Christmas time is here!

At many stores in Japan, the end of Halloween marks the beginning of the Christmas season. Here’s a video of the Christmas that went up yesterday at the main Mitsukoshi department store in Tokyo:

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8 comments - What do you think? Posted by James - November 2, 2008 at 11:40 am

Categories: Odd / Strange Tags: Christmas in Japan

http://www.victorymanual.com Alex

Talk about jumping the gun. I’m not sure about what sort of schedule there is in other Christmas-celebrating countries, but in the States people put up their decorations after Thanksgiving (since it just happens to be approx. 1-month before Christmas).

helical

Well Japan doesn’t celebrate American Thanksgiving (yet) so it’s a clear straight shot to Christmas once the newly imported Halloween event is over.

http://www.victorymanual.com Alex

Well, Nov. 24th this year looks to be Labor Day in Japan. Seems like the perfect vacation day to do some Christmas decoration labor!

onceuponatime

let`s see – halloween was the day before yesterday and the christmas stuff was out – maybe 3 weeks ago. i am glad we celebrate thanksgiving in our household. otherwise i would go out of my mind with christmas stuff around the house for two+ months. not that i don`t start thinking about it.
Kia

Decorations only going up now? Lucky Japan! We’ve been seeing them here for over a month now! e_e
D-san

They don’t celebrate Christmas, its X-mas in japan. A big day for retailers.
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tzvete

I like the Christmas origami classes-a contemporary combination of tradition and modern:-)
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Christmas time is here!

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