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Merry Christmas — Anime Style (Part IX)

Instead of with family, couples in Japan celebrate Christmas together as one of their most important nights of the year, right alongside Valentine's Day. Here are some of the ways that anime/manga/game fans and professionals have been celebrating Christmas this year:

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chelly (EGOIST)

"Merry Christmas! ♡✧。(⋈◍>◡<◍)。✧♡"
Thanks to YoshiYoshi for the tip!

Chūnibyō demo Koi ga Shitai! (Kaori Fukuhara)

"Merry Christmas by &TEAM Chūnibyō (Kuzuha, Rikka, Nibutani, Dekomori)"

Code:Breaker

"Merry Christmas! Here's a Christmas card for all the good children. Let's have a special Christmas time!"
Thanks to YoshiYoshi for the tip!

NIS America

Nitroplus (Sonicomi: Communication with Sonico)

The Sonico mascot website was updated with a new background, the new track "Happy Merry Christmas", a downloadable (expired link) wallpaper, and a message from Sonico.

There are many more anime/manga Christmas greetings and messages out there, so if you know of one we've missed, feel free to let us know in our forums or by email (newsroom at animenewsnetwork.com). Here was last year's roundup. Merry Christmas!