{"id":76186,"date":"2009-12-17T12:12:32","date_gmt":"2009-12-17T03:12:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/welcome.city.matsumoto.nagano.jp\/modules\/xpressme\/?p=127"},"modified":"2009-12-17T12:12:32","modified_gmt":"2009-12-17T03:12:32","slug":"christmas-carols-evening-with-santa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blog.visitmatsumoto.com\/en\/history\/christmas-carols-evening-with-santa\/","title":{"rendered":"Christmas Carols Evening with Santa"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>For those wanting to soak up or let out a little of the Christmas spirit on Christmas Day (25th December) come along to Agatanomori Park and enjoy Singing Carols listening to the Matsumoto Grace Choir and a few other items from the Community.<br \/>\nCarols will be sung in Japanese English Portuguese Korean and one in French.<br \/>\nFor Kids Come early at 5 pm and you can take part in some fun activities and games and decorate a large Christmas tree in time for Santa who will come at 6pm to relax after another hard Christmas&#8217;s work.<br \/>\nThen join with everybody for the main event.<br \/>\nTry Christmas treats from around the world. Panatone from Italy and Brazil, Roast Chicken from Australia and New Zealand, a Gingerbread house from America and many other things.<br \/>\nAnybody with a little Christmas spirit to let out in a song or such contact us so we can schedule you in.<br \/>\nAll kids will go home with a small gift from Santa and can also get a photo with him in his sleigh.<br \/>\nEntry is free<br \/>\nBut a donation box will be available for those who\u2019d like to support this event put on by local volunteers.<br \/>\nFor more information or enquiries; e-mail matsumotochristmas@gmail.com or call 090 4159 1979<\/p>\n<div class=\"sharedaddy sd-sharing-enabled\"><div class=\"robots-nocontent sd-block sd-social sd-social-official sd-sharing\"><div class=\"sd-content\"><ul><li class=\"share-facebook\"><div class=\"fb-share-button\" data-href=\"http:\/\/blog.visitmatsumoto.com\/en\/history\/christmas-carols-evening-with-santa\/\" data-layout=\"button_count\"><\/div><\/li><li class=\"share-twitter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/share\" class=\"twitter-share-button\" data-url=\"http:\/\/blog.visitmatsumoto.com\/en\/history\/christmas-carols-evening-with-santa\/\" data-text=\"Christmas Carols Evening with Santa\"  >Tweet<\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-end\"><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For those wanting to soak up or let out a little of the Christmas spirit on Christmas Day (25th December) come along to Agatanomori Park and enjoy Singing Carols listening to the Matsumoto Grace Choir and a few other items from the Community. Carols will be sung in Japanese English Portuguese Korean and one in French. For Kids Come early at 5 pm and you can take part in some fun activities and games and decorate a large Christmas tree in time for Santa who will come at 6pm to relax after another hard Christmas&#8217;s work. Then join with everybody for the main event. 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