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Weazul-chan
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Mr. Oshawott
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I enjoyed KFC in the past, but I don't have as much of it as I did back then after noticing how greasier their chicken has became over the years.
Merry Christmas Folks! 
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unready
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Yeah, not a portion of fertile soil, but absence of conflict on the third planet. Oh, well.
Roast turkey, fried chicken, as long as it's a bird, I guess. |
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Mr. Oshawott
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What a coincidence, I had roasted turkey for dinner on this day.
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Joe Carpenter
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Japan's love of KFC never ceases to amuse me.
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Paiprince
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I suppose only Latin America (yeah it's technically in the West but you get what I mean), the Vatican, East Timor and the Philippines are the ones doing Christmas right. |
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Wandering Samurai
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In the spirit of the holidays I wish my fellow anime and manga fans Merry Christmas!
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EricJ2
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But only because it causes the same Project A-Ko scene to run through my head every time. 
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Wrial Huden
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Bet that "Christmas Cake" is tastier and more digestible than our fruit cake...just saying...
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Polycell
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Wait - you're supposed to eat it? I thought it was a weapon to kill small animals with. Maybe that's the reason why everybody looks at me funny whenever I crush their cats with one.
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AnimeLordLuis
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Its always fun to hear how different countries celebrate Christmas but that KFC tradition is new to me.
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GregoriusU
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Think of Colonel Sanders in a Santa Claus outfit--as has even done here in the U.S. during some Christmas seasons. White beard, glasses (for when Santa reads his mail and checks his naughty/nice list)--add the red and white outfit, and you get a Christmas tradition. |
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Desa
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No this is a misconstrued notion. It's easy to understand why people get this wrong because they fail to separate the date December 25, from the celebration that is called Christmas. It's true when Christianity came to power there was already a holiday situated on or near the 25th of December in certain regions, so to make converting pagans easier, it was decided that Christmas would usurp an existing holiday's date, rather than selecting an entirely foreign date which wouldn't help ease the transition for converts as much. While no one knows the exact date Jesus was born, December 25 was not selected for historical accuracy and no educated Christian actually believes December to be a likely month for Jesus to be born. However, the average human gestation period is 9 months, and December 25 is exactly 9 months after March 25, which Christians celebrate as the Feast of the Annunciation, otherwise known as the date on which Jesus was conceived by Mary. So December 25 is not an exclusive Christian date, but Christmas is definitely a solely Christian holiday. "Christ" is in the name for Christ's sake. No one worships Jesus the Christ (usually shortened to Jesus Christ) other than Christians. Among all of human history to this day, there have been only a few monotheistic religions, and among those, only ONE celebrates the birth of their one god born as man, which again, is literally where the word "Christmas" comes from. Other traditions not related to Jesus' birth like evergreen trees, decorative lights and wreaths, gift giving, etc are traditional/cultural addons that were picked up over time and adopted, but these are not Christian traditions originally, but just as dates were usurped, compatible customs were incorporated, again to ease the transition for converts. |
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leafy sea dragon
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So THAT explains all those Asians at KFC during that point around December. I do wonder though: Do other Asian countries associate Christmas with KFC as well? I ask that because I am frequently in Korean districts, where KFC gets more popular in December too. (I do notice that in east Asia, fried chicken places other than KFC seem to be mostly nonexistent though.)
Well, I'd like to have a piece on earth too so I don't go floating away into outer space.
It is now, and that's the important part.
KFC is weirdly popular in random countries. People go crazy over KFC in Thailand, Barbados, Trinidad and Tobago, Russia,and the Philippines, to my memory. Meanwhile, China's KFCs recently got competition in Pollo Campero, a Guatemalan fried chicken chain that decided to open up in Beijing, and having seen the Beijing location and its lines going out the door, they seriously established a foothold. That being said, although fried chicken is most closely associated with the United States, it was invented in Scotland (like most other deep fried foods); it was merely modified in the United States' deep south into its most recognizable form. In any case, if people are eating at KFC to honor Jesus, they're eating at the wrong place. 
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Mohawk52
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Didn't KFC go so unpopular in the US that many franchises closed up? You can blame Queen Vic and Prince Albert for the Christmas we recognize now. Christmas use to be just yet another Christian day of Obligation to attend church service before. the concept of a decorated tree and giving a gift which would have been something hand made, food or an item of small value, was a German invention and the British Royal family, being basically of German descent, Prince Albert having been born and raised in Germany, introduced it in the Royal household early in the Queen's reign. Even the giving of a card to distant relatives was also attributed to The Victorian Royalty. We Brits, being quick to see a new wheeze to make a bob or two, took to it like wasps to a sweet, hence yet another colonial influence spread to the world. I think it was Pope John-Paul who said "Christmas is Jesus's gift to the world".
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