Meri Kurisumasu to Yoi Otoshi wo!

[yuiyoshida]

Anata ni kyūjitsu no saikō no (The best of the holidays to you!)

and a happy New year! (Yoi otoshi wo)

[egduj]

1. What would it look like written in Japanese writing? Is that the top picture?

I'm not familiar with the language so I apologize if it's a silly question.

[yuiyoshida]

6. Yes the top picture

[yallerdawg]

2. Arigato, Ms. Yui!

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

[yuiyoshida]

9. kochira koso!

The same for you

[pangaia]

3. Thank you so much... especially for the Hiroshige.

And the same back to you.

[yuiyoshida]

8. dou itashimashite!

you are most welcome..

[longship]

4. Merry Merry and Happy Happy to you.

You are one of my favorite DUers. Unfortunately I know no Japanese, and what little Finnish I know won't likely help (since all my mother taught me was naughty) so you will have to settle for my happy and merry.

I will say it this way.
As always, my heartfelt best to you and yours.


I hope that it's sufficient.

[murielm99]

5. What a beautiful post!

Thank you and happy holidays.

[yuiyoshida]

7. same backatcha!

[lovemydog]

10. And to you too!

Yoi Otoshi wo!

[yuiyoshida]

11. doumo arigatou gozaimasu!

Thank you

[AnotherDreamWeaver]

12. Doe mo Arigato,

And best Seasons Wishes back to you.

[yuiyoshida]

20. Hi!

*doumo arigatou.

Good try! Thank you

[kentuck]

13. Lovely.

[yuiyoshida]

54. arigatou!

Meri Kuri!

[Jack Rabbit]

14. And to you and yours, Ms Yoshida

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[yuiyoshida]

21. Suddenly I want a

ice cold 7-up! Thanks, happy holidays!

[roguevalley]

15. I love this. Such great art. Thank you and the same in return, yuiyoshida. Many times over. :D

I tell you this living only 519 miles from the North Pole (Alaska)

[yuiyoshida]

22. wow that's pretty close...

Close enough to see under Santa's sled!!

[roguevalley]

46. It is. You should google North Pole, Alaska. :D:D:D

[yuiyoshida]

57. I totally forgot about that air force thing

Where they follow santa all over the world.

[Liberal_in_LA]

16. nice

[yuiyoshida]

55. Meri Kuri!

[xfundy]

17. No bugs bunny hanging on a cross?

That was a thing, wasn't it?

[yuiyoshida]

56. don't think I ever saw that one

Meri Kuri

[aidbo]

18. メリークリスマスヨシダさん

Please don't think this means I could keep up in a conversation because of this,

私の日本語はだめですよ。

[yuiyoshida]

23. heh!

Ganbatte kudasai .. do you best

[DFW]

19. As we used to say back in Sagami Otsuka

「ありがとうございます、あなたに同じ

[yuiyoshida]

24. Really :)

doumo arigatou gozaimashita, kochira koso!! (likewise)

[DFW]

25. Wakarimasu!

My Nihongo is not very extensive, although THAT much, I understand. I've only been to Japan a few times, but my brother lived there for years and married a local girl, though they now live in northern Virginia.

[yuiyoshida]

26. Nice

I have never been. Here, I am a Native Hawaiian and have Japanese blood that goes back to Miyazaki Japan and never been to either Hawaii or Japan. Truly Americanized, and my Parents don't even speak Hawaiian or that much Japanese.

[DFW]

27. Hawaii inspires serious loyalty

My younger daughter, born and raised in Germany, German native speaker, chose Hawaii for her high school year abroad (encouraged in Germany). She liked it so much, she asked if she could go back for 12 grade and graduate, and we said OK, but reminded her that German universities did not honor US high school diplomas for entry (Germany had a 13 year high school), and she would have to repeat a year if she did it. Always the independent type, she said than the hell with it, she'd go to college in the USA. I reminded her again that in the USA, admission to a university was not automatic, and very expensive to boot. Well, she did get in, and now makes enough (at age 30!) to pay me back for all I spent on her US education. I haven't asked for it, as I paid for it out of what I inherited from my parents.

But what I wanted to tell you was that in that first year of school in Hawaii, she had three language options: French, Spanish or Hawaiian. As she had started with French in her school here in Germany, she decided to continue with it at her school on the Big Island. Since France is our big neighbor to the west, it made sense. But during the summer break, we were all in a car in Massachusetts when a song in Hawaiian came on. She started translating it for us. I remarked that I thought she hadn't learned the Hawaiian language. She snorted, "well, yeah, but come ON, ANY one understands THAT much Hawaiian!" Right, just ANYbody can hear a song in Hawaiian on the radio and start translating it for her poor ignorant haole parents, right? She kept her Hawaiian driver's license for ten years, too. Kama'aina to the bitter end, although she has now been living back here in Germany for the last 5 years. Her time there left a lasting effect.

[yuiyoshida]

28. Not to my parents

They wanted to be on the mainland. They couldn't wait to bail from the big island to live closer to my dad's wants and desires. Guess where they are for Xmas? Not with me, but in Las Vegas for a gambling extravaganza.. they will be there until Jan. 4th while their daughter is at home in her own little place.. making friends on line. I could have gone, but who wants to spend Xmas and New Years at a Motel 6? I am glad they are having fun, but you know they don't Celebrate Xmas, however New Years is a big deal to them. My dad thinks he will come home rich in 2016.. maybe he will, its a very, very long shot.

My parents never taught me Hawaiian, they felt it was not necessary, cause I am a California girl. They barely taught me Japanese, most I did on my own at Cal Berkeley before I had to drop out due to lack of funds. I have friends on line who live in Japan who help me now.. my parents could care less..

Happy Holidays.

[DFW]

29. My sister-in-law was a little like that

She willingly moved to the USA to be with my brother, said her job prospects in Japan at the bank where she worked as a teller/cashier had gone about as high as they could (talking 1980). In Washington, within 5 years, she was vice-director for Asia of the World Bank. When she had her 2 sons, although she got them Japanese names (which they don't use) and Japanese passports (which they also don't use), she never spoke to them in Japanese, and they know next to nothing. The younger one learned Arabic instead.

My wife and I didn't get it. Here they had a built-in chance to be fully bi-lingual, and she had no interest in it. I spoke only in English to my girls while they were growing up here in Germany. They both are now fully bi-lingual, and their jobs both make use of that.

Too bad you aren't closer to here. My daughters are both here, and they brought up a Hawaiian friend who had something to do in Spain, and was looking at spending Christmas alone down there. She found a cheapy flight up here to Germany (maybe 1 hour 40 minutes), and is spending it with us. You could have joined the gang. Eleven hours flight is a little long to fly for Glühwein and Sauerbraten, though.

[yuiyoshida]

33. well I can be with friends

in a virtual world, a mouse click away, and its what I will do if anyone is on, line. Around this holiday too many are doing stuff in the real world, to bother with a virtual one, but maybe there will be a few who will be hanging out cause they have no place to go, or in need of company, like me.

[DFW]

39. We have Grand Central here, wall to wall people

And we have to pack tomorrow, as we are scattering to the 4 corners of the earth on Saturday, but I hope you find some kindred spirits out there to occupy your time with, and provide you with a smile or two.

[LostOne4Ever]

30. 有り難う御座います

[font style="font-family:'kaiti','MS Mincho','Fangsong',fantasy;" size=6 color=teal][center]吉田ゆいさんに嬉しい冬の休暇だよ。
と良い大年も。[/center][/font]

edit: [font style="font-family:'kaiti','MS Mincho','Fangsong',fantasy;" size=6 color=teal]
遣った。
再起動あと僕は漢字で頁の上に書く事が有り得る。[/font]


[font style="font-family:'Georgia','Baskerville Old Face','Helvetica',fantasy;" size=4 color=#009999][center]ENGLISH TRANSLATION (I hope)[/center]

Thank you!

Happy Winter Vacation to Yuiyoshida-san!
And Happy New Year also![/font]

Edit:
[font style="font-family:'Georgia','Baskerville Old Face','Helvetica',fantasy;" size=4 color=#009999]Hooray!
After the reboot it is possible for me to write at the top of the page in Kanji![/font]

[yuiyoshida]

34. Arigatou

[panader0]

31. Season's Greeting to you! I love the bottom picture.

I am going to ask CTYankee to do one of her art presentations on Japanese art.
The Great Wave by Hokusai 1832

[yuiyoshida]

35. That's one of my favorites too...with a slight twist ...

[Cyrano]

32. Your posts are always

civil and intelligent.

This one is absolutely beautiful. It's a gift to all who see it.

[yuiyoshida]

37. You are too kind

doumo arigato gozaimasu!

[ornotna]

36. Merry Christmas yuiyoshida

May it be monster free.

[yuiyoshida]

38. I would welcome the Kaiju

at this time of year...it would spice up things around here!!

[ornotna]

40. You might be in luck then

El Rey network is having a Kaiju Christmas. If you get that channel it's non-stop Kaiju for the next two days.

http://www.elreynetwork.com/schedule

[KamaAina]

41. Mele Kalikimaka a me Hau'oli Makahiki Hou right back at ya!

[yuiyoshida]

47. Mahalo!

backatcha!

[KamaAina]

42. How dare you post in a foreign language?!

P.S. I'll be in SF between Kalikimaka and the Makahiki Hou.

[yuiyoshida]

48. Yeah isn't IT amazing that

someone didn't flag my post for speaking in a foreign language?


SPREAK ENGRISH!! this is AMERIKA!!

[KamaAina]

59. ...

[yuiyoshida]

61. A Donald Trump supporter

[octoberlib]

43. I love those! And a meri kurisumasu to you!

[yuiyoshida]

49. BACKATCHA!

Yoi otoshi wo... happy new years as well!

[tabasco]

44. Kaajee natoko-kee

Yatomba bik-chik kazeeto-tak!

[yuiyoshida]

50. lovely

Back atcha! (Wishes I knew Klingon, it might be fun to say Happy Holidays!)

[hfojvt]

45. yesterday I almost said Merry Christmas

to a girl from Thailand

But then I figured she was probably a Buddhist or something.

[yuiyoshida]

51. There are some Thai who are Christian....

most tend to be Buddhist, some may even be Muslim... hard to tell unless you ask. Either way, a simple Happy Holidays will do...

[cal04]

52. Meri Kurisumasu

Thank you for the beautiful Pics

[yuiyoshida]

53. you are most welcome

dou itashimashite! Meri Kuri!

[sakabatou]

58. Soshite, anata ni yoi shin'nen.

[yuiyoshida]

62. kochira koso

[KamaAina]

60. Kurisumasu ni wa kentakkii!

http://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/why-japan-is-obsessed-with-kentucky-fried-chicken-on-christmas-1-161666960/

It’s Christmas Eve in Japan. Little boys and girls pull on their coats, the twinkle of anticipation in their eyes. Keeping the tradition alive, they will trek with their families to feast at … the popular American fast food chain KFC.

Christmas isn’t a national holiday in Japan—only one percent of the Japanese population is estimated to be Christian—yet a bucket of “Christmas Chicken” (the next best thing to turkey—a meat you can’t find anywhere in Japan) is the go-to meal on the big day. And it’s all thanks to the insanely successful “Kurisumasu ni wa kentakkii!” (Kentucky for Christmas!) marketing campaign in 1974.

When a group of foreigners couldn’t find turkey on Christmas day and opted for fried chicken instead, the company saw this as a prime commercial opportunity and launched its first Christmas meal that year: Chicken and wine for 834 2,920 yen($10)—pretty pricey for the mid-seventies. Today the christmas chicken dinner (which now boasts cake and champagne) goes for about 3,336 yen ($40).

And the people come in droves. Many order their boxes of ”finger lickin’” holiday cheer months in advance to avoid the lines—some as long as two hours.

[yuiyoshida]

63. I was seriously considering getting

a bucket of KFC, and all the fixens, plus the traditional strawberry cake.. but I passed on it, maybe some other time.

[KamaAina]

64. But KFCs over here don't have wine.

[yuiyoshida]

65. true dat but

You could get some KFC to go, and stop by a liquor store and get the wine you want!