☆Food in New Year Day☆

　January 1st　are called shougatsu in Japan. January 1st is called gantan and is a national holiday. Shogatsu is the most important holiday in Japan. People say to each other "akemashite omedetou gozaimasu" whenever they see at the first time in the new year.
Japanese people eat special dishes called osechi ryouri during shogatsu. Each dish has a particular meaning. For example, prawns for long life, kuromame for health, kazunoko for fertility, tazukuri for a good harvest, kurikinton for happiness, and more.



　I　look forward to New Year Day. For New Year holidays, I can meet a family and a relative. And I like osechi ryouri. kurikinton is sweet and delicious of all others. But I think will not get a New Year's gift anymore. I can't put up with New Year Day.

www.jun-ｇifts.com/others/culturalcalendar4/culturalcalendar4.htm

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_New_Year

☆Santa Claus☆

Hi.　
Santa Claus is a historical, legendary and mythological character associated with bringing gifts on Christmas Eve or Christmas Day. Santa Claus has a suit that comes in many colors depending on the country. The most common is red with white sleeves, collar, and belt. It became the more popular image in the United States in the mid-to-late 19th century.


　Santa Claus is popular with Japanese children very much. 　Santa Claus' decorations goods are one of the necessaries of Christmas. Santa Claus gives children a dream.　 I don’t remember that I believed Santa Claus. If there was really Santa Claus, I would be glad.



http://www.stnicholascenter.org/Brix?pageID=38

http://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/サンタクロース

☆KRISPY KREME DOUGHNUT☆

Krispy Kreme is a chain of doughnut stores. 　Krispy Kreme sells a variety of doughnuts, but it is most famous for its traditional glazed doughnut, often served warm. Krispy Kreme doughnuts can also be found in the United Kingdom. 　The machines produce rings of dough, yeast raise, bake, deep-fry, flip, and glaze the doughnuts.　 These stores have a neon sign. When the neon sign is lit usually in the morning and in the evening. The neon sign tells customers that hot, fresh doughnuts are coming off the line at that moment.

Krispy Kreme is sold in Shinjuku. 　The doughnut is very popular. 　So,There is a long line of people waiting for doughnuts.　 It seems to take about 2 hours. 　
I have eaten, too. but, the doughnut is very sweet. 　I don't like it not like too much. American sweet is very sweet.

http://honyaku.yahoo.co.jp/transtext
https://shop.krispykreme.com/giftcards/kkcardhome.html

BAGEL

　A bagel is a bread product traditionally made of yeasted wheat dough in the form of a roughly hand-sized ring.　It is first boiled in water and then baked.
The result is a dense, chewy, doughy interior with a browned and sometimes crisp exterior.Bagels are often topped with seeds baked onto the outer crust with the most traditional being poppy or sesame seeds.

　I like bagel. Bagel is fascinated. Because, Bagel is not use an egg and butter.　 So, It is low calorie, low-fat, and non cholesterol. 　It is healthy food. And, many protein compare it with bread. 　The specialty store of BAGEL BAGEL is very delicious. 　I recommended Pline taste of bagel.


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bagel

Simpsons.

The Simpsons is an animated American sitcom created by Matt Groening for the Fox Broadcasting Company. It is a soft satirical parody of the Middle American lifestyle epitomized by its title family,The Simpsons are a typical family who live in a fictional "Middle American" town of Springfield.He is married to Marge Simpson, a stereotypical American housewife and mother. They have three children.Bart,Lisa, and Maggie, a baby who rarely speaks, but communicates by sucking on a pacifier. The family owns a dog, Santa's Little Helper, and a cat.


I watched Simpsons every day on TV when I was high school student. This animation is very dirty, but interesting. Simpsons is very individual all the family. They are reckless. But, they are healed by family love. I envy them a little.I want Simpsons to be more famous in Japan.




http://www.thesimpsons.com/index.html

Hairspray

Hairspray is a lively musical set in 1962 Baltimore, USA, at a time of racial segregation. Tracy is a refreshing teenager whose favorite pastime is watching the Corny Collins show, a singing and dancing television programmer which showcases high school students. She is fatty and tiny.
Tracy has great courage in overcoming both racial prejudices to gain her spot on the show and achieve racial integration on the programmer.


This movie is amusing and appeal for racial discrimination. Tracy of the main character is fat, but she is very pretty. and good singer. Fatty girl became main character. The person is not appearance. I cheered up at watching story.


http://www.apple.com/trailers/newline/hairspray/