Christmas2021: KFC – the most popular fast-food restaurant in America is awash with the customs of the Japanese tradition, which is why that when Christmas Eve comes around, it’s an annual family custom for people living in Japan to go out to buy their special Christmas Eve meals at the restaurant.
Christmas Eve is marked with grand pomp and splendor across Japan. In the middle of all this, it’s the custom of taking a trip to dinner with your relatives to the closest KFC outlet and eating an energizing dinner that everyone is looking at looking forward to.
Since the 1970s, KFC has always seen the busiest day at their restaurants located in Japan on Christmas Eve. The average is 10 times more people than usual every year, and the number of customers is constantly growing.
With just one percent of the population of Japan believes in Christianity Christmas celebrations are significant for the nation. Over time, the citizens of Japan have added their own unique twist to the holiday celebrations. Apart from the traditional meals of KFC and other fast food chains, making the strawberry cake, and going on an intimate dinner with the special someone is also an occasion to celebrate the season of giving.
But the story of how Japanese people began to increase their love for crispy chicken comes in a variety of versions. There is a belief to be that Takeshi Okawara, the first manager of the KFC outlet in Japan was the one who promoted the chicken as an iconic American Christmas meal, which is inconvenient. He was later the chief executive officer for KFC Japan. Another version is that a delivery man had a moment ago donned the Santa Claus outfit and made an impressive impression on children in kindergarten. Later, KFC outlets began to fill up for orders of other schoolchildren, which made the restaurant market their products in time for the Christmas season.
In 1974 an KFC sales associate heard a customer complain about the lack of turkey, and thus having to settle for chicken. The ‘Kentucky For Christmas’ campaign was created with a wine bottle that was offered with the Christmas meal to keep the celebrations moving.
The unique holiday menu which is provided by KFC is continuously made. It is usually served with ” chicken that is prepared by hand and filled with cheese and mushrooms freshly baked inside the establishment.” When people waited for hours in the long lines at the front of KFC branches to order an order, before the outbreak, KFC Japan has started online orders, where customers will be provided with the time of pick-up when they are able to visit the restaurant and pick up their order.
