Re: Passing through

[identity profile] drakyndra.livejournal.com 2008-12-02 02:25 pm (UTC)(link)
I had always assumed that Mummy Kissing Santa Claus (I'll spell it how I want to, thankyouverymuch) was about some kid seeing their parents kissing when the Dad had been dressed as Santa and not realising what was going on.

Re: Passing through

[identity profile] kakeochi-umai.livejournal.com 2008-12-03 01:18 pm (UTC)(link)
The Japanese version totally ruins the ambiguity of that song. In the English version it COULD have been the kid's dad doing some kind of roleplay with his/her mum in a Santa suit (I think I may have to vote for this song now, cause the images, they ain't pretty!), but it could also have been about the kid's mum cheating on his/her dad with Santa. But in the Japanese version it outright says "But this Santa was Dad", and it has bugged me ever since I heard it. (But the fact that they picked the roleplay scenario means that the Japanese have dirtier minds than they let on, I guess? :P)