敵なことをするのか」とちょっとうらやましく思いました。
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