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KFC Japan expanded the promotion nationwide in 1974 with its long running "Kentucky for Christmas" (Japanese: クリスマスはケンタッキー) or "Kentucky Christmas" (Japanese: ケンタッキークリスマス) advertising campaign. [4] Eating KFC food as a Christmas time meal has since become a widely practiced custom in Japan.
It started in the early 1970s, when KFC was still new in Japan. It began marketing chicken as the country's Christmas meat with the catchphrase “Christmas is Kentucky.”
KFC dominates the season, with 3.6 million families in Japan making advance reservations for bespoke Christmas chicken.
A long queue of patrons running out the door of nearly every KFC has been a perennial Christmas sight in Japan but COVID-19 social distancing rules that discourage lines and place strict ...
In December 1974, KFC Japan began to promote fried chicken as a Christmas meal. [67] Eating KFC at Christmas time has become a "Traditional Christmas Eve Dinner" in Japan. [68] [69] As of 2013, Japan is the third-largest market for KFC after China and the United States with 1,200 outlets. [70] In December 2007, Mitsubishi assumed majority ...
KFC restaurants: 1952–present: Colonel Harland Sanders founded Kentucky Fried Chicken and eventually became its mascot; a later cartoon version was voiced by Randy Quaid. Foghorn Leghorn: 1986–1988 One of the Looney Tunes in form of the commercials along with Henery Hawk, Egghead Jr., and Miss Prissy. Jason Alexander: 2001–2003 Hip-Hop ...
Despite only 1.1% of the Japanese population being Christian, according to the U.S. State Department, post-World War II Japan has largely observed Christmas, in part due to the large U.S. military ...
KFC did not return to NASCAR until 2014, serving as a sponsor for Cup team Front Row Motorsports that year and in 2015. KFC was on the No. 34 of David Ragan both years, and on the No. 35 of Cole Whitt in 2015 only. [90] [91] In 2016, KFC moved to Roush Fenway Racing to sponsor the No. 16 of Greg Biffle, again for a limited number of races. [92]