An excellent holiday idea is to celebrate Christmas in Nagoya while you are in Japan. This is a special season when one likes to spend time with friends and families. The city of Nagoya is decked up with the finest Christmas decorations. You will find a number of events and festivals planned in many places. Christmas in Nagoya is special in its own way.
Christmas in Japan was popularized in the early 20th century. Wherever you go in Nagoya you will see Japanese Christmas Decorations hung in cafes, dance halls and game parlors. And obviously Christmas in Nagoya is incomplete without a Christmas tree. The trees are decorated with gold paper ornaments, wind chimes, small toys, dolls, gold paper fans and lanterns and small candles. Another popular Japanese Christmas Ornament is the origami swan. Many children trade thousands of paper birds of peace during this time.
Nagoya Christmas is also incomplete without Santa Claus whom the Japanese children call as ‘Santa Kurohsu’. There is also another mythical Japanese priest known as Hoteiosho who closely resembles Santa Claus and also carries a sack full of gifts. You will also see hospitals in Nagoya being decorated for Christmas to cheer the sick. There are also carols sung by children and plays being performed about the birth of Jesus in every cathedral.
Exchanging of gifts, decorating homes and eating turkey also features among the celebration of Christmas in Nagoya. You will also see scenes of Nativity being put up to tell the story of Jesus’ birth. You might find some homes also having mistletoes and singing carol during the evening prayers.
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