Two years ago I visited Ai in Tokyo. It had been a few years since I'd been to Tokyo, the first time in a long time that I visited during Christmas.
The biggest event planned during my short stay was the cousins reunion/Christmas party. I found a Christmas album I'd never heard of, "A Charlie Brown Christmas," that Ai had bought from Starbucks. I popped it into the CD player and discovered the best Christmas album ever.
The Vince Guaraldi Trio--piano, drums and bass--and an angelic children's choir perform classics and originals for the Peanuts TV special that aired a few decades ago. It's simple and sweet, jazzy, sometimes off-key, joyful.
Now I'm back in Tokyo, spending all of Christmas here in Japan for the first time in 18 years.
*****
Christmas time is here, happiness and cheer,
fun for all that children call their favorite time of year.
Snowflakes in the air, carols everywhere,
olden times and ancient rhymes and love and dreams to share.
Sleigh bells in the air, beauty everywhere;
yuletide by the fireside and joyful memories there.
Christmastime is here, we'll be drawing near;
oh that we could always see such spirit through the year.
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