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A collection of 6 posts

Piece of my mind to feast upon

In a Christmas Carol’s third chapter, wherein the Ghost of Christmas Present, a towering incarnation of Yuletide jollity, guides Scrooge through the homes and streets of various people that the miser knows, but does not know his impact upon, he comes across the humble house of Robert Cratchit and

Quick X-Mas post update

Greetings of the winter variety, readers! I am bringing a much needed update as regards the posts, and when you can expect to see more of them. Life has been hectic on my end and time has been sparse in terms of writing articles. Suffice to say, though, expect a

Santa-san

A friend of mine asked me recently as to the origins of the Japanese name for the voluminous giver of gifts, Santa Claus. A direct transcription of the name Santa Claus is サンタクロース (Santa Kurôsu), but he is typically referred to as サンタさん (Santa-san), literally something to the effect of

Yuru - Yule

Lo, a micro translation-comparison sort of thing. In the 11th volume of Vinland Saga, a group of country nobles and loyal vassals to King Canute plead their case to His Majesty, in this quote do we see Makoto Yukimura, the author and illustrator of the comic, mention the Old Norse

Yule Post the 2nd - Food

Preface: At last we come to the crown-jewels of any seasonal celebration, namely the food that populate the feast. The perfect way to investigate how Japanese translators would render specific Christmas dishes perhaps not known to them would be through the Dickensian lens of voluminous and opulent descriptions, where there

Yule Post the 1st - Grantræet

We begin this year's Christmas themed posts with a look at one of Hans Christian Andersen's few yuletide fairy tales, aside from Den lille pige med svovlstikker ("the little match-stick girl"), wherein a sentient fir-tree experiences the existential crisis and threat over first waxing