• Queen HawlSera
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    3010 hours ago

    They absolutely do not. The only reason it’s celebrated over there is because “It’s an American thing, don’t you wanna do the trendy American thing?”

    No joke, they eat KFC for Christmas because KFC was doing poorly in Japan, but they realized it was considered “trendy” and “cool” to do “The American Thing”, so they just gaslight everyone into thinking KFC is a Christmas Tradition in America, and somehow they still believe that.

    • @[email protected]
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      Do they actually try to run with the idea that the KFC on Christmas thing is how it’s celebrated outsideof Japan as well? I just assumed that they’d kind of formed their own tradition that’s less formal and less associated with home cooking since it’s not a real holiday and just a kind of for fun thing.

  • @Agent641
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    Santa died on the cross for our KFC.

  • Random_Character_A
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    Yeah. It should really be the monopoly man ass raping saint Nicholas in a red and white gimp suit.

  • @RangerJosie
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    No. They understand it just fine. Better than western Christians at least.

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      You👏 say👏 Merry👏 Christmas👏 not👏 Happy👏 Holidays👏 Jesus👏 didn’t👏 die👏 for👏 us👏 so 👏 you 👏 can👏 disrespect👏 Santa👏 Clause!👏

      • @TriPolarBearz
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        You 🎄say 🎄Merry🎄 Christmas🎄not🎄Happy🎄Holidays🎄Jesus🎄didn’t🎄die🎄for🎄 us🎄 so 🎄you 🎄can🎄disrespect🎄Santa🎄Clause!🎄

  • @daddy32
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    I believe US doesn’t understand christmas, what’s with the bastardized SAiNT(a) niCoLAUS, dressed in Coca Cola costume, instead of the baby jesus celebration. Eh, anyway, as a frugal agnostic, I don’t care either way.

    • kadup
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      12 hours ago

      Even though the myth is quite prevalent, the red and white color scheme for Santa is not related to Coca-Cola.

      A massive amount of this world’s plastic waste is related to Coca-Cola, though.

    • @Eidolon_Alpha
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      I mean, it’s all based on he said she said nonsense the further back you dig anyways. The only difference today is that corporations hijacked the public consciousness to perpetuate consumerism, instead of it being cave dwelling Jews or delusional Roman oracles with an affinity for pharmacological ‘substances’.

      Jesus wasn’t even born in December lol. Early Christians stole the winter solstice festivities from Pagans, because that’s how cults work - they leach off of other cultures, then either twist or outright re-write those traditions, allegorical stories, and legends to benefit their narratives.

    • @[email protected]
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      Eh, anyway, as a frugal agnostic, I don’t care either way.

      I read furry agnostic and for a moment thought, “Oh shit furries don’t like Christmas? TIL TIL.”

      • @transMexicanCRTcowfart
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        No no, it means the belief that nothing is known or can be known of the existence or nature of Furries.

    • @Duamerthrax
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      meh. Christianity hijacked Pagan Winter Solstice traditions and some historians even think Jesus was actually born around September. The bible flat out forbids Christmas trees(Jeremiah 10:1-4).

      • ✺roguetrick✺
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        Jeremiah 10

        That’s about idols. When he’s saying do not fear or respect them because all they are is wood a man cut out of the forest and dressed with silver and gold, he’s saying the idols are mundane. They’re powerless creations made by man that cannot walk around without a man walking them around.

  • N3Cr0
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    911 hours ago

    It’s called “Yule”, you christian crusading monsters!

    • @[email protected]
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      8116 hours ago

      Thanks for the background! For those who don’t want to click:

      This claim is mostly false. The photograph was actually part of an artwork by Yoshio Itagaki in 2005, which in itself is a commentary satirizing the urban legend of a Japanese department store misinterpreting Christmas. The photograph has been used out of context and spread alongside the claim it aimed to critique.

      Basically a Japanese artist creating satire I guess?

  • @Opisek
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    Never change, Japan.

  • @[email protected]
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    This made me laugh boisterously. I’m sending it immediately to a friend and to my partner. This will be my favorite thing of the day, I’m sure of it.

    Edit: Joker laugh. Not kidding.