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- From: doi@jrd.dec.com (Hitoshi Doi)
- Subject: Re: A Christmas Thought
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- Date: Thu, 24 Dec 1992 23:03:11 GMT
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- In article <1hdah0INNr0o@aludra.usc.edu>, dhiga@aludra.usc.edu (Darold Higa) writes:
- # OK. On to something far less controversial than con talk (although for some
- # equally painful). I had a long afternoon with two Japanese girls and the
- # topic of conversation drifted to Christmas and Valentines Day. Commenting on
- # the crowd at Disneyland, one of the Japanese girls commented that Christmas
- # was a "lover's holiday" in Japan, not a family one. Apparently the three big
- # "lover's holidays" are:
- #
- # -Valentines Day
- # (The girl gives Chocolates and gifts to a boy)
- #
- # -I forgot the name, please help (in March)
- White Day
-
- # (The boy returns the favor with expensive gifts--I heard Tiffany's far too
- # often here for MY comfort...)
- #
- # -Christmas
- # (time for couples to take time out with each other...sigh)
- And for the boy to buy another Tiffany's..
-
- # This should explain much to all you diehard otakus who dust out their favorite
- # Christmas episodes to watch instead of "It's A Wonderful Life", like KOR
- # "Triple Christmas".
-
- Many of the anime this week had stories about Christmas.
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