Japanese Christmas Fun Facts:
- The above picture is a typical Japanese Christmas Cake. It’s something pretty much every family eats on Christmas. It’s usually store-bought, but they sometimes homemake them as well. I ordered mine several weeks ago from a local patisserie and I’m going to pick it up later today.
- In Japan they do have Santa Claus, and they call him Santa-san, and he is the onlyperson who gives presents. Family members do not generally give presents to one another—only the children will receive presents ‘from Santa-san.’
- Christmas Eve is one of the biggest days of the year for couples. It’s just as, if not more important than Valentine’s Day.
- Apparently they think that everyone in America eats chicken on Christmas, which is not the case as far as I know. At places like KFC and McDonalds and MOS Burger they have special “Christmas Chicken” deals going on, and I’m told that this is because they think this is some kind of American tradition.
- New Years is a much bigger holiday than Christmas here (as you would expect, I guess, from a non-Christian country). Whole families usually gather at the grandparents’ house for New Years, and it is celebrated for 3 days straight
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