Hello! 

Christmas is almost here!!!

Last year I spent time with my host family.

They thought me a lot of American Christmas culture.

In Japan also have Christmas but it kind of different.  

Japanese haven't religion but they have Christmas.　　For us, Christmas is couple event.

We don’t spend with family, spend with boyfriend or girlfriend and see Christmas illumination and go to restaurant.  If they haven’t boyfriend or girlfriend, we spend family or friend.

Then, we eat Kentucky Fried Chicken. Before this season, we book a chiken.

When I talk our Christmas time foods, American surprised!

Why Japanese eat Kentucky in Christmas and we have Christmas?! 

Long time ago, many American (army) lived in Japan, there is no turkey in Japan and they ate Chicken reluctantly. And Japanese saw it and learned Christmas culture and we thought they eat Chicken in this event.

So still Japanese eat chicken and have Christmas.  

Moreover many Japanese home haven’t big Christmas tree.  I think Japanese house is not big, so we cannot have Christmas tree.

Another different thing is present.  American children get 2 or 3 presents. But Japanese children get normally just one.. 

Well, I should have grown up in U.S…

However, we can see very beautiful illumination in Tokyo!!