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  carmelitarojos

  7 months ago

  A very Merry Christmas to you too :) Hoping you get everything you want under your artificial Christmas tree this year.
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  koichi

  1 year ago

  Merrry Christmas!
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  Sarra

  1 year ago

  happy holidays for you toooooo !!
  
  so the christmas in japan is different ! I knew that ! hhhh
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  kevinnwhat

  1 year ago

  merry christmas tofugu team!
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  Erin

  1 year ago

  Now that I think about it, I might have cried during the last episode of hanadan.
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  David

  1 year ago

  Merry Christmas! :]
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  fredy

  1 year ago

  MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!
  Well... 2nd day of Christmas?
  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Fe11OlMiz8 <-- Awesome!
  I had wondered about Christmas in Japan. Apperantly another Kentakkii association I read somewhere was from "the chef". He looks like a skinnier Santa Claus. Also, the whole "smiling Santa on the cross" is crazy! Haha. I want to see images of that!
  Christmas is just celebrated so differently everywhere, even in the US there are just different methods to celebrate it.
  HAPPY NEW YEAR as well.
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  fredy

  1 year ago

  Also... "Tofugu Store"? I'm picturing a tofugu shirt. haha.
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  Tyler

  1 year ago

  I luv KFC! Merii Kurisumasu to u!
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  Lord Voldemort

  1 year ago

  How romantic, christmas cake and... fried chicken!?!?! ha ha ha. That 25 year old thing is kind of a mean thing to say. that means i'm almost past my prime.
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  Erin

  1 year ago

  Lord Voldemort:
  
  But you're not a Japanese woman. You're a Japanese guy. I'm sure there's a double standard, so don't worry, haha. Also, you're not even close to 25!
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  Richard

  1 year ago

  Thats interesting, Ive never heard of that and i actually live in japan. Maybe i missed something?
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  Anna

  1 year ago

  Actually, I've heard from my TA for my Japanese Culture and Religion class that they've tried setting something similar to Christmas Cake for men that's called New Year's Cake, meaning that men are no good after they're 31. Whether or not that idea has taken off, however, I'm not sure. xD
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  Rei

  1 year ago

  yum..... fried chicken tastes good with a side of cake... i think
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  rockjon

  11 months ago

  i'm pretty sure they have santa confused with elves as well. every christmas card i found in japan last year had hundreds of tiny santas parading around traditional looking buildings with cherry blossoms shedding there petals in the fore and background. so maybe they don't have them confused, but merged . . .? and another thing, they leave decorations up well through january.
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  Artificial Christmas Trees

  7 months ago

  managed to convince the country in 1970 that fried chicken was the way to go come Christmas time. Most people (from my experience, anyway) see it as a kind of turkey substitute, as turkey is traditional for Western Christmases but not readily available in most asian countries
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  josismith84

  7 months ago

  Fried Chicken and Cake, huh? I hope that they have the opportunity to enjoy the beautiful
  Christmas Lights during the holidays.
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  lewis

  6 months ago

  Merry christmas to you! You can't have a Japanese Christmas without hearing this song on the radio, its kinda like Wham's Last Christmas.
  http://japansugoi.com/wordpress/beautiful-japan...
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