Well the big holiday season is just about wrapped up, but I thought that I would share how I celebrate these occasions. Some people celebrate with elaborate feasts and special foods (okay, I do some of this). But I also do a little photo shoot with my favorite kaiju.

So I was busy getting ready to go on a trip, and I needed to do a quick set-up. Halloween, like many holidays has an origin in religion. It’s a spooky time of year when the separation of the living and spirit worlds is supposed to thin. And we confuse the spirits by giving out candy to costumed children, because. Here’s an eerie look at my favorite with a necklace of lighted bats.

Christmas has become a time for wearing outlandish sweaters (why? I don’t know). It is now a custom, and I myself wear a sweater with his picture to celebrate. This picture is my idea of the holiday spirit.

A mere week later it’s time for the new year celebration (technically, the solstice has already occurred, but why let that stop an excuse for a party).

More holidays are in store this month. There is Martin Luther King Day and President’s Day a week later. These holidays don’t really have any special foods or symbols associated with them, just that the mail isn’t delivered and things are on sale.

Then comes Valentine’s Day, which celebrates love and romance. Red roses are associated with love, as is chocolate and diamonds. And what exactly is his big romance? Well it appears to be destroying Tokyo (other places are strictly optional, but known to occur). And who hasn’t considered destroying a city when one’s nap is interrupted. In lieu of destruction, my love is taking photographs of kaiju and I consider this a great way to mark the passage of these holidays.