While many around the world have their own special Christmas meal (roast turkey being our tradition), the Japanese have a slightly unusual Christmas Day feast: fried chicken. An estimated 3.6 million Japanese families enjoy a famous southern-fried chicken brand as their traditional Christmas meal.

Jamaicans celebrate by going to church, exchanging gifts with their families, and gathering for a large meal. Dinner on Christmas Day, the biggest feast for Jamaicans, includes chicken, oxtail, curry goat, roast ham, and rice and gungo peas. (Gungo peas, a Christmas specialty for Jamaica, usually ripen in December.

Christmas Day starts with a traditional Jamaican breakfast of ackee & saltfish, breadfruit and boiled bananas. Families will normally then attend church. Roast turkey is notably absent from most Jamaican dinner tables and replaced with curried goat, roast chicken and a much-loved ham.

With Chanmery, a children’s party drink provided at many celebrations, children can celebrate and make toasts along with the adults. The name is a combination of two words: “Champagne” and “Merry Christmas”! It usually tastes like a carbonated grape juice, but you can find other flavors during the Christmas time.

Unlike most Japanese fast food, KFC in Japan is a lot more expensive. A special “value set” of six pieces dark meat chicken and three small orders of fries was ~$17.00 USD last time I was there.

The Japanese tend to value small things over big. This way of thinking evolved over thousands of years. It has both practical and religious roots. From a practical perspective, Japan is an island nation with limited resources and a high population — big is often unworkable.

This obsession is also partly due to the aging population wanting a diversion from the norm. There are several places where older people outnumber young people. Many older people seem to enjoy it when someone younger comes along and spends time with them. In a way, they feel energized and get fresh ideas.

so the new generations just found everything west cool and fashionable. Also the Japanese mentality “Nihon – Ichiban” is one reason why they might “copy” so much! Sony’s bosses once said that they come into a new field of technology or whatever and become the best. They want to be the best in everything.

In Japan and within Japanese culture, bangs are seen as good-looking and an attractive hairstyle to have. This is clear from the fact that they are seen on models in advertisements, and encouraged by hair salons to ideally complement Japanese face shape.

Koreans Hate Big Foreheads A fun fact that many Koreans are ashamed of is their forehead. This is why Korean people have bangs to hide their foreheads. It’s one of the most well-known problems Koreans face every day. Having long hair makes you fit into the Korean beauty standard.

The chonmage (丁髷) is a type of traditional Japanese topknot haircut worn by men. It was originally a method of using hair to hold a samurai helmet steady atop the head in battle, and became a status symbol among Japanese society.