Holiday Foods Around the World

Holiday Culinary Classics From Around the World

November 26, 2012

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France

It's believed that about half of the country's yearly oyster production is consumed during the week between Christmas and New Year’s Day — that's a whole lot of oyster food, but we don't blame the French for indulging in the delicacy at this special time of year.

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by Lisette Mejia 7

France

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7 Comments

Kevin2628110 24 weeks 4 days

@thebirdie I knew it.......thanks for the explanation

thebirdie 24 weeks 4 days

As I explained it above, Japan is not a Christian country. We look like we are celebrating Christmas but it is purely a commercial reason. (Of course, there are some Christians too in Japan, but our culture is based on Buddhism.) As Christmas here is to celebrate at home with families, many people go out to fancy restaurants in Japan. If we don't go out, many people buy Christmas cake on the way home and eat it at home. We do not any special food we eat on Christmas besides beautiful decorated Christmas cake!

Lisette Mejia 24 weeks 4 days

Thebirdie, Thanks for your comment. I got this information from several news sites that have reported on the holiday tradition, but we would also love to hear about your own favorites. Do you have any besides the Christmas cake?

Lisette Mejia 24 weeks 4 days

thebirdie 24 weeks 5 days

I demand you to remove this info. This is wrong!!! I wanna know who said KFC is for Christmas in Japan. You must have gotten this info from not a foodie person. I was born and raised in Japan and lived in Japan till 27 yrs old. I had never eaten KFC on Christmas day. Or I had only tasted once in my life, but not on Christmas day. First of all, Japan is not a Christian country. We have no traditional Christmas food as we don't celebrate the day religiously. Having said that, we do eat beautifully decorated Christmas cake! I'm really angry with this wrong information!

thebirdie 24 weeks 5 days

I demand you to remove this info. This is wrong!!! I wanna know who said KFC is for Christmas in Japan. You must have gotten this info from not a foodie person. I was born and raised in Japan and lived in Japan till 27 yrs old. I had never eaten KFC on Christmas day. Or I had only tasted once. First of all, Japan is not a Christian country. We have no traditional Christmas food as we don't celebrate the day religiously. Having said that, we do eat beautifully decorated Christmas cake! I'm really angry with this wrong information!

Kevin2628110 24 weeks 6 days

the holiday food for Japan disappointed me...