“A very confused mountain lion investigates the Christmas decor,” the caption says ... door before it turns and spots what looks like a reindeer in the snowy front yard of the hotel.

HORONOBE, Hokkaido--About 50 reindeer at a ranch here would normally be as busy as their brethren at the North Pole getting holiday revelers ready for Christmas and Santa Claus. But at Horonobe ...

the decor features several nods to the 200th anniversary of the publication of the poem and book commonly known as Twas the Night Before Christmas. The papier-mâché reindeer suspended in the ...