A sumo Christmas card

[Eikokurai 3,437]

I was sent this tweet by a friend, so I’m sending it on. Santa at the sumo.

https://mobile.twitter.com/lesleyito/status/1471428056640557057

[Churaumi 743]

That's adorable except for the inconsiderate grinches that brought their own trees. I know how people at the Kokugikan get when a person stands up and blocks their view.

Edited December 29, 2021 by Churaumi
Because I did it and...whoever says Japanese folks are always polite never did.

[sumojoann 1,263]

Amazing!!!  That card with all the little Santas at a basho is the card I mailed out this year to all of my sumo friends!!  I got them on Ebay several years ago.  I wanted to get more but I didn't see them this year.  I just did a Google search & found out that bigsumofan.com had them for sale -- however, they are sold out.

[sumojoann 1,263]

Here is a Christmas card I sent out last year to my sumo friends.  I bought them back in 2014.  Unfortunately, they are no longer available from Zazzle.com.  bigsumofan.com had them this year but they are currently sold out.  TO SEE A PICTURE OF THE CHRISTMAS CARD, CLICK ON "SUMOJOANN REPLIED TO A TOPIC."  (Note:  I made a mistake when I typed what the card said on the front along the top.  It actually reads -- "For 363 days a year, Santa trained for his true passion ... BECOMING A YOKOZUNA!!!").  We all know what he was doing the other two days!

BE SURE TO CLICK ON "SUMOJOANN REPLIED TO A TOPIC" TO SEE THE CARD. 

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Here is a larger picture of the card.  It's from bigsumofan.com.  https://bigsumofan.com/collections/products-for-sumo-fans/products/santa-sumo-card

Edited December 29, 2021 by sumojoann
Added bigsumofan.com link

[Akinomaki 40,347]

Since we're into sumo Christmas cards, 2 from the late Kototsurugi

On 25/12/2018 at 15:13, Akinomaki said:

And my LINE Christmas card this year, using posters from the Kashiwa Christmas tournament for kids

[sumojoann 1,263]

Here is another Christmas card I sent out a few years ago.  It's called "Frog Sumo" by the Japanese artist Shoson Ohara.  I bought them from fineartamerica.com but they no longer carry them, unfortunately.  https://www.ebay.com/itm/153430345422?chn=ps&var=453615257572&_trkparms=ispr%3D1&amdata=enc%3A1E2wFwXefRpGTBh3z2DvUVQ77&norover=1&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-213727-13078-0&mkcid=2&itemid=453615257572_153430345422&targetid=4581046488761455&device=c&mktype=&googleloc=&poi=&campaignid=418640322&mkgroupid=1239149842233245&rlsatarget=pla-4581046488761455&abcId=9300602&merchantid=51291&msclkid=a2c057ccf6581bb019fa3600cd07fa8b

[Jakusotsu 5,953]

Five lines of hyperlink - let this record never been broken!

[Churaumi 743]

5 hours ago, Jakusotsu said:

Five lines of hyperlink - let this record never been broken!

How I know my phone is small. It's 13 lines for me.

[Asojima 2,874]

1 hour ago, Churaumi said:

How I know my phone is small. It's 13 lines for me.

But all you really need is:

https://www.ebay.com/itm/153430345422

Edited December 30, 2021 by Asojima

[sumojoann 1,263]

On 29/12/2021 at 19:10, Asojima said:

But all you really need is:

https://www.ebay.com/itm/153430345422

I think my computer browser may be older than you!  Mine is a Firefox 52.9.0 (32-bit).  I found out just yesterday from a friend that it's now nearly 5 years old and is 42 versions behind the current standard!!.  Window XP's final version was released almost 14 years ago.  I cannot perform further updates on this system.  In addition, I'm using AOL for my e-mail service which I understand is ancient.  I suspect that there might be a connection between my old browser and the 5 lines of hyperlink that were generated, but I'm not sure.

[Asojima 2,874]

26 minutes ago, sumojoann said:

I think my computer browser may be older than you!  Mine is a Firefox 52.9.0 (32-bit).  I found out just yesterday from a friend that it's now nearly 5 years old and is 42 versions behind the current standard!!.  Window XP's final version was released almost 14 years ago.  I cannot perform further updates on this system.  In addition, I'm using AOL for my e-mail service which I understand is ancient.  I suspect that there might be a connection between my old browser and the 5 lines of hyperlink that were generated, but I'm not sure.

It's not the browser.  It's simply a matter of editing all the needless junk off the end of the URL.  If you use the shortened version, Ebay (and many other sites) will expand it out to the multiline monster when they display the selection.  To edit it, you can usually delete from the first &  or ? that you find.

Edited December 31, 2021 by Asojima