The warmth of the holiday season often cooks up a nice story - a helping of good will to be served with turkey and plum pudding, osechi and omochi or whatever other delicacies might grace your international table.
And that's what I've got this time - a small story.
First, some background . . .
There's this man I've known for years. He operated the video shop down the block in the neighborhood where we used to live, where my children grew up.
A video shop. That says a lot right there. It's not exactly the wave of the future.
Yet in this era of Tsutaya-like rental giants and easy Internet downloads, he refused to close up and walk away. He persevered, despite the odds and his ever-dwindling income. Despite the certainty that his shop days were numbered.
Because he loved his work. He loved the movies. (Japan Times)
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