Mitsugi's Christmas (short story)

Short story by Jennifer "Emiko" Kuida about Mitsugi Yamamoto, an elderly widower at the Keiro Retirement Home in Los Angeles who waits to hear from his busy lawyer daughter and his grandchildren on Christmas Day. Julia, a younger Yonsei volunteer nurse, keeps him company sometimes and listens to his stories of the past, particularly his time at Seabrook Farms, New Jersey , where he and his wife Sumi moved after leaving Manzanar .

"Mitsugi's Christmas" appeared in the 1995 Rafu Shimpo holiday edition.

Might also like " Time of Decay " by Ferris Takahashi; " Heiji " by Jeff Tsuyoshi Matsuda; " An American Christmas " by Alice Nash