In Japan, Christmas has passed from chickens KFC

At first glance it is not clear that can bind Japan, Christmas and spicy chicken wings production Kentucky Fried Chicken. However, since the 1970's is the chicken pieces fried in deep fat firm on the "secret recipe of Colonel Sanders, includes 11 herbs and spices" Japanese consider the most appropriate decoration of the Christmas holiday table.





In fact, the Japanese do not celebrate Christmas, as practiced mainly Buddhism and Shintoism. However, even in the Middle Ages, the country has a small group of Christians who in the period from the 1600s to mid-1800s were persecuted and forced to hide their religious preferences. Since the beginning of the 20th century Christian traditions took their place in the culture of Japan, so that now the Japanese Christians every winter along with Europe and the United States dress up trees, exchange gifts and celebrate Christmas.





According to the version of KFC, in 1974, one of the customers of a restaurant in Japan, having tried the chicken, said: "This is the best that can be eaten in the country in which the Christmas dinner is not served turkey!" Marketing clung to that phrase and soon the streets of Japanese cities adorned advertising KFC's accompanied by a slogan «Kurisumasu ni wa kentakkii!» («Kentucky for Christmas!") The Japanese reacted to the idea with enthusiasm, and gradually into the mass Japanese consciousness entrenched associative array "Christmas - KFC», as once Coca-cola instilled Americans association "Christmas - Coca-cola», invented specifically for this purpose, the image of Santa Claus. Now the Japanese Christmas is necessarily accompanied by a bucket, if not one brand chicken from Kentucky.





via factroom.ru