What do Japanese people do at Christmas? What food do they eat?
Only about 1% of Japanese are Christians, but most Japanese families do celebrate at Christmas time, by putting up a small tree or eating a cake even though for most of them the day doesn’t have religous significance. Japanese children especially like Christmas, and many of them receive Christmas presents. It’s also popular for young couples to spend Christmas Eve together. The most popular Christmas food is cake, usually a strawberry or chocolate sponge cake. Most food stores take orders for these cakes long before Christmas itself. Turkey is quite rare in Japanese supermarkets, so not many people eat it. Instead, many Japanese eat fried chicken for Christmas dinner.
