Another person who didn't protest is the young lady here who received Phill's random Christmas gift. Phill made the mistake of thinking someone he knew would get the present he bought, so when in Kobe he picked up this handsomely carved naked man statue imported from somewhere in Africa. Instead of one of his coworkers opening it and going "Oh, Phiiiiiilll!" and nodding their head in acknowledgement of their being had, this lady opened it up and very kindly pretended to like it. It wasn't as funny that way, but at least her kindness saved Phill from crying in shame.

Phill got some incense from his bosses boss. It was every bit as moving as the wearing a hat thing.

One thing that was great though was the X-Mas party with the kids. The kids rule and so did the party. There's some X-Mas spirit for ya.

And karaoke with three punk rock people that you don't know is also X-Mas spirit. So Phill's spirit cup overfloweth-ed.

A pretty night except for the light up ash colored baby fetus that was stapled to the bottom of this black feathery thing. YME wasn't ever an art major, so he can't be sure, but he thought this thing really sucked and didn't add much to the overall ambiance of the event.

This large X-Mas tree and lights in Phill's neighborhood did up the ambiance ante though. A view was enjoyed, picture was taken, and via web site a moment was shared. After all, Tis The Season.