Last month in November, I covered Masamichi Sugi's（杉真理）"Saigo no Merry Christmas"（最後のメリー・クリスマス）which turned out to be the unofficial first Xmas song that we covered on "Kayo Kyoku Plus" this year about a week early, after which we let Yutaka Kimura give his two cents on the matter. We both agreed that the fellow mentioned in the lyrics was going to have his worst Christmas.
Happily, Sugi must have learned that not all Xmas tunes have to be about breaking up which is really hard to do. Instead, he went all the way to the other end of the spectrum with his "Christmas no Wedding" (A Christmas Wedding) which has a couple enjoy the most significant day in their lives with Christmas Eve nuptials. Once again, Sugi was behind words and music which is appropriately twinkly, chaste and reassuring. "Christmas no Wedding" is a track on his 10th album "Ladies and Gentlemen" from October 1989.
There was a period while I was living in Japan when weddings involving friends and family were occurring almost once a year. I can't say that I was able to attend an Xmas wedding but I was lucky enough to go to a wedding held in Nagoya, and Nagoyans really have huge reception parties. Bring an empty stomach if you've been fortunate to be invited to one.
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