FINGER LICKIN’ CHRISTMAS: Millions of Japanese families celebrate holidays with KFC

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Published Dec 25, 2024 • 1 minute read

People queue in front of a KFC restaurant on Christmas Eve in Tokyo on December 24, 2022.

For many people in Japan over the last five decades, KFC — and Kentucky Fried Chicken before that — were an integral part of the holidays.

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In fact, every year at Christmas, 3.5 million Japanese families choose the chicken chain, according to an Instagram clip shared by the BBC.

Customers line up to grab their version of festive fast food — from drumsticks and breasts to thighs and wings to nuggets and strips — while some even placed ordered last month to avoid the massive queues across the country.

Why KFC?

According to the outlet, only about 1% of the population are Christian, which leaves millions who don’t celebrate Christmas.

Enter KFC restaurant manager, Takeshi Okawara, who in 1970, overheard an expat missing having turkey for the holiday, prompting him to come up with a Christmas “party barrel,” a KFC spokesperson told the BBC in 2016.

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