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Two Japanese Christmas traditions, both examples of successful marketing [citation needed]:
- Christmas cake. It has become customary among many people in Japan to spend Christmas with a loved one, sharing a meal and a special cake. Christmas in Japan, marketed to lovers.
- Kentucky Christmas. Many families in Japan sit and partake of a large take-out meal from Kentucky Fried Chicken on Christmas. KFC provides several different Christmas set meals, most of which include a couple of sides (higher quality than the usual slaw/potatoes/biscuit), and the aforementioned cake. Prices start at around USD$50.
I received my gifts from my parents a few weeks ago. Shoes and slacks. If I were a kid, I'd be annoyed...but as a big guy in Japan, that's the perfect gift -- two things I can't buy for myself here!
Merry Christmas, y'all.
posted by Rob @ 12/24/2008 12:19:00 PM
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Merry Christmas! We had cake with Christmas dinner - the caterer frosted it warm and didn't have the right size lid, and the top layer slid off the bottom layer while Dad and I were driving it home, so we got a) finger holes in the cake from trying to catch it, and b) significant amount of frosting on the dashboard. Luckily, we were able to successfully slide it back on when we got home, and used a knife to put the frosting back together. We made sure to serve Grandma the area without finger holes.
It's been cold and snowing a lot in Chicago, and today and tomorrow it's gonna be 45 and raining. Fun stuff.
Hope yours was good!
Aym
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