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Julia, a younger\n  \n   Yonsei\n  \n  volunteer nurse, keeps him company sometimes and listens to his stories of the past, particularly his time at\n  \n   Seabrook Farms, New Jersey\n  \n  , where he and his wife Sumi moved after leaving\n  \n   Manzanar\n  \n  .","rg_rgmediatype":["short stories"],"mediatype_label":"Short Stories","mediatype_icon":"fa-file-text","rg_interestlevel":["Grades 9-12","Adult"],"rg_genre":["Fiction"],"rg_theme":["Family – blessing or curse","Forgiveness","Love and sacrifice","Optimism – power or folly"],"rg_availability":["No availability"],"categories":[{"title":"Arts"}],"topics":[],"authors":[{"title":"Brian Niiya","json":"https://resourceguide.densho.org/api/3.0/authors/Brian%20Niiya/","html":"https://resourceguide.densho.org/authors/Brian%20Niiya/"}],"sources":[],"title":"Mitsugi's Christmas (short story)","published_rg":true,"modified":"2018-03-07T20:37:43","databoxes":{"rgdatabox-Core":{"rgmediatype":["short stories"],"title":["Mitsugi's Christmas"],"creators":["Jennifer \"Emiko\" Kuida"],"interestlevel":["Grades 9-12","Adult"],"readinglevel":[],"guidedreadinglevel":[],"lexile":[],"theme":["Family – blessing or curse","Forgiveness","Love and sacrifice","Optimism – power or folly"],"genre":["Fiction"],"pov":["Told from perspective of elderly Nisei man"],"relatedevents":[],"availability":["No availability"],"freewebversion":["No"],"primarysecondary":[],"hasteachingaids":["No"],"warnings":[],"denshotopic":[],"geography":["Los Angeles, California"],"chronology":["1990s"],"facility":[]},"databox-Articles":{"author":["Jennifer \"Emiko\" Kuida"],"title":["Mitsugi's Christmas"],"pubname":[],"pubdate":["1995"],"pubdetails":[],"doi":[],"website":[]}},"rg_title":["Mitsugi's Christmas"],"rg_creators":["Jennifer \"Emiko\" Kuida"],"rg_pov":["Told from perspective of elderly Nisei man"],"rg_freewebversion":["No"],"rg_geography":["Los Angeles, California"],"rg_chronology":["1990s"],"rg_hasteachingaids":["No"],"body":"<div class=\"mw-parser-output\">\n <div class=\"rgonly\">\n  <!--\"rgdatabox-CoreDisplay\" removed-->\n  <div id=\"rgdatabox-Core\" style=\"display:none;\">\n   <p>\n    RGMediaType:short stories;\nTitle:Mitsugi's Christmas;\nCreators:Jennifer \"Emiko\" Kuida;\nInterestLevel:Grades 9-12; Adult;\nReadingLevel:;\nGuidedReadingLevel:;\nLexile:;\nTheme:Family – blessing or curse; Forgiveness; Love and sacrifice; Optimism – power or folly;\nGenre:Fiction;\nPoV:Told from perspective of elderly Nisei man;\nRelatedEvents:;\nAvailability:No availability;\nFreeWebVersion:No;\nPrimarySecondary:;\nHasTeachingAids:No;\nWarnings:;\nDenshoTopic:;\nGeography:Los Angeles, California;\nChronology:1990s;\nFacility:;\n   </p>\n  </div>\n </div>\n <div id=\"databox-Articles\" style=\"display:none;\">\n  <p>\n   Author:Jennifer \"Emiko\" Kuida;\nTitle:Mitsugi's Christmas;\nPubName:;\nPubDate:1995;\nPubDetails:;\nDOI:;\nWebsite:;\n  </p>\n </div>\n <p>\n  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\n  <a class=\"encyc notrg\" href=\"https://encyclopedia.densho.org/wiki/Yonsei\" title=\"Yonsei\">\n   Yonsei\n  </a>\n  volunteer nurse, keeps him company sometimes and listens to his stories of the past, particularly his time at\n  <a class=\"encyc notrg\" href=\"https://encyclopedia.densho.org/wiki/Seabrook_Farms\" title=\"Seabrook Farms\">\n   Seabrook Farms, New Jersey\n  </a>\n  , where he and his wife Sumi moved after leaving\n  <a class=\"encyc notrg\" href=\"https://encyclopedia.densho.org/wiki/Manzanar\" title=\"Manzanar\">\n   Manzanar\n  </a>\n  .\n </p>\n <p>\n  \"Mitsugi's Christmas\" appeared in the 1995\n  <i>\n   <a class=\"encyc notrg\" href=\"https://encyclopedia.densho.org/wiki/Rafu_Shimpo_(newspaper)\" title=\"Rafu Shimpo (newspaper)\">\n    Rafu Shimpo\n   </a>\n  </i>\n  holiday edition.\n </p>\n <div id=\"authorByline\">\n  <b>\n   Authored by\n   <a class=\"encyc notrg\" href=\"https://encyclopedia.densho.org/wiki/Brian_Niiya\" title=\"Brian Niiya\">\n    Brian Niiya\n   </a>\n   , Densho\n  </b>\n </div>\n <div id=\"citationAuthor\" style=\"display:none;\">\n  Niiya, Brian\n </div>\n <p>\n  Might also like \"\n  <a class=\"encyc rg\" href=\"/wiki/Time of Decay (short story)/\" title=\"Time of Decay (short story)\">\n   Time of Decay\n  </a>\n  \" by Ferris Takahashi; \"\n  <a class=\"encyc rg\" href=\"/wiki/Heiji (short story)/\" title=\"Heiji (short story)\">\n   Heiji\n  </a>\n  \" by Jeff Tsuyoshi Matsuda; \"\n  <a class=\"encyc rg\" href=\"/wiki/An American Christmas (short story)/\" title=\"An American Christmas (short story)\">\n   An American Christmas\n  </a>\n  \" by Alice Nash\n </p>\n</div>\n","moreinfo":"<div class=\"section\" id=\"For_More_Information\">\n <h2>\n  <span class=\"mw-headline\" id=\"For_More_Information\">\n   For More Information\n  </span>\n </h2>\n <div class=\"section_content\">\n  <p>\n   Kuida, Jennifer \"Emiko.\" \"Mitsugi's Christmas.\"\n   <i>\n    Rafu Shimpo\n   </i>\n   , Dec. 16, 1995, B25.\n  </p>\n  <!-- \nNewPP limit report\nCached time: 20250625170354\nCache expiry: 86400\nDynamic content: false\nComplications: []\nCPU time usage: 0.021 seconds\nReal time usage: 0.027 seconds\nPreprocessor visited node count: 224/1000000\nPost‐expand include size: 4411/2097152 bytes\nTemplate argument size: 858/2097152 bytes\nHighest expansion depth: 4/40\nExpensive parser function count: 0/100\nUnstrip recursion depth: 0/20\nUnstrip post‐expand size: 0/5000000 bytes\nExtLoops count: 0\n-->\n  <!--\nTransclusion expansion time report (%,ms,calls,template)\n100.00%   11.125      1 -total\n 28.86%    3.211      1 Template:RGDatabox-Core\n 17.69%    1.968      1 Template:Databox-Articles\n 17.64%    1.963      1 Template:Published\n 17.39%    1.935      1 Template:AuthorByline\n 16.86%    1.875      1 Template:publish-rgonly\n-->\n  <!-- Saved in parser cache with key encycmw:pcache:idhash:3710-0!canonical and timestamp 20250625170354 and revision id 28856\n -->\n </div>\n</div>"}