how did KFC become a japanese christmas tradition? 🍗🎄🎂
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- i'm currently spending the holidays in japan and was inspired to make a video all about one of their most unique christmas traditions: KFC
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As a Marketing practitioner who happens to love KFC, this is by far one of my favorite success stories.
I recommend the show mad men
In the Netherlands, christmas is purely a "dinner & family" type of holiday. We have our own version (or was christmas based on ours?) called Sinterklaas, celebrating st. Nicholas' birthday with gifts and a variety of typical and traditional foods. This even kind of morphed into christmas being the adult holiday and Sinterklaas the children's.
I believe that Santa Claus is a mix of capitalism, Father WInter from the UK, and definitely SInterklaas. We dont do the blackface tho lol
@@redguardmage Slight correction: We don’t call him Father Winter in the UK here, and never has been known by that name. He’s better known as Father Christmas (and now sometimes Santa Claus).
@@BluePenguin200 maybe they were referring to ‘father winter’/‘old man winter’, the personification of winter that derives from british paganism? just because a lot of christmas traditions are stolen from paganism
@@chickenfoot2423 oh right, yes sorry. I forgot that detail😅 apologies @ReguardMage
In germany we have nikolaus on the 6th christmas eve on the 24th and the 25th and 26th are the first and second christmas holidays
Omg please do a video about the history and different types of gyaru (ギャル) fashion in Japan!!! I feel like its right up your alley and the history of gyaru is fascinating!!
I would like to see a video on Mori kei. I don't really hear anybody talk about it the same way people talk about Harajuku or Gothic Lolita.
I used to live in Japan and it sometimes feels more celebrated than in Western countries. Every single shop and malls have trees, and like all the adds are all Christmas themed and you cant escape the merchandise. I do think that the KFC thing is a bit overstated, but maybe it's more of a thing in Tokyo, as I lived in Osaka
Maybe it just depends where you live cause here in Boston and cities around it it’s full of Christmas decorations it’s very pretty
@@Xxsorafan Yeah maybe. Where i live rn people dont really celebrate christmas as its mostly muslim
In 2003 I lived near Tokyo, and I saw a few xmas light in one district. I don't remember seeing anything xmasy in the city I lived, Hachioji, except for the mall that had a huge Xmas tree. Not even on TV, or any thing pushing us to buy presents.
@@renatanovato9460 Yeah, theres a surprising alot of Christmas deocrations in Japan
I stayed in Tokyo for a while during my uni days and the KFC is a thing. My place was next to a KFC and on Christmas Eve I asked why there was a hella line there and they told me they’re taking orders for Christmas.
as a japanese person, my family and I eats kfc every year and so when I went over seas, I was surprised by how extravagant people's christmas dinners were!!
as a japanese-canadian, i never thought eating kfc would be a christmas tradition, but it's a cool way to celebrate the holidays. i lowkey wanna try the kfc christmas dinners there! :3
I like this tradition of Japanese Christmas. And it’s strange but even with the holiday being more commercial in Japan, I feel that they’re still “doing Christmas right” if the focus is getting together with a loved one. Also being Filipino, fried chicken is special occasion food anyway so this isn’t that strange to me.
Hope everyone’s doing alright this season, and have a good New Year!
Me too
Heh Heh They're hyping about KFC, when the real fried-chicken king is Jolibee. :D
I hope you have a Happy New Year!
@@reikun86 thank you 😊
Nah, it’s JUST commercialism, no substance.
Never thought I would see you cover this, but it truly is a Christmas miracle ✨ thanks for the video, very cool idea 😅
Never thought ModernGurlz would cover KFC of all things. Merry Christmas 🎄
In the Philippines we have Noche Buena, where we wait for Dec 25 12 midnight to eat our Christmas food, we also love Christmas ham here haha. Happy Holidays 🎄
Exactly the same tradition as in latin america haha,, we celebrate more noche buena and then the 25 is usually just a chill day were u eat reheated dinner and rest ahaha
Random fun fact: there’s KFC-flavoured Ruffles chips.
Coolness, you certainly learn fascinating tidbits every day! 💕
In India, having a birthday party at a Fast Food Restaurant is considered fashionable.
Wait that isn't normal? 😂
@@Bluwie._.piixxee Not if you’re a Boomer Parent
@@PokhrajRoy. yeah, side not, I low-key adore this "thing" of ours 💫.
My family's Christmas tradition has always been to do fondue for breakfast on Christmas morning :) I used to absolutely loath this as a kid, because fondue is a very slow, drawn out meal, and of course I was itching to get at the presents. But as I've gotten older it's come to be one of my favourite parts, for exactly that reason - it's slow, and relaxed, and gives you time to have conversations with the people you love. My family is not religious, so the day is more about celebrating family for us, and this meal is a big part of it
We do raclette because of that reason the meal lasts longer you can take breaks and its suits various eating habits/diets
What a wonderful tradition! I am definitely borrowing it! Happy Holidays! 🎄☃️❤
I think it would be interesting to see a video about Westernized/Eurocentric weddings in Japan. Growing up watching anime and reading manga, it didn’t seem out of place to see a scene where a character fantasized about their wedding, painting a picture of them in a big white dress walking down the isle. As I got older it dawned on me that a traditional Japanese wedding would look nothing like this
ive been wondering about the full history of this for so long, im so happy YOURE the one making an in depth video about it 😭
I learned about the fact recently. I was almost going to suggest having KFC for dinner today.
Coolness, you're definitely ahead of the curve! ☺️
This is so timely! My family has had a tradition of eating KFC for Christmas Eve/Day purely because it's both convenient and delicious. I noticed how the KFC + Cake double whammy was depicted more often in anime growing up, but I never really knew why it was a subtle tradition in Japan until now. They never really explained it in the anime either as compared to New Year's, Valentine's Day + White Day. Thank you for always educating us with these things!
😂😂😂 I did find it strange that this is a topic you shared to us, compared from your fashion essay videos, but I love it! 😂 Traditions are fashionable and have different styles to it, so I guess it's not to far from the familiar topics 😂 keep sharing! I love to learn
In Mexico, I've noticed there are a lot of different traditional plates, depending on the city and/or state (Mexico is a pretty religious country, Christmas has only recently been related with Santa, but a lot of people still mostly see it as a Catholic holiday where we celebrate Baby J's bday). Like my grandma always makes Bacalao which is a fish stew, I've never liked it, but we always have it. There's almost always a roast, maybe a chicken or a turkey, that came from the US, tho. Tamales in some places, Romeritos and Revoltijo in others.
Apple Salad o Ensalada de manzana could be considered a dessert, but some people eat it as part of the meal.
Other desserts could be Capirotada (which if you just look at any recipe, may sound really weird because of the ingredients, but it's really popular), Bueñuelos with Atole is top tier, maybe some hot chocolate and possibly a cake (but also more of a US thing).
On Christmas Day? The hustle 🤞🤞🤞
I have to say, I loved this offbrand video you made! If I’m being honest, I am not necessarily the most interested in fashion, but I appreciate your content for the amount of research you do, the quality of the presentation, and just you as a content creator. I thought this subject was super interesting, and I love the way you compile the information! Super happy to keep supporting you and watching what you make no matter what the subject is ❤😊
In Spain (and I think other, if not all, hispaninc countries) we have this tradition of eating 12 grapes the last 12 seconds of the year with the ringing of the clock when it strikes midnight. Eating each grape symbolizes good luck for one months of the following year
I saw this on modern family but didn't knew if it was true
That's interesting because grapes are round, and in my family, round objects or wearing polka dots during new year's eve symbolize good luck. :)
Loved this! Our weird tradition is that we watch all the Aliens movies from Thanksgiving to Christmas. My dad was military so when he came home, that’s what he wanted to watch, not Holiday movies. Its just something we’ve been doing since I was a child and still going strong. 😂
We normally watch The Godfather during Christmas. My sister also learned how to play the theme on the piano. :)
11:15 WAIT, YOU’RE IN JAPAN?! OMG THAT IS SO COOL! Enjoy yourself!
Here in Colombia we have the "Candles Day" which is celebrated on December 7th and is considered the day that starts the Christmas spirit. The intention is to light candles to the Virgin so that she grants you a wish for the coming year. And although Colombia has seen a rise in atheism, many of us celebrate it as a cultural tradition rather than a religious one.
Best day ever ngl
Interesting, do you happen to know why December 7th was chosen?
I’m Catholic and love learning about all the different days, feasts, and events that people celebrate across the world 🙂
@@jendoe9436 Hi! Unfortunately I don't know why we have chosen that day. It's just something that we do as a tradition ☺️
My family has lasagna on Christmas, like Garfield. It's still a religious holiday for us, so to make things less stressful and not have to do very much the day of, we eat foods that can be prepared beforehand. The lasagna is prepared and frozen, then cooked and let to cool. I make cookies or a yule log and finish assembling it after gifts are exchanged. We drink mulled wine and play games or watch movies while enjoying the dessert.
As a foodie, I really loved this video! I have been aware of this tradition for a while but never actually took the time to research it so this was great!
In Brazil, we have the tradition of adding dried fruits, especially raisins, to rice. Few know how It started, even fewer trully like It, and it's another tradition to go to the social media and defend your point of view about the question. Raisins or no raisins?
I work part time in a seven eleven in Japan. Actually this was my first Christmas working :) I worked on 24 of December and there were MANY people buying fried chicken 😅 it’s… interesting
Here in Honduras we celebrate more the 24th than the 25th since we start celebrating from before Christ was born until his birth at December 25th 12am. To me Tamales and a Pig leg are more traditional Christmas food than anything else
In Poland we celebrate Christmas Eve with 12 traditional dishes (nobody really prepears that many) which are mostly made with sauerkraut and mushrooms, a lot of fish (carp and herring), we also eat poppy seed cake and gingerbread, we also don't eat meat the whole day. We start dinner when the first star appears on the sky and we usually begin with mushroom soup or borscht (soup made from beets that you can drink in a cup). There are a lot of small things like putting hay under the tablecloth and sharing a special wafer while exchaning Chrismas greetings. All of these are deeply rooted in Catholic traditions but you don't have to be religious to participate. Then we sing carols and open presents. 24th is the most important day when all of the Christmats really happen and for the next 2 days we visit family, eat a lot of food and basically just chill.
I have married into Japanese Family and thankfully had a prior knowledge about this tradition before having to experience it 🎉
My husband wasn’t so lucky when we moved back to Europe for a little bit though XD
I have informed him about no KFC but forgot about the cake part…😅
The shock on his face when he didn’t see a strawberry shortcake during my family’s Xmas dinner 😂
Instead he saw claasic cheesecake, poppy seed filled cake (makowiec) and of course fruit cake (keks). Nothing what he expected to see 😊
omg i loved this type of video! I'd love it if like once a month you'd just talk about any subject at all you're interested in cause you always put such time and effort into these. Truly is fun to see!
In argentina we wear pink underwear for Christmas/New Years (depends who you are talking to) and in other parts of Latin America the color changes to yellow
in Chile it's yellow underwear for new years lol
I'm from France and I celebrate Christmas with my family on 24th and 25th December. We eat seafood on the 24th (like salmon or oysters but this year we went with waterzoi, a Belgium dish). The day after we often eat chappon (castrated rooster) with chestnut and mushroom like morilles. We usually have chocolate shortcake for dessert and my family likes to eat foie gras with brioche before the main dish. We drink wine and champagne.
Since we're not religious we don't go to the Messe de Minuit but it's a tradition there.
I get the appeal. It’s not too dissimilar from my Christmas experience. When my parents got divorced, my mom decided she didn’t want to cook on Christmas anymore so our yearly tradition is ordering Chinese food. She usually makes a big breakfast, though. I’m sick and unable to go home this year, but I am watching this video while eating my Chinese food delivery for one lol
Thanks for this video! I love it when you branch out of your usual content, I just love your facts, opinions and soothing voice. Funnily enough my partner and I were just wondering why they have kfc during Christmas! So perfect timing! Keep up the good work!
I just want to goto Japan again in Christmas to try this. Also WHUT…here in Ireland and the UK, turkey leads the way for Christmas dinner. Update: My Japanese friend just told me it’s not that popular there
it’s mostly just tokyo
This was a great video as an off pivot! I remember seeing Christmas hyped up romantically in an anime before and being kinda confused as to why there was this pressure similar to Valentine’s Day to celebrate with your significant other. Also a big win for Christmas with KFC being the women of the household are able to take a break for cooking! With holiday gender roles being what they are I think a tradition like that is progress.
my best friend lives in Japan (Osaka) and its insane, you have to book Christmas KFC *months* in advance !
i would love to see more videos like this, unique cultural practices for holidays or even in general :)
As a marketing student i would LOVE getting more videos like these from you, they’re so interesting
so informative with the history and you nailed it with it with the japanese perspective of christmas! this is coming from a half japanese girl who's spent many christmas seasons living in japan! loved this one
I love your regular content and also loved this!!! Excited for your channel in 2023 😊
Learned about KFC for Christmas being a Japanese thing from mangas I read when I was a kid. I hope you'll make some videos about your Japan trip!
As an American this tradition is very strange to me, but I’m happy that others can take what is a politicized holiday in the USA and make it all about fun family and food 😊
My family does lamb and a ham every year so that we have some variety in our leftovers, as being poor we don’t have the option to eat out or grocery shop very often. This year I got a couple of books and an off-brand stylus for my iPad and I crocheted everyone in my family a beanie
Happy Holidays! 🎄🤶🏻
I'm an American and can you explained to me how Christmas is politicized
Idk about other Latin American countries, but in Chile is widely understood that you have to eat "papas duquesas" on Christmas~
Yea no I was completely baffled when I saw the thumbnail of the video, but honestly 10/10, outstanding, shining and (to me) comprehensive presentation. Please do more of these! 🎀
In Europe it's actually pretty common to have turkey for Christmas or Christmas eve. In my family (we live in Switzerland but my parents are from Chile and Bolivia) it's a tradition to have turkey for dinner (even though I don't eat it, my vegetarian sister and I make vegan ale pie).
This is why I follow the channel! To see what you find interesting rather than what’s trending. I like finding videos on topics I didn’t even know were interesting
Love this kind of video from you! Hope you had a wonderful trip 💖
omg I learned about this because keith from the try guys mentioned it on one of their newest vids lol what an interesting tradition
My friend and I were talking about this topic just a few days ago, so it's really fun seeing a video about this pop up in my subscription box
have fun in japan!!! you look beautiful at the end!!!
I love this video so much, i hope you have fun making more videos like this
As a long time viewer, I happen to love this video!!! I love that you’re doing videos on things that interest you!! I’ve never even heard of this and it’s so fascinating!!! Hope to see more vids soon~ enjoy ur Japan visit!🥺🥰🫶🏼
It’s still turkey as a default Christmas dinner here in England, but we don’t celebrate Thanksgiving, aside from smaller harvest festivals run by churches as a food donation drive.
It’s certainly perfect around December as a hot, delicious meal.
Having been to Japan for 2 weeks in December I found this video super interesting ❤
I didn’t realize this was a Christmas tradition in Japan, but when I visited some time ago (in December no less), I was surprised by how into Kentucky fried chicken they were. They call it Kenta as a nickname. Similarly, Starbucks is staba. It’s pretty cute.
Love this type of videos, they are so fascinating
Girl, love the video! Salut to expanding topics! Pass my love to Japan and Happy Holidays! 🎄☃️❤
I liked the video! It was interesting! Thank you!!
Keep the marketing campaign deep dives up! Your channel has always been so educated on the topics you discuss and it's refreshing knowing I'm getting the full history and your not afraid to point out the good and bad. If anyone in the comments liked this, EmpLemon has some similar ones about new coke and Mac tonight
You post this right as I'm discovering a jpop group 😂
I loved this video! Even thought its not something we typically see on ur channel i really think it suits u. I hope u make more vids like this 💕💕
I love videos like this! Keep sharing what interests you, cause chances are we'll find it interesting too! This reminded a LOT of your Fantana video. Loved it, and Happy Holidays!
I love this different type of video!❤ I applaud you for trying something new, this was so interesting!!
This is interesting! Love learning about how cultures influence each other. Our family has many traditions around Christmas, but idk which ones might be “odd”, since they’re all I’ve ever done! The ones I guess may be slightly different are that we make a cookie tree and that when we decorate our real tree, a few ornaments have to be placed in the same spot each year.
I’m a little late to this but this “off-brand” video is so fascinating! I had forgotten or maybe had never known about KFC’s reputation in Japan.
I loved this video so much! Really informative and entertaining too 👏 Would love some more ‘wildcard’ vids in 2023 🎉
I'm from Russia.
We don't celebrate Christmas on 25 December cause we're not Catholic but Orthodox. Some of us can celebrate it on this day but only very small percentage. Orthodox Christmas is usually celebrated during 7-9 January. Russians also have national holidays from Jan 1 to Jan 9: most of places close during holidays, students and pupils are free from studying. Some people like me even prefer to not celebrate it but just to spend extra time to relax after hard work days.
It's usual for family or friends to gather together. Russians do many winter activities and play in parks or at countryside where clean snow is more accessible. Many of us are believers so it's expected to go to Orthodox churches and pray for health of your close people and for better year.
After this, we cook traditional dishes like: sochivo/kutya (dessert made of nuts, dry fruits, berries and honey), uzvar (warm drink based on dry fruits), kozuli (gingerbread cookies in forms of animals), kalitki (small cakes with different fillings like blueberries, cottage cheese, cabbage, etc.). As you see, you have nothing to grow in winter so all dishes are made from dairies, preserves and things you collected in summer/autumn.
Don't forget that Russia has many ethnicities and they celebrate Christmas/New Year differently from Russians. You can search how they celebrate it.
Merry Christmas from Kentucky!!! I love your fashion and pop culture videos but I love hearing about these kinds of interesting things too ❤❤
Feast of seven fishes❤❤❤❤ Italian American culture was raised in and this to me is always the goat meal
Something that Swedish people do (and a few other Scandinavian countries like Norway) on Christmas Eve is to watch at exactly 3 pm a collection of different short Disney animations. We call this activity ”Kalle Anka” which is the swedish name for Donald Duck. It’s on the country’s national TV channel (SVT 1) and most of the country tunes in every Christmas Eve.
I’m Jewish and I’ve always kind of thought of it as the Japanese equivalent of how Jews eat Chinese food on Christmas, but it’s really cool to learn otherwise!
I am Jewish too, and I love the idea of incorporating fried chicken as part of a holiday meal, even though ironically, I’m actually not a big fan of KFC (I like Popeyes better). In fact, I’m surprised fried chicken hasn’t been adopted as a Hanukkah entrée because it would fit well with the other fried foods, like latkes, and sufganiyot.
I wish you a happy holiday season too! You channel is one of the greatest in my opinion. Just like you said, this video was different from the others, but not in a bad way... it was so interesting to watch as usual 💝 Thank you for sharing your thoughts and researches with all of us!
I think it’s kinda cool to see American culture to be adopted this way. Usually we have a less than stellar reputation in the aspect of influence
i really enjoyed this type of different content for you. love this channel and your outfits
Very interesting content! I love your off Brand videos, can't wait for 2023! Enjoy your time in Japan!
Loving the spontaneous and different content. Very well done 😊
Love this!!
in my country, trinidad and tobago we have won awards for most kfc bought in a year and most profitable branch in the world. we eat kfc frequently, as it is seen as the go to group meal especially for beach days, since we have the most beaches. kfc and coca cola are big players for us during Christmas time even though we cook our native food for the day. kfc lines are always long. and some say we have the best tasting recipe. i don't eat fast food often but i see why it so popular for Christmas. cooking big meals are plenty work. its also inoffensive to our religions. many of us do not eat pork or beef so having the cheap chicken or expensive turkey is a safe way to keep meat on the menu and all your friends can eat. myself included, i tend to go for fried chicken places over pizza bc the meat is halal, no blood or pork :)
I really enjoyed this off brand video from you. I remember hearing about KFC on Xmas as a japanese tradition about 10 years ago but never knew the origin story. Thank you for putting this together, I really enjoyed it. I am in the States and our Xmas tradition is to have a pajama day and watch some good holiday movies and eat prime rib or ribs for some strange reason we landed on those 2 items about 5 years ago, it's only the 3 of us so it's not a big deal. Our newest favorite movie is Noelle but without fail Scrooged made an appearance on Christmas Eve.
Really thank you sooooooo much for talking about this
Loved this video!! I could watch anything you post honestly
As a Mexican who has different ideas of a traditional Christmas meal like Tamales, Pozole, Ponche, etc I wasn't too aghast with Japan eating KFC for Christmas and I feel like that feeling comes from people's American view of Christmas being the default.
YESS this video is awesome. As much as I love fashion, I love random culture tidbits too lol
My American friends are always shocked at own much more high end MacDonald's is in France. We have recipes with parmesan, goat cheese, fondue cheese. The standards are so far from the US.
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Really cool!! You read my mind, was very curious about this Japanese tradition! ❤🎉
I really appreciate that you decided to analyze this type of topic. I definitely think you should do more stuff like these! It is very interesting. Also I am an European form midle-east part of Europe and I see for example Coca-Cola as something that was branded as a Christmas must have here and I suspect that in America as well. So maybe analyzing American brands or culture within the capitalist traditions would be also cool. A bit of self analysis is always refreshing. We have here our own traditions that are coming from the old pagan eras which have been than christianized and in the last century marketed as products to buy. It is very interesting.
This channel is so soothing and informative. 💕
merry Christmas!!!
LOVE this type of video from you!!
Ironically we’ve adopted it as a tradition we live in Pennsylvania and we do one night of KFC around Christmas every year, so it’s coming full circle now 😊❤
In the UK turkey is still very much a Christmas tradition because we obviously don’t have thanksgiving
For christmas eve, we do whatever we feel like. This year we grabbed a cookbook and picked 4 recipes that looked good - pork belly, butternut squash & arugula salad, fried eggplant, lettuce wraps. On christmas, we do a turkey or a ham.
Loved this!
One of the best channels on TH-cam merry Christmas
Love the new content from your time in Japan!!!