（ once he's at the table, he selects a sweet biscuit off a plate and brings a second back for shinjiro, that they may continue their conversation. ）
Where I am from, we have the Rinne festival. When I was a boy, it was a time to honour the dead. Now, it has become customary to exchange gifts on the eve of the night. It is the closest analogy we have to this 'Christmas', but our gifts are not meant to be brought by a large red man with a sack who comes down chimneys.
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（ once he's at the table, he selects a sweet biscuit off a plate and brings a second back for shinjiro, that they may continue their conversation. ）
Where I am from, we have the Rinne festival. When I was a boy, it was a time to honour the dead. Now, it has become customary to exchange gifts on the eve of the night. It is the closest analogy we have to this 'Christmas', but our gifts are not meant to be brought by a large red man with a sack who comes down chimneys.