Hello world, where I'm from in Japan, this is how preparing for Christmas is like.

You know Christmas is coming when you see Christmas decorations in shops.

Not just shops decorate, shopping centres decorate too,

and I like this light up sleigh.

In the outside, sometimes when it's close to Christmas,

some stores have special decorations.

Kawaii!

All towns put Christmas lights up.

In the little town near us, they have lights too,

and they look like little snitches.

In central London they also have lights

and they put on massive displays.

These lights on Regent St are my favourite

because they are angels.

So this is in Ginza

and Ginza has lots of lights,

and there are some people that come to Ginza just to look at the lights.

And this is Hara Hotel.

So what are all these people lining up for?

For the lottery.

They could win something?

Yes.

Ooh.

The first big job to do is to buy some nice Christmas presents

for your friends and family.

It's not so busy now

but it'll get busier when it gets closer to Christmas.

We're going to go to Lush

to buy some nice bath things for our friends

At Christmas lots of shops have some limited edition things,

like this blue penguin or this dinosaur wearing a Christmas hat,

I really like that.

And if you're lazy, you could buy some a present already wrapped up for your friend or family

They come in all different shapes and sizes

I especially like this donut shaped one

They also come in different looks

Like that santa and the elf

In Japan, people don't get presents from under the tree

Okay, so then how do they get presents?

Um, they just give presents with hand

Or maybe some people do give under the tree

The next big job is to choose your Christmas tree

There are two different types of Christmas tree

Artificial and real

and you can decorate them however you like

This garden centre has lots of artificial trees to choose from

some are big and wide

some have lights on

and some are even tall, skinny and white

They cost more than real trees but you can use them every year

We like having a real christmas tree

There were lots to choose from

Once you have chosen your Christmas tree you have to take it to the staff so they can wrap it for you

So this is a shop to buy a Christmas tree

but some people don't have their Christmas trees

but they have little plastic trees

This is my daddy carrying my Christmas tree back home

We don't have a car so i have to take it on my bike

One of the best things about getting ready for Christmas

is doing Christmas activities

I like going ice skating

This ice rink is only around at Christmas time

and they put it on a big field so children can come and play

it's fun whether you're an expert or a beginner - like me

even if you're not that good at it

it's fun trying

This ice rink is in the middle of a fun fair and you could even buy Christmassy food

Did you know in England father Christmas' favourite food is mince pies

Each year we visit him in his grotto

and ask him if we've been good and for a present

If we have been good we can choose an early Christmas present too

In some places in Japan

we can go skating

But this is at Skytree and it's very expensive and I didn't want to take the kids

Hahaha

This is a market to buy lots of Christmas stuff

and what kinda stuff can you buy?

You can buy Christmassy food

or a lot of food from around the world

Actually, this one is a German market so it's mostly German food

So you get sausages

and chicken, no turkey

Was the food cheap, expensive?

well kind of expensive

Yeah that food there was like 3000 yen

yeah

and they also had a Christmas concert that had santa in it

In Tokyo, you can see some light festivals for free

I have a pen, I have a pen

eehh long pen

What do you think about this light festival?

It was cool and fun.

What part of Tokyo is this in?

Roppongi

where we're staying we have a special Christmas dinner.

Which includes Turkey with potatoes.

Brussel Sprouts are little cabbage thing about this size.

My vegetables, they're actually puddings?

and peas and blankets?

The actual puddings are like

(inaudible) crispy bowl things that you can eat

This is a mikan(orange)

and this is a Christmas cake(keki)

and this is KFC and then this is strawberries

What time did you get your mandarins in Japan?

uhmm..Fall

it's yummy

I don't know what he's saying

And while you were eating your Christmas dinner

you get a partner and then pop this open

What? A party hat. A hat.

and a joke and here's the joke.

Why does mistletoe gonna be famous?

Hollywood.

(inaudible)

And next is Kentucky Chicken

and Kentucky Chicken, lots of people order for Christmas

because it's Christmassy

so this is the fries

this is the burger of chicken

Wait a second..is it a little bit cold? Yeah.

Okay..let's heat it up.

So we're heating it up because we bought it yesterday

and a lot of people, they don't eat the Kentucky fresh.

they have to bought it in advance and therefore they usually end up heating it up.

Okay! Now what happens now? we're back and..

and we are going to eat it

is it hot or cold now? Hot.

Okay, let's try hot

-It's hot. -Too hot?

-Shin, is yours hot? -Yes, it's crazy hot and it's so crazy yummy.

For pudding, after your Christmas dinner,

you can have this lovely things

and it's called Christmas pudding.

It's like a food cake but dark.

and you can put custard on it to make it taste really nice.

and if you make your own, people, you can hide a coin inside and apparently,

if you find the coin, it's good luck.

and when you serve it, you meant to pour alcohol on it then set on fire.

First, our lovely Christmas dinner, we have all sorts of Christmassy treat.

like this, Christmas chocolate orange

and (inaudible) you might have an orange in your stocking.

so i think that's why they invented chocolate oranges and it tastes really delicious.

but they don't just look like chocolate orange, they taste like orange and chocolate. Mixed together.

and this is what the inside looked.

The outside of the chocolate look before it get smashed.

this is what one of them looks like

A treat that is popular in Japan around Christmas time is strawberries.

Alright. Let's eat the strawberries.

Yeah.

can we eat the white part?

Yeah.

Yummy!

I don't know what that means.

but i think it means good.

In England's favourite Christmas treats are minced pies.

they have minced meat in them.

but actually no real meat in them.

and they are little pies. They're not massive ones.

and there about this big.

and they taste delicious.

and normally sprinkled with sugar on the top.

to make it taste extremely yummy.

Inside, it contains spicy raisins and some dried fruit and it makes an excellent combination.

I love it!

When we went to 7 eleven, I saw this magical Christmas display

and I said Hey, this Christmas cake looks tasty. Let's buy it for the video.

If you don't want to get a big Christmas cake, you can get the little ones.

you can even get chicken too.

Ready..Set..Go..

Okay. Magical Christmas.

when you buy this cake it comes with this

so we are going to open the cake.

Oh no, It's such lot of cream

Who want's to leap this?

Do you eat Christmas cake every year?

Thanks for watching our video!

How did you get ready for Christmas where you're from?

Byeee!

Thanks for watching!

See you next time!

Byee!!

Merry Christmas!

Bye Byee!

I want this part

-I want this part -Okay