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18 december 2019

A Japanese Christmas: Silent Eve by Karashima Midori

 

 

This is one of the Christmassiest Japanese Christmas songs out there. It is, once again, not about Jesus but about love. A love lost. A silent eve after a sad breakup: ‘The decorative flowers and the Christmas cards say ‘Merry Christmas, but instead of smiling as friends, I am now crying on my own, until once more I’ll be living my dream again.’

This is Karashima Midori’s breakthrough song, from 1990.(PB)

Christmas, Japan, Music