Just like all days, Christmas is sometimes sweet and sometimes bitter. There is no Santa and Christmas is just a normal day, but we are fidgeting this year before Christmas. I asked the artist of Tonkachi about each Christmas.

 

Contents

1. Goffstein and my last Christmas (Divid Allendar)

2. Eleonol Christmas comic

3. Christmas interview

・ Lisa's Christmas

・ Marianne Christmas

・ Eleonol Christmas

・ Paulie Christmas

1. Goffstein and my last Christmas

Goffstein is already in heaven and cannot be interviewed with her. But I wanted to know what Christmas was, and asked Divid Allendar (Gofstein's husband) to write about Christmas memories with Goffstein.



Brook (Goffstein is the name Marilyn Brook Goffstein) believed in the existence of heaven and angel, and I thought that things had their own soul. The last Christmas I spent with me went to dinner and sat on the window. Then she gently put "something" on the table, as if she was excited. It was an angel doll and was made of white painted pasta. Her body was a short pasta Rigatoni, her arm was macaroni, her eyes and mouth were drawn black on a small wooden round head. She found it at a recycle shop.

She was carefully treated as if it was made of Laric's crystal (Larrick is the highest maison with crystal glass). It's a real treasure for her, even if it's like a junk that no one looks at.

She was impressed, saying, "I'm old," and stared at the doll, and she found "This is" 27 cents "in a junk box. Look, her hair has a small star. She said, "she told me how wonderful the doll was. I approached my face and stared at a small star painted. Before the meal arrived, she gently paid an angel in her pocket. Even now she died, there is still an angel doll.

I believe that the two of the windows will eventually leave, but the beloved things that have shine their eyes are always on the seats somewhere.

I think today's compassion and tomorrow's hope are "Christmas".

 

December 10, 2019

Divid Allender

Christmas Story by David Allender ⓒ2019.

 

 

2. Eleonol Christmas comic

I wanted to see the comic in the picture of Eleonol and asked him to "draw a comic?" ! " The speed of this action is interesting to work with her, and above all, it gives us power. The theme this time is, of course, Christmas!

 

3. Christmas interview

Lisa's Christmas

 

Tk

What do you remember when you hear Christmas?

 

Lisa

Looking back on my life, Christmas was very stressful. I'm always tired after Christmas is over.

 

Tk
Please tell us about the fun Christmas, sad (not fun) Christmas.

 

Lisa
When I was a kid, I made Christmas gifts all day long (Lisa was handmade because there was no money). As the night approached, I was more and more busy, and I was just stressed. As an adult, I and Gunnal (her husband) do not do Christmas celebration because it is stressful

I decided. But the opposite after I had a child. Christmas was a very important event. The whole family cut the paper into various shapes, put it on the window and hang it, and it was very beautiful in various colors and shapes! At that time, I decided to decorate all Christmas all over the house.

After moving to a nice house in Gustabsberg, about 30 friends and neighbors danced together. I prepared a handmade Christmas card and a beautifully wrapped caramel for the children who came at that time. Adults drink glog (hot wine to drink at Christmas) and dance. Anyway, the inside of the house after returning from the party was very scattered, a lot of caramel paper and something fell on the floor, and it was hard to clean up, and at that time I was tired (laughs). Then, on the contrary, the kids took care of me and said, "Let's spend only next year with my family!" This party lasted for four or five years.

 

Tk
What do you think about giving things to people?

 

Lisa
I always think it's hard. I don't know what's hard and what I should give. There is no fantasy for the present. Of course, I like giving things, but I think there is a choice to buy what you want to give.

 

Tk
Please tell us about the most impressive present.

 

Lisa
I've been thinking about it a few times, but I think it's a spa hotel "Easuragi" that I got from the children. It was a really nice place! (Laughs) ( * The interviewer is also the staff of this "Easy")

 

In November 2019, he interviewed Lisa Larson's atelier.

 

Marianne Christmas

 

Tk
Talk about Christmas.

 

Marianne
Well, I've forgotten about Christmas (laughs).

Christmas is the end of December, so it's a year break. The timing to face your own way of life. If you don't have Christmas, there's no one year break.

Sweden is good because there are seasonal changes, but even if you are in a country without the season, if you have Christmas, you can break it for one year. If you have a holiday season like Christmas, you'll be able to recognize another year. If you don't do that, you may have spent the days without a change, and you may have been about a year, but you may have passed it for about five years. Some families are spending traditional Christmas, but some people care a lot about whether to go to Christmas or invite them to home. 。 Some people enjoy drinking alcohol, and they feel happy and tired. It's the busiest time for my family. My family has a florist, and it's time to sell well with pottery, so it's time for business. I think there are various ways to spend depending on the family, but especially for Christians, I have to celebrate because it is a day when Christ was born. (She doesn't seem to be a Christian)

 

Tk
Is there any Christmas that left an impression?

 

Marianne
I can't think of it now. I have to remember it properly. I'm looking forward to getting a present if you're a child. I feel like a holiday for children.

 

Tk
How old can you get a present in Sweden?

 

Marianne
Up to high school students. Is there a Christian in Japan?

 

Tk
There are Christian churches, and I've been around since the Edo period.

 

Marianne
Japan is not so open, so I think it's better to open it more. The declining birthrate and aging of Japan are a problem. I wonder if you should accept immigrants.

 

Tk
If you remember the memories of Christmas, please let me know by email.

 

Marianne
That's right. Do you remember ...

 

In November 2019, he interviewed Marianne Harberg in Skype.

 

Eleonol Christmas

 

Tk
How do you spend Christmas?

 

Eleonol
Christmas is always at her sister's house where she lives in Stockholm. Gather with a large number of people and prepare a lot of food. And I reflect every time, but I always make too much and keep eating the same dish for days after Christmas.

 

Tk
Did you have a sad Christmas?

 

Eleonol
The first Christmas without a dog tess that was loved as a family. Until then, I and my sister had always walked with Tess after Christmas dinner. Tess was very important for our family, so since that has been a hole in his heart. Maybe that's why I make dog pottery.

 

Tk
What is the most memorable Christmas?

 

Eleonol
The traditional Swedish dish that you eat for Christmas is jelly of pig feet. Before a Christmas dinner, I put this dish in the cooler box on the kitchen floor. Then I heard a strange sound from the kitchen and went to see it, and I was playing with pig feet on a jelly floor. Somehow Tess opened the box. And they seemed to eat most of the contents and have ice hockey with the remaining pork bones! I will never forget that sight!

 

Tk
Is there anything special for Christmas?

 

Eleonol
One thing is that every year Christmas is sick every year. At the time of influenza or normal

Sometimes I have a cold. I'm so usual that I'm relaxing on the sofa.

 

In November 2019, I asked Eleonol Bostolom by email.

 

Paulie Christmas

 

Tk
What Christmas did you spend?

 

Paulie
It's a fun and lively Christmas! When you wake up in the morning, prepare and go to your mom's house with your favorite clothes. Many people gather at Christmas, so moms are prepared for a meal. A Christmas dinner you've been waiting for if you exchange gifts. After that, I watch the gifts I got and spend time in music, games, and movies. Christmas is always very cold!

Christmas decorations are the most important for me. I also have a special vintage decoration. The tree is planted in the garden pot and grows little by little year by year. My mother makes a lease on the entrance every year.

 

Tk
Did Christmas change as an adult?

 

Paulie
When I was a kid, I had a lot of time, so I was playing leisurely, but now I'm always busy with work, so Christmas vacations have become much shorter.

 

Tk
Please tell me about the fun Christmas, sad Christmas.

 

Paulie
I enjoyed Christmas in the year when my family came from Australia to see me. It was a very lively Christmas that was very lively around the table with a large number of people. What I was sad was Christmas in the year when my grandparents became ill. It was a very quiet Christmas.

 

Tk
What do you think of Christmas?

 

Paulie
Christmas market! In the city where I live, the Christmas market starts from the beginning of December. This is my favorite event, and the celebration season has started! That's a command. The rest is boxing day (the next day after Christmas is the Boxing Day originated in the UK). I also love this day when I eat, take a walk, and spend my time relaxing.

 

In November 2019, I asked Paully Farn by email.

- artists of tonkachi -Eleonor boströmLisa larsonM.b.goffsteinMarianne hallbergPolly fern