(Source: Polishfoodies.com.) KFC chicken has become a wildly popular Christmas tradition in Japan. According to CNN travel, after World War II, Japan’s economy took off. At the time, the U.S ...
The fried chicken is meant ... of a Christmas "party barrel." Thus, in 1974, he started Kurisumasu ni wa Kentakkii, or "Kentucky for Christmas,": the tradition of eating KFC on Dec. 24.
(Source: Polishfoodies.com.) In 1970, Takeshi Okawara—manager of the first KFC restaurant in Japan—began promoting fried chicken "party barrels" as a Christmas meal intended to serve as a ...