In year 9 as a Japan resident and the way everyone abruptly moves on from Christmas is still a little jarring for me. It's completely understandable, to be fair. They copy the aesthetic of Christmas extremely well, but they still don't quite "get" it…which is to be expected. But the looks I was getting just a couple days ago like "why tf are your snowmen still out here" were becoming a little too difficult to ignore, so with a lump in my throat I caved, took everything down and shoved it all into the attic this morning.
But man, even my wife was itching to get the tree down on the 26th (at least she gave me a heads up this year, last year I just came downstairs to find an empty space where it usually stands), and after a couple days of protest I finally relented. Back home the tree would stay up until a couple days after New Year's.
I didn't realize how much those couple of "afterglow" days after the holiday where you go around visiting family/friends and bring small gifts meant to me. They really help slowly ease you out of that Christmas mode, but today I just felt like my way of thinking was "unacceptable."
I don't know why I typed any of that, tbh
by BrotakuzaTube