Japan is so obsessed with Kentucky Fried Chicken (kfc) on christmas. Some people even order months in advance to avoid lines.
This was a dedicated marketing scheme by KFC in Japan to associate KFC with Christmas. Christmas was never really popularly celebrated until the '90s, and even now it's considered a holiday mostly for couples or families with small children. When people started hearing about Christmas, KFC took advantage of the fact that people associate KFC with America and undertook a massive, multi-year marketing campaign. Clearly, it worked, and KFC has exerted market dominance ever since. In fact, they've even gone as far as introducing a special set for Christmas - Japanese people associate cake with Christmas as well, so KFC came up with a fried chicken bucket that has a cardboard bottom with a Christmas cake underneath.
Some Japanese people might think Americans eat fried chicken on Christmas, but it's mostly just the result of a massive ad campaign by KFC.
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