26 December 2013

( ´ ▽ ` )ノ Merry Christmas!!

To all my lovely blog readers, Merry Christmas!
I hope you all had a wonderful Christmas! 

I spent Christmas this year with my Boyfriend, so it is my first time being away from home; family and the UK. So I am not shy to admit, yes it's been emotional, and yes I do miss the Christmas festivities of my UK home. Please excuse any emotional outbursts!
A couple weeks ago we went on a date to Yokohama because there was a Christmas Market - it was as usual German themed but mostly just food stalls which were identical to Oktoberfest. The tree however was magnificent! It's not exactly cold either, I'm pretty sure it's par-level with the UK right now.


   Speaking of trees, it's not super common at all in Japan for households to own a Christmas Tree and thus some weird anxiety developed. It was quickly solved and we found a tree, after I refused several times; one for feeling guilty, and two -- we don't have space for a 5 foot + tree!!

   We found an adorable Disney Mickey Mouse themed tree at Toys R Us, although I am not a super big fan of that Mouse, it was perfect non the less, (wow I sound so ungrateful). 

   We also purchased some silver and purple tinsel and once decorated at home I placed Stitch at the top! He fits perfectly, size and colour. 


Christmas Cards from Home!
I eventually received my "surprise" Christmas parcel after WEEKS of it being sent from the UK. It had been stuck in Shanghai customs for some time and my Parents had been informed and asked to contact me, which lead to MORE complications. My Parents shipped with ParcelForce, who EVENTUALLY responded to me the same day I received my parcel to say; 'We got your e-mail and are sorry about your parcel being delayed. Please contact_____' TYPICAL? Thankfully before all this my Mother contacted them via phone with my details, which were then exchanged over to Japanese FedEx -- as a result, my Boyfriend had to respond because the e-mails were all in Japanese. BUT they were so quick at responding.  
The parcel is definately worth it. I also FINALLY got my cheki camera back. I dumbly forgot it which is strange for me, it never used to leave my bag. 
So much FOOD and CHOCOLATE and CALORIES. Yes there is a tub of gravy, I was sent two and WOW I think my Boyfriend was more happy to see a tub of gravy than he was the entire box!! When living abroad you do slowly start to miss such things that they do eventually become a luxury treat if - and if - you can find them. Cadbury does exist, in small and expensive quantities. Teabags obviously are easy to come across, but you cannot say no to a familiar British brand! Fact.
I also received mince pies, truth be told; I don't enjoy mince pies THAT much, but of course once you are in a land where things like mince pies (apparently) don't exist, you are going to end up craving it -- no doubt!! Of course they were a bit battered in transit but they taste just as sweet and sickly as I remember. Good! It was my Boyfriends first taste and he was surprised at the flavours as a lot of people expect a MINCE pie to be MEAT. No!
My Father keeps sending me photos of my Cat (even though this one is old) I can't resist decorating the photos I receive. WEH I do miss my Cat so much however. Next year I will celebrate with my Family again as a promise. It also saves me from cooking, but I enjoyed it with the help and support of my Boyfriend. We hosted a Christmas Eve party which I had to produce 'English Food' which weren't actually THAT English? But everyone enjoyed the food and no one died in the process - cooking and eating. So it has actually been a wonderful Christmas 2013. I look forward to 2014. Merry Christmas & a Happy New Year!!

9 comments:

  1. Thank you for your nice comment on my blog! I follow you back : ))

    Merry Christmas! ❤

    macabrefledgling.blogspot.cz
    ✿ Rinako ✿

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    1. You are welcome!
      & thank you for the follow back! (((o(*゚▽゚*)o)))

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  2. Thank you for comment! It was very nice to see that somebody is interested in my blog. Honestly I thought of closing my blog, because of no reaction, even I have a lot of viewers. ( ゚д゚)
    But a nice comment cheers me up. (^o^)

    You have a cute blog, too! Follow you now. ^ ^
    Wish you a very nice remaining christmas time!~ ♥︎

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    1. I am glad the comment cheered you up! (●^-^●) I'm always on the look out for new and fresh blogs to read.

      Thank you for following too~ ( ´艸`)

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  3. Wow that Christmas tree looks amazing! And your tree looks so cute~
    The gift package looks so nice too! I think I'd go crazy if I didn't have certain home comforts. That Christmas card with the cat in the santa hat is so adorable too *--------*

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    1. Thank you! (≧∀≦)
      I was close to going crazy, thankfully the package arrived before I ended up spending insane amounts on a small bar of cadbury eee~!

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  4. The Mickey Mouse Christmas tree is so cute! :3 I hope you had a great Christmas! Is your cat a Himalayan cat? :)

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    1. Thank you! I did have a good Christmas!

      (n‘∀‘)η She is apparently certified as a "lilac point", so I believe she has some Himalayan in her as a persian. (^¬^") Her face is rather dirty in that photo since she just woke up.

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  5. Bummer about your parcel delay! Lovely blog here. Would you like to follow each other on GFC? Please let me know on my blog so I can follow back. Thank you.
    xox
    Lenya
    FashionDreams&Lifestyle

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