Throughout the decade Japan’s economy was booming and the country saw a meteoric increase in its number of foreign fast food franchises. While Christmas isn’t widely celebrated as a religious holiday in Japan it’s embraced as a day of secular celebration. Back in 1974 KFC launched a campaign called “Kentucky for Christmas” that featured Santa Claus-themed displays and ads showing families enjoying holiday buckets of drumsticks and thighs. The campaign took hold in a huge way and inspired a Japanese tradition people look forward to.
To this day. Every year families all over the country preorder buckets of KFC Belize WhatsApp Number chicken to enjoy together on Christmas Eve.Suspending Spiderwebs From Branches Photo Courtesy Liliya KruegerGetty ImagesWhile this is an unusual Christmas tradition the legend behind it is captivating. According to Ukrainian folklore there was once a poor widow who had a few children. The holidays had her heartbroken because she couldn’t afford to buy decorations for the kids who longed to embellish their small Charlie Brown-esque Christmas tree.
But on Christmas Eve the spiders in the house decided to put their best Charlotte’s Web skills to good use.Throughout the night they spun beautiful webs all over the tree decking it out in glimmering holiday splendor. In the morning the light of the sun transformed the webs into silver and gold and the family found themselves blessed with riches. Ukrainians still decorate their Christmas trees with fake spider webs to this day to keep the story alive and usher in good fortune for the new year.Tucking Pickle Ornaments Into Trees Photo Courtesy Johannes Schmitt-Teggepicture alliance via Getty .