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[-] uriel238@lemmy.blahaj.zone 9 points 17 hours ago
[-] pixelscript@lemm.ee 1 points 13 hours ago
[-] HawlSera@lemm.ee 33 points 22 hours ago

They absolutely do not. The only reason it's celebrated over there is because "It's an American thing, don't you wanna do the trendy American thing?"

No joke, they eat KFC for Christmas because KFC was doing poorly in Japan, but they realized it was considered "trendy" and "cool" to do "The American Thing", so they just gaslight everyone into thinking KFC is a Christmas Tradition in America, and somehow they still believe that.

[-] Jimmycrackcrack@lemmy.ml 7 points 18 hours ago

Do they actually try to run with the idea that the KFC on Christmas thing is how it's celebrated outsideof Japan as well? I just assumed that they'd kind of formed their own tradition that's less formal and less associated with home cooking since it's not a real holiday and just a kind of for fun thing.

[-] Agent641@lemmy.world 54 points 1 day ago

Santa died on the cross for our KFC.

[-] RangerJosie@lemmy.world 36 points 1 day ago

No. They understand it just fine. Better than western Christians at least.

[-] ByteOnBikes@slrpnk.net 7 points 23 hours ago* (last edited 23 hours ago)

You👏 say👏 Merry👏 Christmas👏 not👏 Happy👏 Holidays👏 Jesus👏 didn't👏 die👏 for👏 us👏 so 👏 you 👏 can👏 disrespect👏 Santa👏 Clause!👏

[-] TriPolarBearz@lemmy.world 7 points 21 hours ago

You 🎄say 🎄Merry🎄 Christmas🎄not🎄Happy🎄Holidays🎄Jesus🎄didn't🎄die🎄for🎄 us🎄 so 🎄you 🎄can🎄disrespect🎄Santa🎄Clause!🎄

[-] samus12345@lemm.ee 6 points 23 hours ago

Kurisumasu = buy shit. And eat KFC. Okay, that second part is solely their own.

[-] Aielman15@lemmy.world 95 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)
[-] DashboTreeFrog@discuss.online 86 points 1 day ago

Thanks for the background! For those who don't want to click:

This claim is mostly false. The photograph was actually part of an artwork by Yoshio Itagaki in 2005, which in itself is a commentary satirizing the urban legend of a Japanese department store misinterpreting Christmas. The photograph has been used out of context and spread alongside the claim it aimed to critique.

Basically a Japanese artist creating satire I guess?

[-] ByteOnBikes@slrpnk.net 10 points 23 hours ago

I wonder how many western artists create satire and then a random country like Chile is like, "Oh my god Americans do that?"

[-] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 7 points 1 day ago

it's really good satire if a lot of people can't tell it's satire.

[-] bandwidthcrisis@lemmy.world 4 points 22 hours ago* (last edited 22 hours ago)

The same idea is part of the background of the poster of this live-action stop motion (yes really) movie.

https://web.archive.org/web/20160330024943/http://www.bolexbrothers.co.uk/features.htm

[-] RandomStickman@fedia.io 50 points 1 day ago

I think they nailed it

[-] Duamerthrax@lemmy.world 20 points 1 day ago

meh, close enough.

[-] Damage@slrpnk.net 47 points 1 day ago

It took me a while to see through all the jpeg

[-] DesolateMood@lemm.ee 4 points 22 hours ago

Thank santa I'm not the only one

[-] SurfinBird@lemmy.ca 16 points 1 day ago

No, guys we crucify Santa on Easter.

[-] daddy32@lemmy.world 19 points 1 day ago

I believe US doesn't understand christmas, what's with the bastardized SAiNT(a) niCoLAUS, dressed in Coca Cola costume, instead of the baby jesus celebration. Eh, anyway, as a frugal agnostic, I don't care either way.

[-] Eidolon_Alpha@lemmy.world 15 points 1 day ago

I mean, it's all based on he said she said nonsense the further back you dig anyways. The only difference today is that corporations hijacked the public consciousness to perpetuate consumerism, instead of it being cave dwelling Jews or delusional Roman oracles with an affinity for pharmacological 'substances'.

Jesus wasn't even born in December lol. Early Christians stole the winter solstice festivities from Pagans, because that's how cults work - they leach off of other cultures, then either twist or outright re-write those traditions, allegorical stories, and legends to benefit their narratives.

[-] kadup@lemmy.world 1 points 14 hours ago

Even though the myth is quite prevalent, the red and white color scheme for Santa is not related to Coca-Cola.

A massive amount of this world's plastic waste is related to Coca-Cola, though.

[-] Duamerthrax@lemmy.world 10 points 1 day ago

meh. Christianity hijacked Pagan Winter Solstice traditions and some historians even think Jesus was actually born around September. The bible flat out forbids Christmas trees(Jeremiah 10:1-4).

[-] roguetrick@lemmy.world 1 points 14 hours ago* (last edited 14 hours ago)

Jeremiah 10

That's about idols. When he's saying do not fear or respect them because all they are is wood a man cut out of the forest and dressed with silver and gold, he's saying the idols are mundane. They're powerless creations made by man that cannot walk around without a man walking them around.

[-] ByteOnBikes@slrpnk.net 8 points 23 hours ago

Eh, anyway, as a frugal agnostic, I don't care either way.

I read furry agnostic and for a moment thought, "Oh shit furries don't like Christmas? TIL TIL."

[-] transMexicanCRTcowfart@lemmy.world 6 points 22 hours ago

No no, it means the belief that nothing is known or can be known of the existence or nature of Furries.

[-] random_character_a@lemmy.world 7 points 21 hours ago* (last edited 20 hours ago)

Yeah. It should really be the monopoly man ass raping saint Nicholas in a red and white gimp suit.

[-] Opisek@lemmy.world 20 points 1 day ago
[-] friendlymessage@feddit.org 4 points 1 day ago

I misread this as "Never cringe, Japan". Still works.

[-] n3cr0@lemmy.world 10 points 23 hours ago

It's called "Yule", you christian crusading monsters!

[-] Routhinator@startrek.website 14 points 1 day ago

That guy just got replaced by KFC Santa is all.

[-] some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org 7 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

This made me laugh boisterously. I'm sending it immediately to a friend and to my partner. This will be my favorite thing of the day, I'm sure of it.

Edit: Joker laugh. Not kidding.

[-] rickdg@lemmy.world 19 points 1 day ago

guy with a beard goes on cross

[-] ScruffyDucky@lemmy.world 6 points 1 day ago

Imaginary guy with a beard :)

[-] Aggravationstation@feddit.uk 2 points 1 day ago

I ain't gettin' on no cross, sucka!

[-] zaphod@sopuli.xyz 14 points 1 day ago

And I think it's beautiful.

[-] QProphecy@lemmy.world 7 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

It's Japan's war on christmas

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