Japan appears to be confused about Christmas

The story behind the image is actually quite funny:

https://www.truthorfiction.com/japan-santa-crucified-christmas-meme/

Also original, high quality pic: https://www.yoshioitagaki.com/home

Thanks for the background! For those who don't want to click:

This claim is mostly false. The photograph was actually part of an artwork by Yoshio Itagaki in 2005, which in itself is a commentary satirizing the urban legend of a Japanese department store misinterpreting Christmas. The photograph has been used out of context and spread alongside the claim it aimed to critique.

Basically a Japanese artist creating satire I guess?
- I wonder how many western artists create satire and then a random country like Chile is like, "Oh my god Americans do that?"
- it's really good satire if a lot of people can't tell it's satire.
- The same idea is part of the background of the poster of this live-action stop motion (yes really) movie.
  
  https://web.archive.org/web/20160330024943/http://www.bolexbrothers.co.uk/features.htm

Santa died on the cross for our KFC.

I think they nailed it

It took me a while to see through all the jpeg

Thank santa I'm not the only one

No. They understand it just fine. Better than western Christians at least.

You👏 say👏 Merry👏 Christmas👏 not👏 Happy👏 Holidays👏 Jesus👏 didn't👏 die👏 for👏 us👏 so 👏 you 👏 can👏 disrespect👏 Santa👏 Clause!👏
- You 🎄say 🎄Merry🎄 Christmas🎄not🎄Happy🎄Holidays🎄Jesus🎄didn't🎄die🎄for🎄 us🎄 so 🎄you 🎄can🎄disrespect🎄Santa🎄Clause!🎄
Kurisumasu = buy shit. And eat KFC. Okay, that second part is solely their own.

They absolutely do not. The only reason it's celebrated over there is because "It's an American thing, don't you wanna do the trendy American thing?"

No joke, they eat KFC for Christmas because KFC was doing poorly in Japan, but they realized it was considered "trendy" and "cool" to do "The American Thing", so they just gaslight everyone into thinking KFC is a Christmas Tradition in America, and somehow they still believe that.

Do they actually try to run with the idea that the KFC on Christmas thing is how it's celebrated outsideof Japan as well? I just assumed that they'd kind of formed their own tradition that's less formal and less associated with home cooking since it's not a real holiday and just a kind of for fun thing.

meh, close enough.

Never change, Japan.

I misread this as "Never cringe, Japan". Still works.

I believe US doesn't understand christmas, what's with the bastardized SAiNT(a) niCoLAUS, dressed in Coca Cola costume, instead of the baby jesus celebration. Eh, anyway, as a frugal agnostic, I don't care either way.

I mean, it's all based on he said she said nonsense the further back you dig anyways. The only difference today is that corporations hijacked the public consciousness to perpetuate consumerism, instead of it being cave dwelling Jews or delusional Roman oracles with an affinity for pharmacological 'substances'.

Jesus wasn't even born in December lol. Early Christians stole the winter solstice festivities from Pagans, because that's how cults work - they leach off of other cultures, then either twist or outright re-write those traditions, allegorical stories, and legends to benefit their narratives.
meh. Christianity hijacked Pagan Winter Solstice traditions and some historians even think Jesus was actually born around September. The bible flat out forbids Christmas trees(Jeremiah 10:1-4).
- Jeremiah 10
  
  That's about idols. When he's saying do not fear or respect them because all they are is wood a man cut out of the forest and dressed with silver and gold, he's saying the idols are mundane. They're powerless creations made by man that cannot walk around without a man walking them around.
Eh, anyway, as a frugal agnostic, I don't care either way.

I read furry agnostic and for a moment thought, "Oh shit furries don't like Christmas? TIL TIL."
- No no, it means the belief that nothing is known or can be known of the existence or nature of Furries.
Even though the myth is quite prevalent, the red and white color scheme for Santa is not related to Coca-Cola.

A massive amount of this world's plastic waste is related to Coca-Cola, though.