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If memory serves, KFC is HUGE in Japan which I think amplifies the cultural relevance.
by LiquidPolymer 5y ago
If memory serves, KFC is HUGE in Japan which I think amplifies the cultural relevance.
- pezezin 5y agoYour memory is correct. Fun fact: many Japanese people celebrate Christmas Eve by eating KFC, and Christmas Day by eating a strawberry cake. My understanding is that decades ago it was promoted as some kind of exotic Western tradition, and it stuck, even if no Western country actually does it.
- dragonwriter 5y ago> Fun fact: many Japanese people celebrate Christmas Eve by eating KFC, and Christmas Day by eating a strawberry cake. My understanding is that decades ago it was promoted as some kind of exotic Western tradition Actually, it (well, the first half) was promoted (via actual promotional giveaways of chicken and bottles of wine) by KFC in the 1970s as a new way of celebrating Christmas, not an exotic Western tradition.
- glandium 5y agoAnd it spread well beyond KFC. Christmas is the fried chicken day.
- ValentineC 5y agoSome Singaporeans used to celebrate National Day (our independence day) with fried chicken, since our then-president looked a lot like Colonel Sanders [1][2]. :) [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony_Tan https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony_Tan [2] https://mothership.sg/2017/09/8-top-moments-in-tony-tans-presidency-that-sporean-millennials-will-always-remember/#:~:text=7.%20With%20all%20due%20respect https://mothership.sg/2017/09/8-top-moments-in-tony-tans-pre...
- KineticLensman 5y ago> many Japanese people celebrate Christmas Eve by eating KFC And in Sweden there is a tradition of watching Donald Duck cartoons on Christmas day afternoon. I found this quite bemusing when I spent a Christmas in the country once. [0] https://www.thelocal.se/20181222/swedishchristmas-the-tradition-thats-not-really-all-about-kalle-anka-dec22/ https://www.thelocal.se/20181222/swedishchristmas-the-tradit...