Christmas 2017 Event Translation Chapter 02

Chapter 2: Christmas Tree Preparations With Alice
Kirara: Present, present, present....

Sonya: You're still worrying about it?

Kirara: But... I have heard that there are those fathers out there who get hated by their children, because they failed to get a good present.

Sonya: Yeeep. You're just getting caught up overthinking it because of Lamp's exaggerations...

Sonya: Alright. Kirara, come with me.

Kirara: Eh? W-Were are you planning on going?

Sonya: ...And that's the gist of it, so would you mind teaching Kirara what the real Christmas is about?

Alice: The real Christmas? When asked to explain it from the top, it's a little tough, huh.

Sonya: But due to Lamp's explanations being so over the top, Kirara ended up misunderstanding what Christmas is.

Sonya: That's why about this festival, I was thinking that it'd be better if you could teach her about what Christmas was originally like from square one.

Sonya: You see, Christmas in Japan, from the perspective of foreigners, it's said to be a bit weird, right?

Sonya: That's exactly why I want Alice to be the one to talk about how Christmas is in England. You think you could do that for me?

Alice: I see~ ...but in that case, couldn't you just tell her what Christmas is like in your country instead?

Sonya: I'm already worn out from trying to explain it to her... that's why I have no choice but to rely on Alice here.

Alice: I-It seems that you were having some trouble. I got it. You want me to talk about how Christmas is like in England, right?

Alice: From just my own understanding of things, I'll do my best to explain it, alright?

Sonya: That'd be a great help.

Kirara: ...Um, by the way, Alice-san, this is a warehouse on the outskirts of the village, right?

Kirara: Why are you in this kinda place? Do you have some business here?

Alice: Yeah. There's this star that goes at the very top of a Christmas tree called a Christmas star which you place on, you see.

Alice: I've heard from Leine-san that there's a star decoration that's just perfect for this in the storeroom.

Kirara: But this place, because it's been left abandoned for so long, they say that monsters come out...

Sonya: Ah. That's why I decided to help. In exchange for your help in talking about Christmas, you see.

Alice: Sonya said to me, "I'll help you look for what you're searching for, so just hear me out on this favor", all of a sudden,

Alice: So I was wondering just what you were going to ask-

Sonya: And so that's how it is. Let's work together with the three of us and find this star decoration!

Kirara, Sonya, Alice: Alright!

After Battle
Alice: ...To begin with, what they call Christmas, is a day that celebrates the birth of Jesus Christ, you see.

Alice: Ah, I said Jesus Christ, but in Japan, they seems they call him "Yeshua Kuristo"

Kirara: ...I-I see.

Alice: And also, they say the birth of Christ, but it's not exactly the day he was born. There seems to be many Japanese people that misunderstand this though.

Kirara: ...Is that so...?

Alice: Santa as well, in England he wears a green outfit instead of a red one.

Alice: And what they call him is not "Santa Claus", but "Father Christmas"...

Kirara: ...Al-Alright.

Sonya: (I think I made a mistake in who I chose to rely on... Alice is a serious person, so the discussion's becoming something difficult to understand...)

Sonya: (For the time being, let's switch the topic. Something much more simpler to understand...)

Sonya: He-Hey! Alice!

Alice: Hm? What's the matter?

Sonya: Just curious, but in England, what kind of things are given as presents?

Alice: As for the presents themselves, there's not much difference from Japan. Things like stuffed toys and sweets...

Sonya: I see, well in that case, what are you thinking of giving as a present for the party this time?

Alice: If it was a Christmas I was spending just with Shino, it would have been fine just to give something that'd make Shino happy however.

Alice: This time you don't know who's going to be receiving the present, so I was thinking of giving something that would make me happy instead.

Kirara: A present that even you would be happy to get yourself! I see, that kind of thinking might be good too...

Kirara: And so, Alice-san, just what are you intending on making your present?

Alice: I'm going to give a photobook compiling all the memories I've had with Shino since coming to Etoilia.

Kirara: ...Isn't that just completely catered towards Alice-san's tastes?

Alice: I already have one so it's perfectly fine. The one I'll be giving as a present is just one of my extra copies, you see.

Kirara: No, that's not the issue here...

Original translation by HoboHermit7. Imported and revised by - Mann-.

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