me and my girlies!

tonight, matthew, i'm going to be... SANTA?!

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December 12th 2007
Oh, you’re going to love this one… So on Sunday, I went to the charity Christmas party. I asked if I could help out in Santa’s grotto and talk to all the cute little kiddies dressed up in their best party outfits! But then, with about 20 seconds to go before the doors opened, I realised that there was no Santa in the grotto! I told one of the organisers, Daisuke, who then realised that ... read more

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In 1603, a Tokugawa shogunate (military dictatorship) ushered in a long period of isolation from foreign influence in order to secure its power. For 250 years this policy enabled Japan to enjoy stability and a flowering of its indigenous culture. Fol... ... read more