Saturday, 27 November 2004

No Gift Trees?

Something that just occured to me this afternoon when looking at the Christmas decorations that that have been in store since November 1st; there is not one Gift Tree in ANY store in Japan! In Australia pretty much every major shopping chain and even some small town groceries run a Gift Tree charity to collect presents for those children that are less fortunate. I havn't seen one in Japan at all. It's pretty depressing really, that in a culture that is so materialistic they can't buy that extra something for someone else.

This attitude can best be summed up in the major store chain, Varie's holiday slogan: "The Season of Getting". Talk about misinterpreting another culture's tradition!

posted by Brad at 9:45 PM

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