Name: 聖誕節吃肯德基？日本超奇葩的聖誕傳統！🍗🎄 (The Bizarre Japanese Tradition of KFC for Christmas)
Uploaded: 2025-12-22T02:06:46.000Z
Duration: 3 min 11 s

Some of us have the usual turkey and ham for Christmas dinner, mashed potatoes, stuffing, maybe that weird canned jelly cranberry sauce stuff.

我們有些人過聖誕晚餐時，會有平常的火雞和火腿、馬鈴薯泥、餡料，還有那種奇特的罐裝果醬蔓越莓醬。

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But what if I told you there's a huge tradition overseas that you've probably never heard of?

但如果我告訴你，海外有個你可能從來沒聽過的巨大傳統呢？

Instead of homemade meals for the holidays, Japanese families will often pick up a party bucket of good old fashioned KFC for a crispy greasy holiday treat.

日本家庭在節日裡，不是準備自家做的餐點，而是常會買一桶派對桶，裡頭是傳統的KFC，來享用香脆油膩的節日美食。

And you might be wondering a couple things right now, like how did this tradition begin?

你現在可能會有幾個疑問，像是這個傳統是怎麼開始的？

還有，等等，日本現在有KFC嗎？

Let's dig into this quirky holiday tradition and trace back to where it all began.

讓我們來深入探討這個奇特的節日傳統，追溯它一切的起源。

Three minute flicks entertaining, educating and enlightening.

三分鐘的短片，娛樂、教育與啟迪。

Post World War II, as Japan's economy was not only settling back into pre war condition, it started booming.

第二次世界大戰後，日本的經濟不僅恢復到戰前狀況，還開始蓬勃發展。

The average household was finally finding themselves in a position where they could indulge in consumer culture for pretty much the very first time.

一般家庭終於有能力首次真正地沉迷於消費文化。

And with the United States being considered a cultural powerhouse, the interest of all things Western foods, fashion, entertainment and vacations were becoming the most exciting new way to spend all of this newfound cash.

而且，由於美國被視為文化強權，對西方食物、時尚、娛樂和度假的一切都產生了興趣，成為花費這些新增現金最令人興奮的新方式。

Those living in Tokyo and other major Japanese cities would start to see American businesses popping up rapidly throughout the 1970s, where during this decade, Japan's fast food industry exploded by 600%.

住在東京和其他日本主要城市的居民，在 1970 年代開始看到美國企業迅速湧現，在此十年間，日本的速食業爆炸性地成長了 600%。

During this rapid expansion, KFC would open its first store in 1970 and by 1981 the chain would have over 320 stores making a combined 200 million USD dollars every year.

在這快速擴張期間，KFC 於 1970 年開設了第一家店，到 1981 年，該連鎖店已擁有超過 320 家店，每年合計創造 2 億美元的營收。

Christmas in Japan is largely secular, with less than 1% of the country identifying as Christian and families not having much for strict traditions and how they're supposed to celebrate the holiday.

日本的聖誕節在很大程度上是世俗的，全國不到 1% 的人認同為基督徒，家庭對於如何慶祝節日並沒有嚴格的傳統。

Somehow this made for the perfect operation for rapid KFC infiltration.

不知何故，這為 KFC 的快速滲透創造了完美的機會。

In 1974, KFC launched the Kentucky for Christmas marketing campaign alongside the holiday themed party buckets.

1974 年，KFC 推出了「聖誕節肯德基」行銷活動，以及節日主題的派對桶。

The origin for the Christmas craze is a little murky, but

聖誕節熱潮的起源有點模糊，但

has been attributed to a number of potential factors.

For starters, Takeshi Okawara, manager of the first Japanese KFC and soon after, the KFC Japan CEO came to a company Christmas party dressed up as Santa, granting the idea to have Santa Colonel Sanders hybrids as decor during the holidays, show up in commercials, and

首先，第一家日本 KFC 的經理，也是後來 KFC 日本的執行長，竹下武（Takeshi Okawara）在公司聖誕派對上打扮成聖誕老人，這激發了在節日期間將桑德斯上校與聖誕老人結合的裝飾點子，並出現在廣告中，以及

even deliver the buckets on Christmas Eve.

Alongside this, the Kentucky for Christmas campaign had a massive marketing push.

同時，「聖誕節肯德基」行銷活動也進行了大規模的推廣。

Advertisements would show happy families enjoying the feast of a golden fried chicken party bucket alongside the song My Old Kentucky Home.

廣告會播放快樂的家庭，一邊享用金黃炸雞派對桶大餐，一邊唱著「My Old Kentucky Home」。

KFC also had the benefit of being a familiar flavor profile as many Japanese dishes would consist of sliced meat covered in panko bread crumbs and fried.

KFC 的口味也因為許多日本料理都包含裹著麵包粉炸過的肉片，而讓日本人感到熟悉。

This made KFC the perfect blend of foreign and familiar, an exciting, delicious holiday feast that wasn't too exotic for the whole family to partake in.

這讓 KFC 成為外來與熟悉的完美結合，一道令人興奮、美味的節日大餐，全家大小都能盡情享用，一點也不會太奇怪。

Over 50 years later, the tradition still goes incredibly strong to this very day, with families reserving their buckets from anywhere for days or weeks in advance to ensure they're able to bring home kfc.

五十多年後的今天，這個傳統依然非常盛行，家家戶戶會提前幾天甚至幾週預訂他們的派對桶，確保能帶回 KFC。

Despite the incredible demand those who go in unprepared can expect waiting in line on Christmas Eve for hours for a single bucket of chicken, or even being met with a sold out sign.

儘管需求量驚人，但沒有準備的人，在平安夜可能要排上好幾個小時才能買到一桶炸雞，甚至可能看到售罄的牌子。

It seems safe to say that this unexpected Christmas tradition isn't going anywhere anytime soon.

看來這個意想不到的聖誕節傳統，短期內是不會消失的。

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