The festive atmosphere is perfect for planning our biggest Christmas celebration ever, and this year you're invited.

節日的氣氛非常適合策劃我們有史以來最大的聖誕慶祝活動，今年邀請你參加。

[Life in Japan Theme Song]

[生活在日本的主題曲]。

What's happening here today?!

今天這裡發生了什麼？

Christmas shopping time, Christmas shopping time!

聖誕購物時間，聖誕購物時間!

A great Christmas doesn't just happen, it is planned weeks, even months in advance.

一個偉大的聖誕節不是說發生就發生的，它是提前幾周甚至幾個月就計劃好的。

Part of the excitement leading up to Christmas is having gifts start to pile up under the Christmas tree,

聖誕節前的部分興奮點是禮物開始堆積在聖誕樹下。

and to do that, you've got to go shopping.

而要做到這一點，你必須去購物。

Fortunately for us, Japan really gets into the Christmas spirit too,

對我們來說，幸運的是，日本也真正進入了聖誕精神。

as retailers offer all kinds of seasonal sales to attract shoppers.

由於零售商提供各種季節性銷售以吸引購物者。

Oh, that's so big. This is the size I got last time, see?

哦，好大啊。這是我上次買的尺寸，看到了嗎？

Once we're done with our shopping, we head back home

一旦我們完成了購物，我們就回家了

to where Ruth gets the presents wrapped and ready to stuff under the tree.

露絲在那裡把禮物包好，準備塞到樹下。

Yes? It's Daddy.

是嗎？是爸爸。

[unlocks door]

[開鎖]

Won't the kids be thrilled!

孩子們會不會很興奮！？

Hey kids, guess what mommy's doing?

嘿，孩子們，猜猜媽媽在做什麼？

Presents.

介紹。

Wrapping presents!

包裹禮物!

They're going to come out— put them under the tree.

他們要出來了--把他們放在樹下。

Christmas time isn't just busy for us adults, but also for the kids.

聖誕節不僅僅是我們成年人的忙碌，也是孩子們的忙碌。

The older girls have big tests coming up that they're studying for,

年長的女孩們即將面臨大考，她們正在為之複習。

while the younger kids have presentations at school.

而年輕的孩子們在學校有演講。

On cold mornings, which is pretty much every morning,

在寒冷的早晨，這幾乎是每個早晨。

The girls are up and go straight to the kotatsu.

姑娘們都起來了，直接去找小塔。

Has this been a good purchase for our family? Yes!

這對我們的家庭來說是一次很好的購買嗎？是的!

Look at our students. Being so studious.

看看我們的學生。如此勤奮好學。

So girlfriend, what's going on here?

那麼女朋友，這裡發生了什麼？

Spying on my kids!

監視我的孩子!

Actually not spying, I just wave to them everyday when they go to school.

其實不是偷窺，我只是每天在他們上學的時候向他們揮手。

But today it's not just the kids who are going to school

但今天，不僅僅是孩子們要上學了

Ruth and I will be making a trip to the elementary school for a very special performance.

露絲和我將去小學參加一個非常特別的表演。

Just Joshua goes the one way. Bye Dude!

只是約書亞走了一條路。再見，夥計！

So we are on our way to Sarah's happiyokai, it's her recital

我們正在前往莎拉的happyyokai的路上，這是她的獨奏會。

Her first recital at the new school, and she is mega excited.

她在新學校的第一次獨奏會，她非常興奮。

Hi Sarah!

嗨，Sarah!

Sarah! Yes!

莎拉!是的!

Christmas is the most celebrated holiday in the world,

聖誕節是世界上最值得慶祝的節日。

and as such, we have some big plans for Christmas Day that have been in the works for months.

是以，我們對聖誕節有一些大的計劃，這些計劃已經醞釀了幾個月。

So we've been preparing for our biggest Christmas celebration ever here at Paz Church

是以，我們一直在為帕斯教會有史以來最大的聖誕慶典做準備

Yo Ben- you've been working on this, we're going to have some fun stuff...

喲，本--你一直在研究這個，我們會有一些有趣的東西......

Christmas sweater competition... Common'

聖誕毛衣比賽...普通的

KFC — Kentucky Fried Chicken gift card give away,

肯德基 - 肯德基炸雞禮品卡贈送。

We're going to have a Christmas photo booth, it's going to be absolutely great

我們將有一個聖誕照相館，這將是絕對偉大的。

So this Christmas the kids have a fun dance,

所以這個聖誕節，孩子們有一個有趣的舞蹈。

One's going to be with all ages and ones just going to be with girls.

一個要和所有年齡的人在一起，一個只和女孩在一起。

So it's going to be super exciting!

是以，這將是超級激動人心的事情!

In the afternoon we're going to have Gospel choirs, we're going to have Candlelight service,

下午，我們將有福音合唱團，我們將有燭光禮拜。

A really special Christmas message for you.

給你一個真正特別的聖誕資訊。

And our family is going to be here at 3 services on Christmas Sunday

而我們的家人將在聖誕節主日在這裡參加三場禮拜

At 10 AM, at 3 PM and at 5 PM and we'd love to meet you in person.

上午10點，下午3點和下午5點，我們很願意和你見面。

So if you're anywhere in the Tokyo area, you need to come. The details are in the description.

是以，如果你在東京地區的任何地方，你需要來。細節在描述中。

Whether at the Coffee Shop or at home, getting Christmas just right isn't just a tradition — it's an obsession!

無論是在咖啡館還是在家裡，把聖誕節過得恰到好處不僅僅是一種傳統--它是一種痴迷！這是我的想法。

That looks pretty.

這看起來很美。

I might need to put one more hook right here...

我可能需要在這裡再放一個鉤子......。

You're going to shoot dunguris?

你要射殺東古拉斯？

Yep.

是的。

Outside?

在外面？

Not inside, I hope!

我希望不是在裡面!

Whoa! That's cool.

哇!這真酷。

I made it.

我做到了。

You made it. I like it.

你做的。我喜歡它。

With each passing moment, Christmas gets closer and closer, and the excitement builds.

隨著時間的推移，聖誕節越來越近了，人們的興奮感也越來越強。

It's like climbing a roller coaster to the top of the hill —

這就像爬上雲霄飛車到山頂一樣------。

the higher you get, the more intense it gets until you finally go down that first drop!

你走得越高，就越緊張，直到你最終走下第一層樓!

Oh my goodness, what has happened here?

哦，我的天啊，這裡發生了什麼？

It's turning into Christmas.

它正在變成聖誕節。

Christmas! It's turning into Christmas with a wonderful, beautiful Christmas hallway!

聖誕節!它正在變成聖誕節，有一個美妙的、美麗的聖誕走廊!

What's going on here?

這裡發生了什麼事？

We're going to pull my tooth out.

我們要把我的牙齒拔掉。

Gonna pull your tooth out?!

要拔掉你的牙齒嗎？

We have a loose tooth?

我們有一顆鬆動的牙齒？

Alright, big brave guy. Here we go.

好了，勇敢的大傢伙。我們來了。

Dude- let's see! Let's see hole!

杜德，讓我們看看！讓我們看看洞!

Oh! Like at that hole there!

哦，就像在那個洞裡一樣!

Girls- your little brother is growing up.

女孩們--你們的小兄弟正在長大。

Aww.

嗷嗷。

Ok bite on this. Just bite on it for awhile.

好的，咬住這個。咬住它一段時間。

Oh my goodness.

哦，我的天哪。

Bite down hard.

用力咬住。

Christmas where I grew up near Chicago meant cold winter weather and oftentimes snow.

我在芝加哥附近長大的地方，聖誕節意味著寒冷的冬季天氣和經常性的下雪。

We all would sing the song “I'm dreaming of a white Christmas.”

我們都會唱這首歌 "我夢想著一個白色的聖誕節"。

But here, even as Christmas approaches, you can enjoy the last bits of fall hanging on.

但在這裡，即使聖誕節臨近，你也可以享受到最後一點秋天的掛念。

On a nice day, it's great to get out, breath some fresh air

在一個好天氣裡，出去呼吸一些新鮮空氣是很好的。

and go on a hiking date with my wife of 19 years.

並與我19年的妻子進行一次遠足約會。

Hot coffee and a scone, that's nice.

熱咖啡和烤餅，這很好。

Hot coffee and a scone? The girlfriend is already thinking about the rewards along the way.

熱咖啡和烤餅？女友已經在考慮一路上的獎勵了。

It's chilly out here.

這裡很冷。

Let's do this.

讓我們來做這個。

I walked this trail earlier this year.

我在今年早些時候走過這條路。

It's an old trade trail—

這是一條古老的貿易線索

An old highway that goes through these neighborhoods

一條穿過這些街區的舊公路

And I thought at the time "Oh this would be fun to do in the autumn."

我當時想，"哦，這在秋天做會很有趣"。

And today I have the illustrious girlfriend with me

今天我有一個傑出的女朋友和我在一起

And we're trying it in the autumn, here we go.

而我們在秋天的時候就開始嘗試，在這裡。

Almost to a lookout point. Very fun.

幾乎到了一個瞭望點。非常有趣。

It was a perfect day for a hike,

這是一個非常適合徒步旅行的日子。

and just the thing we needed in the midst of all the busy Christmas preparations.

這正是我們在所有繁忙的聖誕準備工作中所需要的東西。

The girlfriend's sitting down by her flowers.

女友在她的花旁坐下。

Do you see those flowers?

你看到那些花了嗎？

Oh yea. Nice.

哦，是的。不錯。

Girlfriend, the hike so far? Good.

女朋友，到目前為止的徒步旅行？很好。

Very good.

非常好。

Look what you got.

看看你得到了什麼。

Coffee.

咖啡。

The coffee you were wanting.

你想要的咖啡。

If you've watched any of our holiday videos,

如果你看了我們的任何節日視頻。

you know that big meals with family and friends are a big part of it.

你知道，與家人和朋友一起吃大餐是其中的一個重要部分。

We've got some wonderful looking pie and dessert...

我們有一些看起來很好的餡餅和甜點...

Yum! And look at the table here, full of food!

好吃!再看看這裡的桌子，滿滿的都是食物!

It looks delicious

它看起來很美味

Rebecca, look, that's a nice balanced plate.

麗貝卡，看，那是一個很好的平衡盤。

You have greens and whites and—oh look at Sarah! She just went corn and bread and mashed potatoes.

你有綠色和白色，還有--哦，看看莎拉！她剛剛吃了玉米、麵包和土豆泥。她剛剛吃了玉米、麵包和土豆泥。

But for Ruth, one of the big parts of Christmas is making and decorating Christmas cookies,

但對露絲來說，聖誕節的一個重要部分是製作和裝飾聖誕餅乾。

and she's got a whole team of friends and family that helps.

而且她有一個由朋友和家人組成的完整團隊在幫助她。

A pro at work. Oh my goodness, look at those cookies.

工作中的專家。哦，我的天啊，看看這些餅乾。

The momma chan in her element.

陳媽媽在她的元素中。

And we brought in the reserves.

而我們帶來了預備隊。

The others went to bed...

其他人都去睡覺了...

Bye bye. Good night.

再見。晚安。

If you didn't know, I'm doing my best to learn Portuguese.

如果你不知道，我正在盡力學習葡萄牙語。

It's an app called Duolingo, you should try it if you want to learn a different language. It is really helpful.

這是一個叫Duolingo的應用程序，如果你想學習一種不同的語言，你應該試試它。它真的很有幫助。

Are we sponsored by Duolingo?

我們是由Duolingo贊助的嗎？

Duolingo, please sponsor us!

Duolingo，請贊助我們!

I guess, huh?

我想，嗯？

The family time that we have together as we decorate is just as precious as the things we're making.

我們在一起裝飾的家庭時間與我們所做的東西一樣珍貴。

It's times like these that create strong family bonds.

正是這樣的時刻，創造了強大的家庭紐帶。

Before you guys were born I worked about 45 minutes away from my house.

在你們出生之前，我的工作地點離我家大約45分鐘路程。

I would drive 45 minutes one way and 45 minutes home.

我單程開車45分鐘，回家45分鐘。

That was in America.

那是在美國。

That's my first time hearing that.

這是我第一次聽到這個消息。

What did you work?

你的工作是什麼？

I was a case worker for handicapped people.

我是一名殘障人士的個案工作者。

Why do we love Christmas so much? And why do we go to such great lengths to celebrate?

為什麼我們如此熱愛聖誕節？而我們為什麼要費盡心思去慶祝？

Because of all the holidays we celebrate, Christmas is by far the most important,

因為在我們慶祝的所有節日中，聖誕節是迄今為止最重要的一個。

for it is the very celebration of the birth of Christ.

因為這正是對基督誕生的慶祝。

Christmas is all about love — the love that God has for each one of us.

聖誕節是關於愛--上帝對我們每個人的愛。

For God so loved the world that He gave His one and only Son

因為神愛世人，甚至將他的獨生子賜給他們

that whoever would believe in him would not perish, but have eternal life.

使凡信他的人不至滅亡，反得永生。

Now if that's not cause for a huge celebration, I don't know what is!

現在，如果這還不是一個巨大的慶祝理由，我不知道什麼才是!

In fact, it can turn even everyday moments into joyful times.

事實上，它甚至可以把日常的時刻變成歡樂的時光。

Shhh!

噓!

What?

什麼？

It's a forest. It's a ninja wood!

這是個森林。這是一個忍者的樹林!

It's the ninja woods?

是忍者森林？

Yea, this is the place where only Joshua and me

是的，這裡是只有約書亞和我的地方

Only if you turn into a ninja you can go in.

只有當你變成忍者，你才能進去。

Oh! Can you make me a ninja real quick?

哦！你能讓我快速成為一名忍者嗎？

OK, you need to go all the way over there and run all the way back.

好吧，你需要一路走過去，一路跑回來。

What?!

什麼？

Thank you.

謝謝你。

OK, so all the way over here... No!

好吧，那麼一路走來......不!

OK, now all the way back.

好了，現在一路走來。

Am I a ninja now?

我現在是個忍者嗎？

No, you walked! I said to run!

不，你走路！我說要跑！

Run?!

快跑！

Yes, and I can hold your camera.

是的，而且我可以拿著你的相機。

Here? Yea!

在這裡？是的!

And then run back?

然後再跑回來？

No! No!

不！不！不！

Well, am I a ninja now?

好吧，我現在是個忍者了嗎？

OK, you can be a ninja now. Oh, OK.

好了，你現在可以成為一名忍者了。哦，好的。

Joshua, you can be the ultimate ninja.

約書亞，你可以成為終極忍者。

What's going on here Dude?

這裡發生了什麼事，老兄？

We're going to pull out my tooth.

我們要拔掉我的牙齒。

Going to pull out your tooth?!

要拔掉你的牙齒？

You pushed it!

你推了它!

Got it. Got it?!

明白了。明白了嗎？

Oh sure enough Dude!

哦，當然了，哥們兒！你知道嗎？

Awesome!

棒極了!

Bite on it.

咬住它。

With even more teeth loose, it looks like Joshua will be singing the famous song “All I want for Christmas is my two front teeth!”

隨著更多牙齒的鬆動，看起來約書亞將唱起著名的歌曲 "我想要的聖誕禮物是我的兩顆門牙！"

Toothless? Let's see. Give me a big smile, Dude!

無牙？讓我們來看看。給我一個大大的微笑，督爺！

Oh Dude, that's awesome.

哦，老兄，這真是太棒了。

With all of the ups and downs of this last year, the thing that has kept our family strong is the love of God at the center of it.

在過去一年的所有起伏中，使我們的家庭保持強大的東西是以神的愛為中心。

It has served as an anchor in the midst of the wild ride that was 2022.

它在2022年的狂飆突進中起到了錨的作用。

It got windy and rainy and warm,

風大了，雨大了，暖和了。

It is unseasonably warm, crazy right now.

現在的天氣是反常的溫暖，很瘋狂。

Perfect temperature

完美的溫度

Anna's going, getting a ride.

安娜要走了，要搭車了。

Yea.

是的。

Dropping Anna off at violin, I drove right by a familiar place.

把安娜送到小提琴教室後，我開車經過一個熟悉的地方。

It's hard to believe. This is our old place where we used to live.

這很難讓人相信。這是我們的老地方，我們曾經住在那裡。

It's all surrounded. They're going to tear it down.

這一切都被包圍了。他們要把它拆掉。

Wow- what a weird feeling seeing it that way.

哇--以這種方式看到它是多麼奇怪的感覺。

OK, let's go. How was violin lessons? Good.

好了，我們走吧。小提琴課怎麼樣？很好。

Good, OK, good.

好，好，好。

Violin ninja?

小提琴忍者？

You can support Life in Japan by liking our videos, commenting on them and subscribing to our channel.

你可以通過喜歡我們的視頻、在視頻上發表評論以及訂閱我們的頻道來支持 "日本生活"。

Don't forget to click the bell so that you are notified every time we post a video.

不要忘記點擊鈴聲，以便我們每次發佈視頻時都會通知你。

And check the description for all the information about our big Christmas celebrations at Paz Church this year.

並查看描述，瞭解我們今年在帕斯教堂的大型聖誕慶祝活動的所有資訊。

We hope they include you!

我們希望他們包括你!