Christmas in Japan

After traveling in WA and OR in late Nov. and early Dec., we decided to celebrate Christmas at home this year. It was nice to start some of our own traditions for Christmas. Unfortunately, we didn't get our act together in time to get a Christmas tree. Luckily Ian is still young enough that he doesn't know what he's missing.

I found out this year that the Japanese celebrate Christmas by ordering KFC for Christmas day. Apparently you need to get there early on Christmas Eve to make sure you can get your order. Or, even better, a lot of people reserve their buckets o' chicken in advance. Oh my. Colonel Sanders has done a mighty fine advertising campaign in this country. We bypassed KFC and made Swedish meatballs and prime rib for our Christmas Eve and Christmas day meals this year.

We decided to spread the gift opening over 3 days. Here is Ian digging into his first Christmas gift:

He was so excited to ride his riding toy. In fact, he loaded all of his stuffed animals on the toy for a ride.

Then, he took it a step further. He tried to tie one of his pull toys onto the back of his riding toy.

Ian also received a MD kit for Christmas this year. (with the hopes that he'll freak out a little less the next time we see the MD)

I'm not sure if this will transfer to MD appointments, but he's enjoying giving check ups to all his stuffed animals in the meantime.