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More pictures from Christmas in America!

Janelle, my grandfather, and me:


My sister's funny present (the English is funny) :


There is snow everywhere




And ice!


Making cookies. We will give them as Christmas Presents


Apple Cider, a real Christmasy drink!





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Christmas Socks, Janelle's Present:


Watching Football:


Snow!


Fire in the Snow!


Stockings by the fireplace:


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Today's Christmas music is...
今日の クリスマス音楽は 「Christmas Canon」 by Trans-Siberian Orchestra です。

The final Christmas song of the series!
このシリズのさいごだ！

MY FAVORITE CHRISTMAS SONG! ^_^
僕の一番大好き！

(歌詞はビデオにある)
(The lyrics are in the video.)



(From Dec 1 until today, I've posted a different Christmas song every day. Enjoy them all!)
  

Today's Christmas music is...
今日の クリスマス音楽は 「The First Noel」です。

The 1st version is my favorite, the one by Bright Eyes. To me, it really captures the mood and circumstance of Christmas. It's tired. It's not perfect. It sounds like it's struggling, yet it's clearly strong and comes through powerfully. It's just beautiful.



Older folks, I have a feeling, would prefer versions by a choir like Mitch Miller And The Gang, who also delivers a strong showing here:


(Since Dec 1, I've been posting a different Christmas song every day.)

  

Today's Christmas music is...
今日の クリスマス音楽は 「The 12 Pains of Christmas」, which as far as I know is a radio original です。



The Christmas season is very stressful for many Americans, because frankly, we worry too much about dumb stuff. This song makes light of secular crap that the Western world gets way too wrapped up in every December.

12. Singing Christmas Carols
11. Stale TV Specials
10. Batteries not Included
9. No Parking Spaces
8. Demanding Ner-Do-Wells
7. Charities
6. Facing In-Laws
5. Five Months of Bills
4. Sending Christmas Cards
3. HangoverZ
2. Rigging Up those Lights
1. Finding a Christmas Tree

(Since Dec 1, I've been posting a different Christmas song every day.)
  

Today's Christmas music is...
今日の クリスマス音楽は 「The Last Christmas」, by Emery です。

As far as Christmas music goes, this song is pretty new.
これは新しいクリサス音楽です。



(Since Dec 1, I've been posting a different Christmas song every day.)
  

Today's Christmas music is...
今日の クリスマス音楽は 「The Little Drummer Boy」 this version by Bob Seger です。



It's a story of one boy's journey to see the baby Jesus.

(Since Dec 1, I've been posting a different Christmas song every day.)
  

私のアメリカの家族の家に, 鹿が”いる!
At my family's house in America, there are deer!



Wow!
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Today's Christmas music is...
今日の クリスマス音楽は 「Carol of the Bells」 です。

There are no words.
ことばがない。


Do you like the video? ^_^
(I didn't make it, I just found it.)

(Since Dec 1, I've been posting a different Christmas song every day.)
  

Today's Christmas music is...
今日の クリスマス音楽は 「Oi to the World」 by No Doubt です。

This is new Christmas music, from the 1990's.
これは新しいクリサス音楽です。

"And God came down on Christmas day"
クリサス日、神さまきた。

"I know exactly what He said,"
神のことば覚えています。

He said "Oi" to punks
Punksヘ 「オイ」

And "Oi" to the skins
Skinsヘ 「オイ」

And "Oi" to the world and everybody wins.
世界ヘ 「オイ」

It's a song about peace. :)

(Since Dec 1, I've been posting a different Christmas song every day.)
  

Today's Christmas music is...
今日の クリスマス音楽は 「Joy to the World」 です。
Here are 2 versions: 英語 and 日本語.
First, Japanese! (日本語)


Now in English! (英語)
(歌詞はビデオにある)
(The lyrics are in the video.)


(Since Dec 1, I've been posting a different Christmas song every day.)
  

Today's Christmas music is...
今日の クリスマス音楽は 「Silver Bells」 by Ronnie Milsap です。

(歌詞はビデオにある)
(The lyrics are in the video.)



(Since Dec 1, I've been posting a different Christmas song every day.)  

Today's Christmas music is...
今日の クリスマス音楽は 「Feliz Navidad」 です。

This song is in Spanish! (スペイン語).

"Feliz Navidad" = "Merry Christmas."
"Prospero Año" = "Prosperous New Year."

(歌詞はビデオにある)
(The lyrics are in the video.)


(Since Dec 1, I've been posting a different Christmas song every day.)
  

Today's Christmas music is...
今日の クリスマス音楽は 「Silent Night」 です。
Here are 3 versions: 英語, ラテン語, 日本語.

(歌詞はビデオにある)
(The lyrics are in the video.)
The first version is in English (英語) by Stevie Nicks.


The next version is in Latin (ラテン語) by Enya.


And here is one in Japanese (日本語)


This song is a famous hymn. You can hear it all over the world, in many languages.

(Since Dec 1, I've been posting a different Christmas song every day.)
  

Today's Christmas music is...
今日の クリスマス音楽は 「I Won't Be Home for Christmas」 by Blink-182 です。
(歌詞はビデオにある)
(The lyrics are in the video.)


(Since Dec 1, I've been posting a different Christmas song every day.)
  

On December 20, a Subway restaraunt is coming to Takamatsu YouMe Town!
12月20日、Subway (サンドイッチレソラウン)は、 高松ゆめタウンにきます!

美味しいだよ！！
It's delicious!

サンドイッチの七面鳥がある！ それは日本のスーパーマーケトにない。
They have turkey! You can't get that in Japanese grocery stores!

サンドイッチの七面鳥は英語で、"Turkey breast." カタカナデ、「ターキブレスト」 です。

高校載とき、私はSubwayで働ていました。1年間 しました。
In high school, I worked at Subway for 1 year.

Subwayは東京、大坂、京都、広島 にある、 でもこれは、四国の最初のです。
Subway is in Tokyo, Osaka, Kyoto and Hiroshima, but this is Shikoku's FIRST one!




Please go!
行て下さい！  

Today's Christmas music is...
今日の クリスマス音楽は 「Christmas All Over Again」 by Tom Petty です。
(歌詞はビデオにある)
(The lyrics are in the video.)


(Since Dec 1, I've been posting a different Christmas song every day.)
  

Today's Christmas music is...
今日の クリスマス音楽は 「Holly Jolly Christmas」 by Burl Ives です。


(Since Dec 1, I've been posting a different Christmas song every day.)

  

Today's Christmas music is...
今日の クリスマス音楽は 「Angels We Have Heard On High」 by the Vienna Boys Choir です。


It's a very pretty song.

(12月1日から、クリスマスまで、毎日、このブログで、クリスマソングをポストします。)
  

Today's Christmas music is...
今日の クリスマス音楽は 「White Christmas」 by the Carpenters です。


In winter, is most of (North) America, it's snowy, so everything is white. On Christmas, the snow is special to us.
北のアメリカとカナダで、冬で、雪が降る。だから、「White Christmas」と言う。


(12月1日から、クリスマスまで、毎日、このブログで、クリスマソングをポストします。)
(From Dec. 1 until Christmas, every day, on this blog, I will post Christmas music.)