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In Japan, eating KFC is how you celebrate the winter holidays
We all get a table filled with food on Christmas, but for the Japanese, it has to be KFC.
Another one of the most strange Christmas traditions, Japan’s KFC holiday started in the 1970s when Takeshi Okawara, the manager of the first KFC in Japan, dreamt of a “party barrel” to be retailed on Christmas. Okawara began marketing his Party Barrel, which consisted of fried chicken, as a fine substitute for the traditional Christmas turkey.
Came 1974, KFC launched the Kurisumasu ni wa Kentakkii. The concept became a national phenomenon, and since then, the Japanese have made it a tradition to celebrate the yuletide with some KFC.
