A few snaps from a quiet Christmas in Japan

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Our Christmas tree in Japan (with a little memory of a snowy time in Paris).

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Daughter's first Christmas ever!

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A light snow was falling on Christmas day in our village, but it did not stick. So we drove about 15 min to a higher area near our home (about 600 meters in elevation) to find a place where snow was sticking to say we actually had a White Christmas (and indeed we did). My daughter did not really drive there (of course), but she took right to the wheel while we were parked high above Osaka City.

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Daughter's first experience with snow. She found it quite cold....obviously.

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A Japanese snow monster attacks a sleeping tiny Christmas snow man that appeared magically on our car. (2nd pic: a dry snow is hard to make a good snowball with...).