Merry Christmas!! Probably? It might well be Christmas when you’re reading this, but I can’t be sure. At the very least, in Japan, by the time this volume releases things should be kicking into the festive mood. Right now, at the time of writing, there isn’t any snow or anything, though. Frankly I prefer the cold to the heat... So I’m waiting quite eagerly for Christmas. Hm... Christmas, though... I used to work in a bakery, just as a part-timer. We always got busy around the holiday season. I obviously wasn’t the one doing any of the baking, but it was still tough for me too! Christmas turned that little bakery into a warzone... Do you know how many pots I had to scrub? Over, and over again? I also worked wholesale once, and toy sales just skyrocketed around Christmas, even as soon as November. We sent out crate after crate to stores all over the place, but the orders just kept coming in... Another fierce battle, I’ll have you know.
I always worked part-time jobs around the holidays, and my actual Christmases always ended up being a bit understated and lonely... I’m a stay-at-home kinda guy. Sendai has this yearly event called the Pageant of Starlight. On December 12th, they light up the whole city in beautiful sparkling lights. I’ve never actually been to the switch-on event... I always just sit at home watching it on TV, remarking about how pretty it is. Unfortunately, much like the Tanabata Festival, I’m too much of a shut-in to go out to events like that... Time goes by fast, though... There’s only about a week between the end of Christmas, and the beginning of New Years. At the beginning of this year I had my fortune read, and the reading said I’d have great luck. Looking back on everything that happened, I’d say that was pretty accurate. Well... There was that time I got hospitalized, which wasn’t so good... There was also this other incident where I came down with a serious sickness and my friend had to take me to the emergency clinic. Turns out I had the influenza virus, which I was not vaccinated against. Oops. I’m not exactly a superstitious man, I don’t put a lot of stock into having my fortune read, but I do see patterns sometimes... I suppose that’s how they’re made, though. Either way, I do enjoy it... I remember on that day I also bought a keychain at the shrine, and told myself that I’d start collecting keychains... But it didn’t take me long to give up, ahaha... That first shrine visit of the year was still fun, though. I’d like to go again next year. I’d offer up a prayer to God, but maybe he’ll just reprimand me for not sticking to my resolutions. Regardless, if it’s the season where you are... Merry Christmas & A Happy New Year! Let’s keep on enjoying In Another World With My Smartphone far into the future!
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