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Although the weather turned colder than normal over the winter break, let s not let that bother us. Let s make a fresh start when classes resume on January 6th and have a great 2010!<br/> To celebrate New Year s, it is customary in Japan to send greeting cards to people close to you. Our students practiced this tradition when they wrote cards in class to send to their classmates and teachers. The cards were decorated with tigers to mark the Chinese Year of the Tiger, and everyone had taken extra care with their printing when writing their messages. The teachers were extremely pleased to see the final product on New Year s Day. <br/> Actual New Year s celebrations in Japan center around the family. Usually families ring in the new year together by heading to the shrine or temple and then going back home to eat traditional New Year s food called osechi. Since each country has their own holiday traditions, we asked some of our students how they spent their vacation and how they celebrated New Year s. Student A went with friends to Yokohama s Chinatown on New Year s Eve for Chinese food, and then at midnight headed to Sensoji Temple in Asakusa. They bought charms to bring them luck on their school entrance exams, and all in all had a very full vacation. <br/> Student B spent most of their break at the local community center s volunteer Japanese classes and had fun meeting many new people. <br/> Everyone we spoke with replied with smiles, so it seems that everyone enjoyed their vacations. <br/> As mentioned above, 2010 is the Year of the Tiger, which is called tora in Japanese. 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