With the Christmas Season fast approaching, it’s probably time to spill the beans about what Christmas in Japan is really like. You may have heard the one about
Santa on the cross<\/a>, but did you know that the traditional Christmas food in Japan is… KFC? Yes, as the result of an extremely successful marketing campaign, the Colonel managed to establish himself as the provider of choice for Christmas dinner, cueing long lines outside KFC every 25th Dec.
More than a family event, Xmas is a time for couples to spend a little more than usual on a romantic date, and as such is in some ways not the commercial experience xmas in many Western countries can be. Of course, most shops start playing Mariah Carey before November’s even finished, but they don’t quite seem to know the reason why, as nobody’s buying stuff…<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"| With the Christmas Season fast approaching, it’s probably time to spill the beans about what Christmas in Japan is really like. You may have heard the one about Santa on the cross, but did you know that the traditional Christmas food in Japan is… KFC? Yes, as the result of an extremely successful marketing…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n
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