2020 is done, and the world will never be the same.

異例の年でしたが

Even though 2020 ended very different from other years,

困難な中でも 楽しい年末を過ごせました

all the hardships of the year couldn't hold back a super special year end celebration.

さよなら2020年！ 遂に2021年！

Goodbye 2020, it's time to embrace 2021.

どんな年になるでしょう？

What will the new year bring?

クリスマスの日の出だ！

[Life in Japan Theme Song]

カメラにも見せる

Look! A Merry Christmas sunrise. Oh yea!

クリスマスのライトは？

I'm going to come and see, camera.

空がピンクだね

Where are the Christmas lights?

オレンジ色だよ

See? The pink sky. Very nice, huh?

クリスマス！

It's orange, not pink.

クリスマスの パンケーキだね

It's Christmas!

美味しそう！

It's Christmas cakes, huh?

- もう2枚目だよ - 2枚目？

Christmas pancakes!

メリークリスマス！

Yum! They look good!

- 学校行くの - クリスマスも？

This is already my second pancake. It's already your second Christmas cake?

- 4時間だけ - 良かったね

Merry Christmas!

何してる？

We're going to school. Going to school on Christmas?!

秘密で新しい机を作ってるの

What is going on here?

マグネットのボードを付けるの

I've been working on a secret project which is making the girls their own little desks.

学校に行ってる間に

And they're going to have their own little magnetic board above each desk.

模様替えをして

So now the kids just went to school,

帰ってきたらサプライズよ

And we're rearranging their room while they're gone.

机の完成です！ 引出しを設置します

So when they get home, it's the Christmas surprise.

ママが飾り付けします

The desks are in! Now we have to put some drawers in.

気を付けて！

Momma chan is probably going to decorate a little bit.

- 僕が使う - 駄目よ

Watch out, Joshua!

- 何で？ - 小学生になったらね

Can this be mine? No.

- 何測ってるの？ - 中心よ

Why? Only when you get to shyogakkou (elementary school)

2020年の教訓は 視野の重要さです

Now what are we measuring for? Get this centered.

困難に左右されるも 乗り越えるも 私達次第です

If 2020 has taught us anything, it's the importance of perspective.

クリスマスのレース場だね

We can choose to be overcome by hardships, or let the hardships make us into stronger people.

3・2・1

Oh, and up here we have the Christmas racetrack, huh?

赤の勝ち！

3, 2, 1 — the red one wins! Whoa!

すごいな！

Wow, Dude, that is awesome!

良い視野を持ち続ける事は 大切です

It's hard work to keep the right perspective, but it's worth all the effort.

引出しとホワイトボード

Drawers underneath. Whiteboards on top.

宿題用の勉強机です

Desks to do their homework.

ツリーもあります

And a Christmas tree for good measure.

出来ました！ 今夜はライブ配信です

I did it! We're all setup for the livestream tonight.

初めてのライブです

It's going to be our first livestream ever.

予想出来ませんが 皆さんと話せるのが楽しみです

I really don't know what to expect except I imagine it's going to be a great time of interaction with all of you!

質問に答えて 我が家のクリスマスをお届けします

And to be able to say "hi" and answer questions and show what we do for Christmas.

楽しみです！

I'm looking forward to it!

時間かな？ 手伝おうか？

Well, it's time, huh? To start some setup here? Yes please!

まずレースかな？

Do you want to do some races first? Yea right!

クリスマス用の靴下とマスクです

A couple more things for Christmas! Some stocking stuffers and masks.

そりも

And some sleds.

雪はあまり降りませんが 滑り台でも使えます

Even though we don't really get a lot of snow here they can use it on the slides and it makes them go really fast.

僕も試してみようかな？

Oh boy! Might even need to go try that out at some point, huh?

可愛い！ここで食事？

It's all cute! Christmas placemats. Are we going to have a meal here?

- そうよ - いいね！

Yeah! Oh boy, oh boy, oh boy!

- ハムとマッシュポテトよ - 最高だね

Ham and mashed potatoes. Ham and mashed potatoes, mnnnnn.

ハムよ！

Um, ham time! Yes, ham time!

すごい！

Oh my goodness!

美味しそう

Yum yum yum!

日本のクリスマスは フライドチキンですが

In Japan, a big deal is fried chicken at Christmas.

アメリカでは ハムか七面鳥です

But for Americans, a lot of times it's ham or turkey.

娘達がじきに帰ります 部屋で隠れて待って

The girls should be getting home soon, so I'm going to go, get into their room and hide in there

新しい机を披露します！

And get their reaction as they get home from school and see their desks!

目開けていい？

Can I open my eyes?

どれが私の？

Which one is mine? Yeah!

- 説明するわよ - ママが作ったの？

So look, let me explain some things to this. You made this?!

- 時間掛かったんだよ - これが引出し

Mommy did this for a long time! These are your drawers,

引出しが2つ

So you have this drawer and this drawer.

引出しに収まるようにね

If you get more stuff than fills this drawer, than we get rid of it.

えー！はい！

No—oh yes. We get rid of the stuff.

これがホワイトボード

And this, it's a white board.

- 本当に？！ - ペンを付けられるわ

Are you kidding me?! You can put your pens right here.

ママにありがとうとハグは？

Can you guys say "Thank you Mommy" and give her a big hug?

クリスマスのお昼と夕食だ！

Ohhhh!! Christmas lunch/dinner — yum!

ママの美味しいご飯だね

Mommy made us something so yummy, huh?

美味しそう！

Oh! This looks so good!

パパも準備しよう

I'm going to get my plate now!

それ行け！

Go dude, go dude, go!

行け！上手だね！

Go go go! Alright, good job.

ママがシナモンロールを焼いてる間 マリオカートで遊びます

We're playing some MarioKart while mommy is making her famous cinnamon rolls for the family to have breakfast tomorrow!

- すごい！ - 本物のシナモンロール？

Oh my goodness! Is that real cinnamon rolls?

最後のレースだよ

OK dude, let's do the last race, ok?

ポールおじさんだ！

Uncle Paul's here!

ライブ配信の準備です

Time to setup for the livestream.

1時間前です

T-minus one hour!

ポールが来ました！ もうすぐライブです

Uncle Paul's over here! We're getting the livestream all setup and ready to go,

生中継です！

And in just a little bit, we're going live!

いつもは友人と過ごしますが 今年は家族だけです

Whew!

その代わりに ライブ配信で皆さんと繋がります

Normally we pack our place out with friends for Christmas, but that wasn't an option this year.

オンラインでパーティーです！

Instead of focusing on what we couldn't do, we opened up our family Christmas party to all of you via a livestream, and had our biggest house party ever!

皆さんようこそ！ 遂にライブ配信です！

Yeah! Welcome everybody! I can't believe that we're live with you right now!

上手だね！

Wow- good job girls!

皆が褒めてるよ！

Everyone's saying "great job" here!

シナリオの変更中です 編集の舞台裏です

We're changing around the whole scene scenario here... behind the scenes of livestream Life in Japan!

変えて！

Change, change! Change, change, change!

暑いわ！

I'm sweating! Oh!

＜クリスマス劇＞

[Christmas story in Japanese]

今日はここまで また次回お会いましょう！

Well, that does it for now, and until next time, we'll see you on Life in Japan! Bye bye!

ライブ配信が終わりました

So our livestream is just ending right now,

素晴らしい時間でした！

What an incredible time, oh my goodness!

またやりたいです

Our first livestream ever, I think we'll have to do this again...

舞台裏のディレクターです！

And here is — we forgot to show the guy behind the scenes, making this all possible!

ポールのお陰で成功しました！

There's no way we could have done it without his help!

次回は出来るよ！

I think you can, next time!

パパ開けて！

Daddy, open this for me. Ok.

ママお疲れ！ どこが良かった？

Good job, momma chan. What was your favorite part of the livestream?

コメントを見て 一緒にクリスマスを楽しめた事ね

Oh! Just seeing everyone comment, and having the family enjoying Christmas but with new friends.

皆でモグモグ

Everybody munch munch munch munch munch.

いくわよ！

Oh there we go. There we go!

巣に入ったね

You did it! Put it in the nest, honey!

サラ！初めて飛ぶかも？！

Oh Sarah! Your guy's going to fly for the first time?!

これ飛ぶの？

He's going to fly?

楽しいダンスね

No, he's doing the happy dance.

どう飛ばすか考えてたのに！

Awww!

飛ばないよ！

We're trying to figure out how to make this guy fly!

シャイなのかな

But he won't fly! But he won't fly!

2020年は 毎日に感謝する事を学びました

He's a little shy.

- 何してるの？ - ハンマー！

2020 also taught us to appreciate the value of everyday moments and find joy in them.

ハンマー！昨日は寝れた？

What are you playing with? Hammer!

うん

The hammer! How did you sleep last night?

綺麗だね

Good. Good?

寒くなってきたの

Oh that's so nice.

これ押してごらん

Cold is coming in here... The cold is coming in here?

暖かくなるよ

Well you got to push right here and turn it on.

遂に飛んだね！凄い！

OK- now it's going to start heating up.

本当に凄い！

Oh! It's finally flying! Oh my goodness!

- 可哀そう - 墜落だね

Oh my goodness! Ohhh!

大丈夫

Oh, it got sad. Crash landing!

初飛行だね！

It's ok- it's ok.

オウリーだったかしら

Yeah! The first flight!

カッコいい！

It's called an owly or something...

声が変になっちゃったの

That is so cool!

ジョシュア おばあちゃんに帽子見せた？

My voice was so strange, when I was cheering it was like [squeels]

今！

Joshua, did you show Grandma your new hat?

- 可愛い帽子！ - マリオだよ

Now now now

どこで貰ったの？

Look at that hat! And it's Mario.

あの靴下よ

Oh- where did you get a Mario hat?

靴下に入ってたのね

He got it in there — in his stocking.

飛ぶよ

You got it in your stocking! Cool.

ルースの得意料理 シナモンロールです

It's going to go. It's going to go again.

もう少しです

These are Ruth's famous, classic cinnamon rolls

2020年は 制限も沢山ありましたが

And we are going to go for it in just a little bit.

それは同時に チャンスでもありました

The limitations of 2020 actually forced us to do things differently,

2021年の成功の鍵は 昔を振り返らず 挑戦し続ける事かもしれません

In one minute we're starting our livestream for Paz Church — you can check it out at PazChurch.com

そうする事で 新しい喜びに出会えるかもしれません

These guys are ready! Alright! Ben and Daichi!

パズチャーチのライブ礼拝です！

Got a jog going on today.... Come on guys!

準備万端です！ ベンとダイチ！

So if 2020 was rough, don't give up!

ジョギングです！

The best is yet to come — it's a new day, a new year.

大変でも諦めないで！

With God's help, it can be a new you.

最高な1日 新しい1年が来ます！

We're a tenth of the way there!

神様も助けてくれます