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of the century, hut it still means little to the average Japanese. Those Japanese who have accepted Christianity, however, observe the day in American style, using pines and bamboo for Christmas trees, which they place outside their homes instead ofinside. Christinas trees, too, maybe seen in most department stores in Japan, Ebihara said.Season; New Year s#Ten Families Live In Area Set Aside For Them In The Yardsof dragons and other monsters.Christmas, too, has been celebrated in Japan since the coming of the white man shortly before the turnBuddhism and Christianity met at withe Chirstmas tree today in Ciovis, ™ ' for in true American fashion, the 1$residents of (hat colorful but little- £h known part of Clovis, the Japanese colony, south of the railroad tracks, and west of the ice plant, are celeb- ^ . rating the birth of Christ, although fch ®; a large proportion of them hold to Ft I i the Buddhist religion of their ances- ill| j tors* Ip. I Rouko Ebihara, son of Mr. and jjdj *| Mrs. S. Ebihara and a graduate of \ Clovis high school, says that there ^ are 10 Japanese families in Clovis ! ami that the total Japanese popula-* tion lure is between «‘0 and 40. Most T-J I of the parents, he said, are Buddhists,! If! . yet they toll their children, many ^of whom are Protestants, of Santa kI Claus. t V| j Fete Is New If jI According to Ebihara, the ancient ^ | Japanese had no celebration similarto Christmas, but many of the fea- TLi tines of this day in western coun- Vj tries are contained in the Japanese ! W new year. 1 hat is a time ot merry-making, and gifts are exchanged, There is. however, no character like Ifff I Santa Claus involved. J ti“So the Japanese here observe bp Christmas just like the* Americans? j rT j And New Year’s?” the writer asked ; IffEbihara. “No,” he replied hastily,I shaking his head and grinning. “On aU i New Year’s they eat all day,” he j \ said, and after a little prompting he j j admitted, “and drink.” yj Use Our Drinks | TBut. countrary to popular belief, j beer and whiskey—not the potent , rice wine--are the favorite bever- j ages of the Japanese on festive oc- TF easions. Some rice wine, mostly i wI shipped in from California, is con- !sumed, however, he said. kj*New Year's in Japan is a three- hF day affair, Ebihara stated, he seem- tyy j ed a little reluctant, however, to de-i scribe the festivities in detail. But 7L i he said that the Japanese, like the ! VI Chinese, have a custom of paying ! ^all their debts before New Year’s so i y I as to start the new year with a J rT1 clean slate, and that there are par- ?1 ades featuring huge representations jL, PATTON, PresidentJ. PATTOI“With the beginning of 1935,year of service to Clovis and Cc Tire Dealer. We pause to give friends who have made possibl future with confidence . . . confi fidence in this community, and judgment of tire users, whose pr the outstanding tire.”
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Clovis Evening News Journal
Clovis, New Mexico, US
Tue, Dec 25, 1934
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