Name: Decorating for Christmas in Japan | Life in Japan Episode 188
Uploaded: 2022-11-23T18:10:26.000Z
Duration: 13 min 10 s
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Around the Reutter household, you know it's Christmas time when Ruth pulls out the decorations and recruits the family to help decorate.

The festive atmosphere is perfect for planning our biggest Christmas celebration ever, and this year you're invited.

Christmas shopping time, Christmas shopping time!

A great Christmas doesn't just happen, it is planned weeks, even months in advance.

Part of the excitement leading up to Christmas is having gifts start to pile up under the Christmas tree,

and to do that, you've got to go shopping.

Fortunately for us, Japan really gets into the Christmas spirit too,

as retailers offer all kinds of seasonal sales to attract shoppers.

Oh, that's so big. This is the size I got last time, see?

Once we're done with our shopping, we head back home

to where Ruth gets the presents wrapped and ready to stuff under the tree.

They're going to come out— put them under the tree.

Christmas time isn't just busy for us adults, but also for the kids.

The older girls have big tests coming up that they're studying for,

while the younger kids have presentations at school.

On cold mornings, which is pretty much every morning,

The girls are up and go straight to the kotatsu.

Has this been a good purchase for our family? Yes!

Actually not spying, I just wave to them everyday when they go to school.

But today it's not just the kids who are going to school

Ruth and I will be making a trip to the elementary school for a very special performance.

So we are on our way to Sarah's happiyokai, it's her recital

Her first recital at the new school, and she is mega excited.

Christmas is the most celebrated holiday in the world,

and as such, we have some big plans for Christmas Day that have been in the works for months.

So we've been preparing for our biggest Christmas celebration ever here at Paz Church

Yo Ben- you've been working on this, we're going to have some fun stuff...

KFC — Kentucky Fried Chicken gift card give away,

We're going to have a Christmas photo booth, it's going to be absolutely great

So this Christmas the kids have a fun dance,

One's going to be with all ages and ones just going to be with girls.

In the afternoon we're going to have Gospel choirs, we're going to have Candlelight service,

A really special Christmas message for you.

And our family is going to be here at 3 services on Christmas Sunday

At 10 AM, at 3 PM and at 5 PM and we'd love to meet you in person.

So if you're anywhere in the Tokyo area, you need to come. The details are in the description.

Whether at the Coffee Shop or at home, getting Christmas just right isn't just a tradition — it's an obsession!

I might need to put one more hook right here...

With each passing moment, Christmas gets closer and closer, and the excitement builds.

It's like climbing a roller coaster to the top of the hill —

the higher you get, the more intense it gets until you finally go down that first drop!

Christmas! It's turning into Christmas with a wonderful, beautiful Christmas hallway!

Girls- your little brother is growing up.

Ok bite on this. Just bite on it for awhile.

Christmas where I grew up near Chicago meant cold winter weather and oftentimes snow.

We all would sing the song “I'm dreaming of a white Christmas.”

But here, even as Christmas approaches, you can enjoy the last bits of fall hanging on.

On a nice day, it's great to get out, breath some fresh air

and go on a hiking date with my wife of 19 years.

Hot coffee and a scone? The girlfriend is already thinking about the rewards along the way.

An old highway that goes through these neighborhoods

And I thought at the time "Oh this would be fun to do in the autumn."

And today I have the illustrious girlfriend with me

And we're trying it in the autumn, here we go.

and just the thing we needed in the midst of all the busy Christmas preparations.

The girlfriend's sitting down by her flowers.

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Decorating for Christmas in Japan | Life in Japan Episode 188

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