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Originally Posted by RobinMask
I read somewhere that - oddly enough - the Japanese tend to eat fried chicken as a kind of 'Christmas' food, so places like KFC are popular around the holiday. I can't remember where I heard that so I could be way off. . . in fact it sounds kind of odd so I probably am, but you never know I suppose, it could be right. . .
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I was just about to reply to bring this up. You`re correct.
As there was no Christmas food in Japan, KFC launched a campaign pushing their chicken as the best alternative to the traditional meal of turkey in the US... And succeeded. A bucket of chicken and a Christmas cake is the norm.
The thing is though, Christmas isn`t really a real holiday here to begin with - no one gets the day off or anything. I`d say it`s on par with Valentine`s day in the US in terms of seriousness.
New Year`s is the Japanese counterpart to Christmas, I`d say. The family aspect is quite similar.
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'Christmas' cake in Japan always makes me sad. I'm sorry, it's not really Christmas cake if it's sponge underneath the icing. That's just birthday cake suffering an identity crisis.
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At real cake shops there is a trend these days toward making "real" Christmas cakes. We had an excellent one last year from a local shop. If you steer clear of conbini and department stores, you can find good cakes. I`d rather die that eat the common sponge cakes you can find about, even for a birthday. Too fluffy, too sweet, very empty feeling...