Christmas Leftovers

Photos I've picked up that are Christmas related.



Magical Christmas - 7-11 Catalog


Want to see something cynically commercial? Welcome to 7-11's Magical Christmas catalog. It's what you get if you cross Alice in Wonderland with retiring singer Namie Amuro. In fact, if you apply for their drawing, you can get one of 5 different Namie dolls, dressed up in outfits from her farewell concert.



I just scanned the front and back covers, and the front two inside pages. In Japan, Christmas is more of a romantic holiday for couples. The big family gatherings happen in the first 3-4 days of January. But, looking at this catalog, there's a perception that Christmas is all about making you (if "you" is a young female) feel like a princess, replete with several Japanese-only Christmas cakes. Unfortunately, Japanese cakes often take the form of layered sliced bread covered in whipped cream.



Our manufactured princess this year is "Emina," a spin-off of Namie Amuro.



And here are the Namie dolls. How magical.


Berg Christmas Village, Dec. 25


Tenmonkan's Christmas Market ended on the 24th, but Berg Plaza and Amu Plaza still had a bit going on for Christmas Day. First up, Yoko is back, singing carols and her regular CD karaoke at the Berg Village. I was out shopping for dinner, and caught the last 20 seconds of her set.



The reindeer are deflated now that Christmas is almost over.



But, the reindeer girls arrive to save the day with a bell chorus.



Ring, Christmas bells, ring.



Few restaurants had seasonal chalk art. This one did, though. It was a sushi restaurant.

Xmas Snoopy


This Santa Snoopy showed up as a promotion for boiled peanuts (get the joke?) just before Christmas 2017. Initially, I planned on not posting the photo until the grocery store took him down, but he remained there for an entire year. Finally, on Dec. 23, 2018, he disappeared. Only to reappear ten feet away at the bananas section.

 

Finally, Amu closed out its Christmas Market with the Songbirds of Gospel at 7 PM. Again, not my kind of music.

And to all, a good night.