Great video! I'd love to spend Christmas in Japan one day. And the amount of gifts I received as a kid here in the USA always varied from year to year-but my parents did use it as a reward / incentive for getting good grades in school-so the better grades, the more presents ;)
I think Natsumi might be on to something... one gift under the tree. Hmm....maybe we'll try it this Christmas. It's always been about family for our Christmas tradition. Eating and drinking all day and just being together. It's the best. I loved hearing about the Japanese traditions and listening to your beautiful piano playing Natsumi... you are so talented. I hope next year you can experience an American Christmas with us.
I would love to see lots of gifts under the tree when I visit there! Eating and drinking all day sounds like the best way to spend family time😊 I’m glad to hear that you liked my piano too! Thanks, Becky!!
Love that you played the music yourself ❤❤❤ Merry Christmas 🎄🎁 I got many gifts as a child but as you grow up, you get less bc you figure out that Christmas is more about spending time with family & enjoying watching the children play with their new toys or playing games with the whole family & trying to enjoy that time together. Not all families can do that bc of differences in personalities but most people that are that way try for each other or their children bc family is important even if you don’t agree with each other on things. Putting yourself aside for the whole to have a nice holiday & get along, especially for the children’s sakes but also elderly people in the family to make beautiful memories to remember in their old age.
When I was a kid we would usually get two or three expensive gifts and 15-20 small gifts. This included gifts from grandparents and aunts and uncles. Thanks for the video!
Great video ❤. I come from a German background, so we always have a real Christmas tree to represent the persistence of life, even during the dark Winter months. My wife is Vietnamese so there is a huge family party with a hot pot dinner. I wish we had the beautiful Japanese Christmas cakes here in the US. I usually get the German Christmas Stolen (like a fruit bread with marzipan filling). Anyway, Merry Christmas! 🎅🏻🎄🎅🏻🎄❄️❄️
We do have multiple presents. Its gets to be less in number when you get older because the gifts get more expensive (electronics). I honestly would only admire one gifts the most anyways but I always liked my sock. Usually socks are hung by a fire. If you do not have a fireplace, you can hang them on the wall. They get filled with candy and cute small gifts like: flavored chap sticks, nail polish, hair elastics, small hand lotion, gloves, etcetera.
Chicken for Christmas isn't that bad (I like chicken!). We tend to place a little bit of everything on the table to celebrate. As an American most kids gets more gifts because of other family specially when we/they visit after Christmas. We even give gifts to neighbors, at the office, and pretty much everyone we know. We want to keep the Christmas spirit longer. We normally start decorating around Thanksgiving and keep it until 2 weeks after New Year. Removing the decorations is harder than putting them on so we try to keep it longer. There's no sense to decorate your house for a few days and then remove it. My garage alone is just full of Christmas decorations. You should look up house decorations in the US during Christmas so you get the idea of what I'm talking about. It will blow your mind... :) Commercial district really go all the way putting up lights and decorations to attract more people. May be on your next Christmas video can you show us what Christmas looks like in your neighborhood and what decorations you have in your home? Do Japanese decorates their houses on Christmas? Great video by the way!
When I was a kid here in America I use to get about 30 presents every single year. Now I don't get that many but I am 45 years old so when you're an adult you don't get many presents.
We made Christmas a cake too. It is actually a birthday cake for Jesus. As Christians we celebrate Christmas as the birth of Jesus Christ (hence the name CHRISTmas). Our children received three gifts (usually 1- something for learning, 2-something they needed and 3-something for fun) on Christmas morning to represent the three gifts the wise men who were searching for Jesus gave to him when they found him. Thank you for sharing your traditions. It's very interesting learning others way of celebrating holidays. 😊👍
Many Americans eat Chinese food on Christmas. This tradition comes from the popular holiday movie “a Christmas story”. Also in America it is not unusual to receive dozens of gifts as well as a stocking or sock filled with small items. Merry christmas from your friends in America!
*We do homestay and the students we have mostly is Japanese so this video was very informative how Japan culture celebrate Christmas.*
I’m happy to hear that!! Thanks for your comment!
Chicken on Christmas sounds great! As an American, I think that we should adopt this tradition!
Great video! I'd love to spend Christmas in Japan one day. And the amount of gifts I received as a kid here in the USA always varied from year to year-but my parents did use it as a reward / incentive for getting good grades in school-so the better grades, the more presents ;)
Thanks for your comment! That can be a great motivation for getting good grades as a kid! 👍
Thank you for being such a smiling person. It was very pleasant to be reminded of my times in japan.
I think Natsumi might be on to something... one gift under the tree. Hmm....maybe we'll try it this Christmas. It's always been about family for our Christmas tradition. Eating and drinking all day and just being together. It's the best. I loved hearing about the Japanese traditions and listening to your beautiful piano playing Natsumi... you are so talented. I hope next year you can experience an American Christmas with us.
I would love to see lots of gifts under the tree when I visit there! Eating and drinking all day sounds like the best way to spend family time😊 I’m glad to hear that you liked my piano too! Thanks, Becky!!
Love that you played the music yourself ❤❤❤ Merry Christmas 🎄🎁 I got many gifts as a child but as you grow up, you get less bc you figure out that Christmas is more about spending time with family & enjoying watching the children play with their new toys or playing games with the whole family & trying to enjoy that time together. Not all families can do that bc of differences in personalities but most people that are that way try for each other or their children bc family is important even if you don’t agree with each other on things. Putting yourself aside for the whole to have a nice holiday & get along, especially for the children’s sakes but also elderly people in the family to make beautiful memories to remember in their old age.
Thanks for your comment! That’s wholesome :) it’s a great time to spend precious time with your precious people 😊
Spending my first Christmas in Japan as I’m visiting here, pretty excited about trying these different traditions
That’s exciting! Hope you enjoy the Christmas lights everywhere and lots of food! Pls have a great time in Japan!
Beautiful video, Now I know how is Christmas is over there.
Thanks for your comment! 🎄
i like this video because of the intro it was so calming
same
agreed
Thank you so much 😊 I appreciate your comment :)
When I was a kid we would usually get two or three expensive gifts and 15-20 small gifts. This included gifts from grandparents and aunts and uncles. Thanks for the video!
That’s a lot of gifts! Must be excited as a kid!
Great video ❤. I come from a German background, so we always have a real Christmas tree to represent the persistence of life, even during the dark Winter months. My wife is Vietnamese so there is a huge family party with a hot pot dinner. I wish we had the beautiful Japanese Christmas cakes here in the US. I usually get the German Christmas Stolen (like a fruit bread with marzipan filling). Anyway, Merry Christmas! 🎅🏻🎄🎅🏻🎄❄️❄️
Wow! Sounds like you have international Christmas experience! That’s lovely! Merry Christmas!🎄
Great video! very informative!
Thank you :)
Usually children get quite a few presents. I would say about 8 would be average…If poorer or richer these numbers are less or more. Merry Christmas!🎁🎄
Whoa! That’s a lot of presents!
Hope you have a great holiday! Merry Christmas 🎅 ♡
Definitely True. Some children doesn’t even get that many.
We do have multiple presents. Its gets to be less in number when you get older because the gifts get more expensive (electronics). I honestly would only admire one gifts the most anyways but I always liked my sock. Usually socks are hung by a fire. If you do not have a fireplace, you can hang them on the wall. They get filled with candy and cute small gifts like: flavored chap sticks, nail polish, hair elastics, small hand lotion, gloves, etcetera.
Thanks for telling me the details! Finding lots of gifts in the socks sounds exciting on a Christmas Day!
Chicken for Christmas isn't that bad (I like chicken!). We tend to place a little bit of everything on the table to celebrate.
As an American most kids gets more gifts because of other family specially when we/they visit after Christmas. We even give gifts to neighbors, at the office, and pretty much everyone we know.
We want to keep the Christmas spirit longer. We normally start decorating around Thanksgiving and keep it until 2 weeks after New Year. Removing the decorations is harder than putting them on so we try to keep it longer. There's no sense to decorate your house for a few days and then remove it. My garage alone is just full of Christmas decorations. You should look up house decorations in the US during Christmas so you get the idea of what I'm talking about. It will blow your mind... :)
Commercial district really go all the way putting up lights and decorations to attract more people. May be on your next Christmas video can you show us what Christmas looks like in your neighborhood and what decorations you have in your home? Do Japanese decorates their houses on Christmas?
Great video by the way!
Wee love Japan in Philippines 🇵🇭 ❤️ 🇯🇵
Happy to hear that!
In America we usually get more presents because our aunts, uncles, grandparents and parents all give gifts.
That sounds very exciting as kids for sure!
I loved your video. I'm from America, but I go to Japan in summers and Christmas time.
Dec 20 -jan 4
Thank you!!
Hope you have a great holiday in Japan! 🎄
Here in America the children get numerous gifts, we eat KFC on the regular, and Thank you for sharing!
Thanks for your comment! numerous gifts sound good as kids!
Yes I like your piano playing.
Thanks 😊
I'm American and I usually get 4 to 5 and a stalking full of candy
That’s sweet! Lots of gifts!🎁
So cool
Thank you!
When I was a kid here in America I use to get about 30 presents every single year. Now I don't get that many but I am 45 years old so when you're an adult you don't get many presents.
30 presents!? That’s like a dream!!
May Jesus Christ bless you sister. Lots of love from India 💗😇
♡😊
You need a Popeyes Chicken. It is a Cajun style fried chicken that is so good.
That sounds good!! Gotta try that :)
We usually try to have good home cooked food on Christmas and just spend time together as a family. Only one present for your kids? Poor kiddos.
That sounds wholesome 😊
I hope they will appreciate it as a precious one! Haha
JUST Curious , do they sell EGGNOG in japan?
I rarely see eggnog in Japan. Maybe only at some special stores or cafes 👍
@@natsumi6115 Domo Arigatou Gozaimasu, Natsumi San! Ganbatte Kudasai!
Idk why but it bothers the hell out of me with the whole Christmas and KFC thing
We made Christmas a cake too. It is actually a birthday cake for Jesus. As Christians we celebrate Christmas as the birth of Jesus Christ (hence the name CHRISTmas). Our children received three gifts (usually 1- something for learning, 2-something they needed and 3-something for fun) on Christmas morning to represent the three gifts the wise men who were searching for Jesus gave to him when they found him. Thank you for sharing your traditions. It's very interesting learning others way of celebrating holidays. 😊👍
Thank you for you comment and sharing your tradition too! It’s good to learn :D
Many Americans eat Chinese food on Christmas. This tradition comes from the popular holiday movie “a Christmas story”. Also in America it is not unusual to receive dozens of gifts as well as a stocking or sock filled with small items. Merry christmas from your friends in America!
I didn’t know about Chinese food on Christmas! Merry Christmas and have a great new year!