Hello world, where I'm from in England, this is how you get ready for Christmas.
Hello world, where I'm from in Japan, this is how preparing for Christmas is like.
You know Christmas is coming when you see Christmas decorations in shops.
Not just shops decorate, shopping centres decorate too,
and I like this light up sleigh.
In the outside, sometimes when it's close to Christmas,
some stores have special decorations.
Kawaii!
All towns put Christmas lights up.
In the little town near us, they have lights too,
and they look like little snitches.
In central London they also have lights
and they put on massive displays.
These lights on Regent St are my favourite
because they are angels.
So this is in Ginza
and Ginza has lots of lights,
and there are some people that come to Ginza just to look at the lights.
And this is Hara Hotel.
So what are all these people lining up for?
For the lottery.
They could win something?
Yes.
Ooh.
The first big job to do is to buy some nice Christmas presents
for your friends and family.
It's not so busy now
but it'll get busier when it gets closer to Christmas.
We're going to go to Lush
to buy some nice bath things for our friends
At Christmas lots of shops have some limited edition things,
like this blue penguin or this dinosaur wearing a Christmas hat,
I really like that.
And if you're lazy, you could buy some a present already wrapped up for your friend or family
They come in all different shapes and sizes
I especially like this donut shaped one
They also come in different looks
Like that santa and the elf
In Japan, people don't get presents from under the tree
Okay, so then how do they get presents?
Um, they just give presents with hand
Or maybe some people do give under the tree
The next big job is to choose your Christmas tree
There are two different types of Christmas tree
Artificial and real
and you can decorate them however you like
This garden centre has lots of artificial trees to choose from
some are big and wide
some have lights on
and some are even tall, skinny and white
They cost more than real trees but you can use them every year
We like having a real christmas tree
There were lots to choose from
Once you have chosen your Christmas tree you have to take it to the staff so they can wrap it for you
So this is a shop to buy a Christmas tree
but some people don't have their Christmas trees
but they have little plastic trees
This is my daddy carrying my Christmas tree back home
We don't have a car so i have to take it on my bike
One of the best things about getting ready for Christmas
is doing Christmas activities
I like going ice skating
This ice rink is only around at Christmas time
and they put it on a big field so children can come and play
it's fun whether you're an expert or a beginner - like me
even if you're not that good at it
it's fun trying
This ice rink is in the middle of a fun fair and you could even buy Christmassy food
Did you know in England father Christmas' favourite food is mince pies
Each year we visit him in his grotto
and ask him if we've been good and for a present
If we have been good we can choose an early Christmas present too
In some places in Japan
we can go skating
But this is at Skytree and it's very expensive and I didn't want to take the kids
Hahaha
This is a market to buy lots of Christmas stuff
and what kinda stuff can you buy?
You can buy Christmassy food
or a lot of food from around the world
Actually, this one is a German market so it's mostly German food
So you get sausages
and chicken, no turkey
Was the food cheap, expensive?
well kind of expensive
Yeah that food there was like 3000 yen
yeah
and they also had a Christmas concert that had santa in it
In Tokyo, you can see some light festivals for free
I have a pen, I have a pen
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What do you think about this light festival?
It was cool and fun.
What part of Tokyo is this in?
Roppongi
where we're staying we have a special Christmas dinner.
Which includes Turkey with potatoes.
Brussel Sprouts are little cabbage thing about this size.
My vegetables, they're actually puddings?
and peas and blankets?
The actual puddings are like
(inaudible) crispy bowl things that you can eat
This is a mikan(orange)
and this is a Christmas cake(keki)
and this is KFC and then this is strawberries
What time did you get your mandarins in Japan?
uhmm..Fall
it's yummy
I don't know what he's saying
And while you were eating your Christmas dinner
you get a partner and then pop this open
What? A party hat. A hat.
and a joke and here's the joke.
Why does mistletoe gonna be famous?
Hollywood.
(inaudible)
And next is Kentucky Chicken
and Kentucky Chicken, lots of people order for Christmas
because it's Christmassy
so this is the fries
this is the burger of chicken
Wait a second..is it a little bit cold? Yeah.
Okay..let's heat it up.
So we're heating it up because we bought it yesterday
and a lot of people, they don't eat the Kentucky fresh.
they have to bought it in advance and therefore they usually end up heating it up.
Okay! Now what happens now? we're back and..
and we are going to eat it
is it hot or cold now? Hot.
Okay, let's try hot
-It's hot. -Too hot?
-Shin, is yours hot? -Yes, it's crazy hot and it's so crazy yummy.
For pudding, after your Christmas dinner,
you can have this lovely things
and it's called Christmas pudding.
It's like a food cake but dark.
and you can put custard on it to make it taste really nice.
and if you make your own, people, you can hide a coin inside and apparently,
if you find the coin, it's good luck.
and when you serve it, you meant to pour alcohol on it then set on fire.
First, our lovely Christmas dinner, we have all sorts of Christmassy treat.
like this, Christmas chocolate orange
and (inaudible) you might have an orange in your stocking.
so i think that's why they invented chocolate oranges and it tastes really delicious.
but they don't just look like chocolate orange, they taste like orange and chocolate. Mixed together.
and this is what the inside looked.
The outside of the chocolate look before it get smashed.
this is what one of them looks like
A treat that is popular in Japan around Christmas time is strawberries.
Alright. Let's eat the strawberries.
Yeah.
can we eat the white part?
Yeah.
Yummy!
I don't know what that means.
but i think it means good.
In England's favourite Christmas treats are minced pies.
they have minced meat in them.
but actually no real meat in them.
and they are little pies. They're not massive ones.
and there about this big.
and they taste delicious.
and normally sprinkled with sugar on the top.
to make it taste extremely yummy.
Inside, it contains spicy raisins and some dried fruit and it makes an excellent combination.
I love it!
When we went to 7 eleven, I saw this magical Christmas display
and I said Hey, this Christmas cake looks tasty. Let's buy it for the video.
If you don't want to get a big Christmas cake, you can get the little ones.
you can even get chicken too.
Ready..Set..Go..
Okay. Magical Christmas.
when you buy this cake it comes with this
so we are going to open the cake.
Oh no, It's such lot of cream
Who want's to leap this?
Do you eat Christmas cake every year?
Thanks for watching our video!
How did you get ready for Christmas where you're from?
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Merry Christmas!
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