Christmas Parties and Dinners

Christmas and New Years in Japan Part 2:  The Rifa Party, and Christmas.

Since the last post was so flipping long, I decided to make a new post for this party.  I'll also try to add in the little Christmas party that took place on Christmas day.

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Japanese Word of the Post:

踊り (odori) - Dance.

Short and simple, I know... but because the Rifa party was all a stage based celebration, and one of the most memorable parts was when one group busted out in dance moves, it makes it a logical choice...

鈴 (suzu) - Bell

I only chose to put this in because during our Christmas Bingo during the Rifa party, we were told to put any words we think of on our sheet as our bingo board.  I put bell, but they said it had to specifically be "suzu".

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THE RIFA PARTY

Christmas in the Dorms

And they made me the tree...

MERRY CHRISTMAS

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Word of the Post:
良いお年を (Yoi otoshi wo)- Have a good year~!
あけましておめでとうございます!　(akemashite omedetou gozaimasu)－ Happy New Year!

They are both said during the time of the New Years holiday.  The difference? The first is said before New Years, the second is said After the day.  So before we went on break, everyone I saw greeted me with a "良いお年を！"
Afterwords, ”あけましておめでとう～！”

The more you know. Hehe.

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Christmas is Coming

Christmas is fast approaching huh...  It doesn't feel like anywhere close to Christmas.  Maybe its because I didn't celebrate turkey day with family this year.

Have a Christmas Cake.  <3
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Japanese Word of the Post:
Maneku - to beckon or invite.  The cat who has it's paw up is often called a maneki neko because it "beckons" customers into a shop, which is why the cat is often set out in front of stores.

Now that that little tidbit is done, on with the meat of this post.