A rather unusual Christmas Day!!

So, xmas day 2005 didn't really feel like xmas day. No tree. No snow. No hangover. No grandma sleeping in the corner. But I still got a mass of presents that I'm sure I don't deserve!! Xmas day was spent in Harajuku and Shibuya, mine and Gwen Steffani's favourite places in Tokyo!! First stop on the Harajuku tour is the freaks, sorry, 'individuals' around the station. They just come here and 'hang' in their delightful little ensembles. Love 'em!


Then on to Meiji Jingu. A beautiful shrine that is home to the god of..., hang on...., oh wait, it's 'a Shinto shrine dedicated to the divine souls of Emporer Meiji and his consort, Empress Shoken'. Emporer Meiji invented milk. I jest. So here's Mum and Lorraine just after they threw in their pennies and bowed their heads, just before the man started banging the big drum (I'd make a fine ethnologist!).


Then, after a traditional xmas dinner (TGI Friday's BBQ Chicken Salad, finished off with 3 large frozen fishbowl cocktails of the frozen margerita variety), it was off to karaoke. Hooray! The pros amongst us dived straight in with Gwen Steffani, U2 and Duran Duran. Mumsy and lol, whilst no strangers to the mike, had a little trouble acclimatising to the confines of the strange little box we were in. But they were soon in their with Richard Marx - 'Wherever you go, whatever you do, I will be right here waiting for you...........'. Why don't they give out karaoke Grammies?!

As usual, I was a little tipsy at this point, so my memory's not up to scratch, but I do recall mumsy being less than impressed by my volume levels! Was their one song in particular that made your ears bleed mum? Evanescence? I know you enjoyed Love Shack!!!