Christmas Day and New Year's Day

In Christian countries, the Christmas day is the most important day in a year. I went to my friend's house at Christmas eve; my friend's family are Catholic. According to my friend, in Christmas eve, they go to a church with good looking dresses and pray to God, then they go back to their house, have a big dinner and spend a time with their family and close friends. When I heard it, I thought that Christmas day in western culture is similar to New Year's day in Japan.

In Japanese New Year's day, we usually gather with family, have a New Year's day special breakfast, celebrate our happiness and health, and send special cards (Nenga-jo) to our friends too. (My mother's generation, they wore Kimono at New Year's day!) When I realized it I felt very happy, because I found a common sense in different culture.

We went to a museum to see Christmas trees in my class

At Christmas eve, I brought Mochi (rice cake?) to my friend's house and cooked it. They're very interested in Mochi and my handling chopsticks, I showed them Japanese culture with pleasure. I'm very happy to have such good friends. I like people who like me! I had a great holiday with my friends! Thanks God!! :-)

Merry Christmas! (I'm late :-p)