[translation] of the new Christmas blog strip

[hagane-no-mame.livejournal.com]

I'm posting the first part I've finished for now and will update my translation as I finish.

All of the strips have been translated.

part I

title: With Christmas, Paris, and Noises

1st panel:

Fr: Christmas... looking down at the streets of Paris, the elegant time that flows slowly

This holy-RRRR-night, [aka Christmas eve]

with a glass of wine -RRRR-  [phone ringing sound I think]


2nd:

Fr: aahh geez! You're loud! I want to wind down and enjoy myself so would you resume your business again tomorrow... [what is おかけおし ? did he get cut off? I'm improvising here please help]

Eng: hey France you know him right, santa!


3rd:

Fr: England is it? What are you going on about Santa? I don't know what you're talking about.

Eng: Santa's gone missing! Otherwise I wouldn't be calling you of all people on Christmas eve...


4th:

Eng: I thought he could be getting executed at your place or something again that's why...

Fr: I tell you every year I don't do that!

【There was a time Santa Claus got executed】

There was a time that everyone's favourite Santa, called Pere Noel in French, got executed.
It really happened in France in the Normandy region city of Dijon. [I think he meant Burgundy region, because there is a Dijon there but not Normandy, according to google]

The protagonist of Christmas is not Santa!
"Santa is nothing but a lie!" proclaimed the enraged clergy and on December 23rd an effigy of Santa was dealt the punishment of being burned on a stake at a plaza in front of a cathedral.

During that incident the dreams of the children running about France were crushed...

The day after that was Christmas eve.


??A: Pere Noel got burnt to nothing didn't he...

??B: There's nothing we can do about it...

??A: yah


A: Look at that!

B: wha...what is that?

A/B: Pere Noel!?


The one who staged Santa's revival was the mayor of that time.

part II

title: Helper Iggy

1st:

Fr: well... if you're that troubled onii-san I can give you a hand, how about it?

Eng: No thanks. If the treatment is bad you'll go on strike, isn't that right? [by treatment he means like working conditions and such]

2nd:

Fr: In that case, how about asking say, "limited to this year sexy Santa Hungary"?

Eng: And she won't be going to your place! ... Aah there's no helping it. This year I'll help out.

3rd:

Fr: whaaaaat! A bumbling dead drunk nude Santa like that will make kids cry!

small text right with arrow: reindeer
left: heheheheh

Eng: That's not my default state!

4th:

Fr: Then it's that? [no idea what あこう is] It's like that isn't it!!?

pirate!England: I've come to yer last Christmas celebration...

Eng: What the hell do you take me for?

part III

title: Christmas of 1000 years

1st:

Christmas of the chaotic past

Eng: iiiidiot...

Fr: The one who says idiot first is the idiot.

2nd:

Christmas of the quite distant past

Eng: Fool, moron, imbecile, shitty bastard

Fr: hahahahahaha. Unfortunately for you those curse words have gone out of fashion in France.

3rd:

Christmas of the slightly less distant past

Eng: Give up! Give up! Unless you give in we'll be just doing this back and forth you know!

Fr: I would give it up but since it's you I don't wanna!

4th:

Eng: Then get here right now so I can give you a bloody thorough beating!

Fr: I wonder if you can even do that!

Eng: what was that! I'll rip (your beard) off!


And finally the present day.

Will they continue this for another hundred years?


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Aww Sealand found the real Santa :D

Corrections are welcome! You can use my translation for scanslating if you like.