Christmas is not as important as here. People send Christmas cards and sometimes give presents to each other. Children receive red envelopes with a little money enclosed. New Year is like Christmas in the United States. Families decorate a Christmas tree and have a traditional dinner at midnight.
Easter is a spring festival.
Families cook special pies, and children color eggs by boiling them with onion skin in the same saucepan. The onion gives the eggs a deep golden color. Like in China, New Year is the most important holiday. The family gathers around a traditional meal and goes to the Shinto shrine. Shintoism is the main religion in Japan.