This is a new tradition to me. We had a kadomatsu last Christmas and New Years, as well as a kagami mochi that we displayed but didn’t eat. Looking forward to reading about your holidays this year.
This is a new tradition to me. We had a kadomatsu last Christmas and New Years, as well as a kagami mochi that we displayed but didn’t eat. Looking forward to reading about your holidays this year.
Happy holidays to you!! We haven’t set out any New Year’s decorations yet. My wife usually takes down the Christmas stuff on the 26th and then starts getting ready for New Year’s. It’s like a mad dash. I like those kadomatsu decorations.
Thanks! Merry Christmas to you, and wishes for all the best in the New Year. Do you incorporate any of the Chinese New Year into your New Year celebration? When we lived in Japan, we would even put an ornament with the next year's animal on the Christmas tree but, then again, we were gaijin. When I asked about Year of the Dog things at the Daiso store (our connection to Japan here in California) the clerk reminded me that "that's Chinese."
Well, we don’t do much in the way of New Year’s decoration, mostly just the kagami Michu and whatever my wife’s parents give us, but the animal zodiac symbols from the Lunar New Year are always on our New Year’s cards. And I feel like you often see them on diaries, day planners, and things associated with the year. I was just given a dog calendar today, actually.