I don't usually write about Niconico radio programs, but I think this one was interesting enough to warrant a post.
I didn't know there are official Santa Claus. XD
Yes, the guest for this episode was the official Santa Claus for Japan, Paradise Yamamoto, who shared a lot about official Santa and Christmas.
Some trivia from the Santa that I can recall:
- the star on top of the Christmas tree is supposed to be placed by the main figure of the family, usually the father
- there are 120 official Santa in the Greenland International Santa Claus Association, about 30 of which own reindeer (with at least one named Rudolph)
- official Santa don't get paid for what they do; the most they get is compensation for transportation while attending certain events by the event hosts
- three minimum requirements for applying to be an official Santa: married, have kid, and at least 120kg
- official Santa attend International Santa Conference in July and hold World Santa Claus Winter Game in the winter (Paradise Yamamoto came in 2nd this year)
- during this year's Santa Conference, they discussed whether NDS would be suitable gifts or not; sometimes they also talk about how to enter a place if there's no chimney (Paradise Yamamoto: From the front door, with master keys! Morita to listeners: Please change your locks and put a chain in! XD)
- the official German Santa are twins, one who gives presents to the well-behaved children, one Black Santa who pours blood and innards to bad children's beds and even kidnaps them... (the radio program turned into a horror program for that section)
- one should never have to pay to write and get a reply from Santa (so Morita was scammed)
- there was a branch of bonsai with miniature figures or houses back in the Edo era (one of Paradise Yamamoto's interests was bonsai with figures, "man bonsai/マン盆栽", but he was sometimes scolded by bonsai lovers for adding things to the bonsai)
- only Japaneses eat chicken and some Americans eat turkey for Christmas; the "North" usually have pork
- for Paradise Yamamoto, Christmas food is gyouza XD
- one Christmas many years ago, Paradise Yamamoto was asked by a 2-old-year girl to decrease "keiki". He couldn't understand her at first, and everyone thought she meant "kekki/ケーキ". It was when the girl said that her father couldn't be home did he realize she meant prison term/刑期... (everyone was more orz by the fact that a 2-year-old was taught the term)
- Paradise Yamamoto's Santa attire was made by his wife ten years ago (Morita: So you're basically just cosplaying! XD)
- when Morita mentioned that he just finished recording some songs, Paradise Yamamoto followed up that he also does music and was on Oricon... Nobody believed him
Some of the Christmas trivia are not new to me, but it's interesting to read everyone's reaction on Niconico.
The episode was very unlike all other episodes, but it was quite fun, nonetheless. Morita's ending phrase of wishing everyone a merry Christmas and happy New Year, spoken in English, instantly reminded everyone (me included) of Burnaby from TIGER & BUNNY. XD
As usual, yeh for Premium member time shift (this episode was actually aired on the 22nd)! I look forward to the next episode (hopefully!) next month. XD
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
0 comments:
Post a Comment