"Christmas" is not fair, isn't? Discussion of the bar lowering problem. ("bar" more like social constraints, etc.)
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It's Nogizaka46's 4th gen, hayashi runa.
Happy New Year, everyone.
The other day I wrote about my thoughts on Christmas on my personal blog,
but the content was a bit too biased and in the end I couldn't share it with you.
But no! I don't want to let the statute of limitations end!
(lapse of rights after a period of time (Christmas), I'm just quoting)
It's still less than 10 days after Christmas, so I'm just in time.
It'd be more appropriate to write about the year-end and New Year holidays, but that's for next time.
The rest of this article is a rough draft (written previously) and will be shown unchanged.
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I've been thinking about Christmas lately.
I think that Christmas is a time when people are always talking about their loved ones,
whether they are "non-real lovers" or "normal lovers", etc.
In essence, I think Valentine's Day is more suitable for this kind of thing, but...
I'm still wondering, "Why Christmas...?"
Originally, Christmas is a celebration held by Christians.
It's a Christian event, and so is Halloween.
Since there are a lot of non-religious people in Japan,
it's easy for other cultures to enter the country.
However, Christmas in other countries isn't so much about spending time with lovers as it is in Japan.
Rather, it seems that foreigners are more interested in spending time with someone at New Year's.
This is a bit off topic, but I just thought about this problem.
『If the opposite sex asks you out on Christmas, does it means that they like you and want to go on a date with you?』
Well, it's not really a problem, but I think Christmas is not fair sometimes.
⚠️From now on I'm just biased.
Actually, at that time,
(there are people who are usually like...)
"It happened to be Christmas when I decided to confess my feelings~ ♡"
What a surprise.
I'm sure you've got the timing just right.
Maybe it's because in Japan, Christmas = spending time with your lover.
I think that an invitation in Christmas = invitation to be liked/loved.
That is, if my hypothesis is correct.
If it's right, it's not fair ! ! !
"If you're free on the 25th, would you like to go to __ (with me)?"
The effect of that word would be enormous, wouldn't it?
At this point, you can make the other person think that maybe you like them.
This is like an insurance, or a way to lower the bar for a direct confession.
But! If you make a hint in advance,
the other person will probably have some idea at the time when you're thinking "I'm going to confess!"
There's no need to raise the voltage too suddenly.
I think this phenomenon is unique to Japan.
Therefore, I think that Japanese people are insuring themselves by using the equation:
"Christmas = spending time with your lover" as the basis.
I thought that this might be the reason why Japanese people is more conscious of spending Christmas with their lovers than people overseas.
If you wish to make it clear instead of showing hints, you might ask her/him out on Valentine's Day.
The reason why I'm saying this is that when I was thinking about the "Christmas problem" of before,
I asked my friend's opinion, and she was clearly upset.
I wondered what went wrong and then she told me that was facing the problem in a timely way.
Then I thought, "uff~, it's hot here~"
Since this story is so full of prejuices, you may think,
"You definitely hate Christmas www"
but I really, really love Christmas.
Do I have a clear reason? No, I don't, but...
I think it's the way the whole city prepares for this day.
It's really nice.
Well, if you think of it as "the 4th Friday of December"
instead of "December 25th", it's actually just a normal weekday.
Have fun.
Happy Merry Christmas
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...that's what I wrote back then.
Did you have a wonderful Christmas?
I'm looking forward for your continued support this year.
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