Find out how people around the world enjoy their holiday meals during this festive season to make your dinner gain some international flair.
As Christmas day draws closer, our meals become larger and larger, and our social calendar fills up with brunches, lunches, and dinners. While ostentatious dinner parties with copious amounts of food and wine are common this time of year, tables around the world are filled with different traditional feast dishes. While you are making calls to get thatlechonfor your Christmas Eve dinners, get some ideas from these international traditions.
クリスマス (Japan)
Since 1974, KFC has been conducting an unusual Christmas promotion in Japan: “Kurisumasu ni wa Kentakki”, or “Kentucky for Christmas”. The Japanese order months in advance for a bucket of fried chicken to eat on Christmas day. While some may call it consumerism at its finest, for many it filled the void left by a lack of any Advent holiday celebrated in the country and a practical solution since December 25th is a working day for the people of Japan. It started a tradition for loved ones to come together and bond over a delicious meal. While it may not be lechonor turkey, nobody can deny that it’s “finger lickin’ good”.