年賀はがき、もう売ってた 　 　 　 　　∧＿∧ 　 　 　 　 （ ＾▽＾ ） 　 ♪ 　 　　　　（ ┌∪─∪┐ 　 　 　 　 | │□　 　 │ 　 　 　 　 | │　 　 　 │ 　　　　　　ヽ└───┘ 　 　 　 　　　し　 Ｊ

年賀はがき、もう売ってた, the line along the top, means roughly “New Year’s postcards are already in the shops!” Japan Post puts them on sale in late October or early November, long before anyone is thinking about the holidays, and people mail them in December so they arrive on January 1. With that line in mind, the tall box held against the chest reads as a fresh stack of those postcards: ┌ ┐ └ ┘ make its corners, │ and ─ its edges, and the two ∪ in ┌∪─∪┐ are hands hooked over the top. The □ in its upper-left corner sits right where a Japanese postcard has its stamp printed. The one holding them is an animal with ∧＿∧ ears and a （ ＾▽＾ ） grin, two ＾ for smiling eyes and a ▽ for the mouth, with a ♪ off to the right as if it’s humming. The box is set a little to the right of the body, so on the left you can still see its outline: the （ of a shoulder, a plain | running down two rows for its side, and a ヽ where it curves in at the bottom. Under the box, し and Ｊ are the feet.