Photo of fried chicken on Japanese dish courtesy 123rf.com
In the Philippines Christmas is a full-on religious holiday and an official holiday, with much celebration, feasting, and gift-giving. In other East Asian countries there are public holidays during the Christmas season, but there are few who celebrate Christmas either secularly or religiously. In Muslim countries, Christmas is neither an official nor unofficial holiday, but Christians who live there do celebrate Christmas with their churches.
In Japan there is intense secular celebration with much gift-giving, and although many Christmas religious symbols are used in their secular celebrations, actual religious celebration is not wide-spread outside Christian communities. Beethoven's Ninth Symphony is one of their favorite pieces of music during this season, and fried chicken one of their favorite foods. A friend who is Japanese has told me that the Japanese are very name-brand conscious, and that this is reflected in their Christmas gift-giving. For more information click here and click here.
If you celebrate during the month of December, what do you celebrate and how?
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