うさぎドロップ Episode 3.5
Usagi Drop episode 3.5

Daikichi and Rin are sitting at the table when Daikichi asks Rin what she wants Santa-san to bring.

Rin stops reading and decides she wants a friend for her stuffed animal bunny rabbit.

Daikichi goes out and buys a small Christmas tree and a present for Rin, which he has to hide from her.

As they decorate the tree, Rin is worried about their house not having a chimney, but Daikichi assures her that Santa-san has ways of getting in and delivering a present.

Rin makes a drawing with a note, thanking Santa-san for stopping by, leaving some cookies (possibly fruit slices) for him and a carrot for the reindeer.

Later that night when Rin is asleep, Daikichi sneaks out to take the note, cookies, and carrots and bring back Rin’s wrapped present to her futon.

The next morning, Rin is pleased with the new stuffed bunny rabbit toy to go along with her first one and seeing a sliced carrot as part of breakfast, thanks the reindeer for leaving it.

It really is a delight returning to the world of Usagi Drop with Rin and Daikichi. Having a little Christmas special was certainly a nice touch.  Certainly, it is a reminder for me of Christmas as a child and the wonder that came with it. ^_^

Funny how the non-Christian, Shinto nation of Japan has no problem with “Christmas” while in the U.S., there’s a religious crusade on to purge Christmas by atheist and the like.

Regardless, I want to wish you and yours a Merry Christmas. ^_^