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 How did you spend Christmas? Let me tell you about my Christmas in 2022. The day was Wednesday, December 21. Classes are held every Wednesday until 18:00. My mother drove to pick me up because I was coming home late. I get in the car and there it is, the big one...! Yes! A biiiiiig bear!!!!!! This bear is the same sitting height as me! I was surprised when I got this. I was happy because it had been a long time since I had received a gift from my mother. How did you spend Christmas? Have a wonderful end of the year.

On December 7, I went out for lunch with my friends. The place we went to was Grazie Gardens. Three of us went. The following is what I ate. I forget the name of the dish, but this was on the lunch menu and was inexpensive. One had pizza and one had pasta. The pizza eater said, "The amount is too much, I'm suffering..." I would like to go out to eat with the five of us this time, as we don't have a chance to get together for lunch because of cancelled classes and illnesses.

     My artifact is a keychain which shows bread being toasted. This one pictured not only toast, but also a small jar of honey and a butter knife. In addition, the toast is already covered with butter and honey. It looks delicious. Its color is mainly yellow. In detail, it consists of many yellows, browns, whites, blacks, and grays. It is made of plastic. It is about the size of a palm, larger than a ping-pong ball and smaller than a baseball.      I first encountered my artifact on April 1, when I was a second-year high school student. On that day, I went to Bandai City with three friends I had made in my first year. It was the first time for me to go out with these members and I was very excited. We walked around the stores, and if something caught each other's attention, we all stopped and said, "This is so cute!" and so on. When we were at LOFT on the 6th floor, we were browsing the keychain section.      One of friends suggested, "Why...

  Look at these pictures. They was taken in December 2nd. Our winter started on this day. On that day, a lot of snow suddenly fell and my friends and I were very excited. On the way home that day, the thermometer showed 0 degrees. SO COLD!!! It has been cold lately, do you like winter? I want to stay home all winter. I still can't stand the cold, so I am worried about the coming winter. Oh, I want to hibernate...

On November 26th, I participated in a bus tour. This bus tour is one of the curriculum of "Niigata Prefecture's Local Production for Local Consumption" in the third period on Mondays. It was a very enjoyable day, and I will share it with you all! Our trip started at 8:45. At the time, I said, "I can't believe I'm leaving home at the same time as the day I have first period." I got on this red bus. The bus was larger than planned and had stylish lights and chandeliers inside. Before the bus departed, a miracle happened to us. We looked out the window at the sky and there were two rainbows! Can you see two reinbows? First of all, we went to visit the snow chamber at Uonuma Brewery. And we also went to Bourbon to see their snow chambers. Bourbon's Snow Chamber Chocolat, released last week, is made here. ブルボン　雪室ショコラ (bourbon.co.jp) At lunchtime we went to "Uonuma-no-sato" (Uonuma Village). The Uonuma region is famous for its rice, but we had so...

Novenber 19th, I went apple picking with my father. I went to Sato apple orchard in Gosen in Niigata. Picking apples in this area is not allowed. At Sato Apple Orchard, customers choose their own apples and pick them themselves. I went there two years ago in October. Two years ago, we learned that sweeter apples do not appear until November. We took only "Fuji" which is a sweet variety and in season in November. But the bigger and glossier apples had already been taken by other customers and we had a hard time finding them. My father and I said, "Maybe that one would be good." and we picked 6 to 7 apples each. (Actually, my father took most of them because I was not tall enough...) It was a lot of fun. When we got home and ate the apples, we picked ourselves, how sweet they were! We still have some left at home and are looking forward to eating them.