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Japanese style Christmas cakes in a display case at a Nijiya Market (San Diego, 2017) In Japan, Christmas cake is traditionally eaten on Christmas Eve. The cake is simply a sponge cake, frosted with whipped cream, often decorated with strawberries, and usually topped with Christmas chocolates or other seasonal fruits, and a Santa Claus decoration.
One Japanese netizen noted that during the 1980s, the term "Christmas cakes" was commonly used to refer to women who were unmarried and beyond the national age average of married women. [5] The actual reference to Christmas cakes is the saying, "who wants Christmas cakes after December 25". [5]
A newer expression replaces Christmas cake with toshikoshisoba, a dish of noodles to see out the year on the 31st, [15] thus creating motivation for Japanese women after the age of 25 to seek help in the form of omiai introductions from a marriage agency. Men possess a greater degree of choice and freedom.
Japan’s most-followed religion is Shintoism, with less than 1% of its population being Christian. And yet, the nation celebrates Christmas in full spirit, with an extra helping of romance.
Fujiya Co. Ltd. (株式会社不二家, Kabushiki Gaisha Fujiya) (TYO: 2211) is a nationwide chain of confectionery stores and restaurants in Japan. Its first shop was founded in 1910 in Yokohama. [2] Fujiya is credited with introducing the Christmas cake to Japan. [3] In 2016, the company opened its first store outside Japan in Taipei, Taiwan. [4]
Every year at Christmas, 3.5 million Japanese families opt for KFC, according to an Instagram clip shared by BBC. ... cake and more. The holiday cheer extended beyond the food, too, when the KFC's ...
Brazilian police have arrested a woman facing charges of triple homicide after several members of her family were poisoned by an arsenic-laced Christmas cake, police said Monday.. Three women died ...
Christmas cake: A Japanese term referring to a woman who is unmarried past the age of 25, likening them to a Christmas cake that is unsold after the 25th (of December) and no longer desirable. Codger: [7] An old-fashioned or eccentric old man. Coot: [10] A crazy and foolish old man; senile man.