Name: Preparing for Christmas in Japan (featuring the music of Seiji Igusa) | Life in Japan episode 34
Uploaded: 2020-06-08T04:51:32.000Z
Duration: 8 min 18 s
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It's almost Christmas which means there's a lot of baking to do.

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We're going to go and be with friends and family,

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And we're going to get ready for a big Christmas program.

One of my favorite Christmas traditions is making Christmas cookies.

And when I was little, I used to make them with my mom.

And they love, especially, frosting the cookies.

Queen Elsa! (Sings "Here Comes the Bride")

Whoa! Are you in charge of putting the chocolate chips in there, Sarah?

Those are Mary's clothes? For the Christmas play?

Hey, could you sing for me "Do you want to build a snowman" in Japanese?

(Singing "Do You Want to Build a Snowman" in Japanese, making it up as she goes)

It's the final product, Becca! What's it taste like? Let's see. Try it.

And one of the most special things about Christmas is the story behind Christmas which is the birth of Jesus.

So at church we're going to be doing a play, so we started practicing for that.

Kipfels are one of your favorites, right?

It was always the impossible recipe (to make), and now I'm making it.

You got a nice spot right in front of the heater there.

So this year the girls and I decided that we would do gingerbread houses.

We usually do them with friends, but we decided to call the cousins over.

Most of them are too little, so the moms had to do them, but we had a lot of fun.

The kids mostly wanted to eat all of the toppings that were on the gingerbread houses,

and we had some problem with the frosting; it didn't want to stick the houses together.

But eventually we made a really thick sugar-paste-glue thing

The kids were all happy with the turnout.

What is going to happen here? Eat, before school.

You've been going to town here, huh Sarah?

Look at all — mmmm — it looks delicious!

You live here long enough, and your wallet just fills.

I also have a stack of cards I hardly ever use, but sometimes I need.

They're for every single store I go to, you know?

Make sure to check out the links in the description to see the events at our coffee shop and church.

If you happen to be in the Tokyo area, we'd love for you to come by.

And if you like this episode, check out "Awesome Tokyo in the Fall"

where not only do we enjoy some amazing parks here in Japan

but we get everything all decorated and ready for Christmas.

So you can see a little bit of how we did that.

Thanks for watching, subscribing and liking.

We'll see you next time in "Life in Japan."

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