What’s your staple Christmas food?

@sol_cee (38222)
Philippines
December 19, 2017 9:14pm CST
In Japan, KFC fried chicken is synonymous with Christmas. Over the last four decades, KFC has managed to make its finger lickin’ good fried chicken a staple Christmas food on the table of every Japanese home. Many people don’t seem to mind waiting in long lines, weathering the cold winter, just to order a bucket of goodness to carry on the tradition. Thanks to Colonel Sanders and his love for his chicken recipe. But did you know that he started his business venture when he was 65 years old and that he was turned down 1,009 times? What would have happened if he gave up?
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Belle Starr (Iz)
@BelleStarr (61047)
• United States
20 Dec 17
Then it would be Popeye on every Japanese table I guess lol
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solxee
@sol_cee (38222)
• Philippines
20 Dec 17
hahaha why Popeye?
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Belle Starr (Iz)
@BelleStarr (61047)
• United States
20 Dec 17
@sol_cee It is a brand of Fried Chicken very similar to KFC.
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solxee
@sol_cee (38222)
• Philippines
20 Dec 17
@BelleStarr Oh I thought Popeye as in Olive Oyl's sweetheart.
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Angie
@andriaperry (116860)
• Anniston, Alabama
20 Dec 17
I would not get delicious chicken!
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solxee
@sol_cee (38222)
• Philippines
20 Dec 17
Only beets for you. hahaha
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Angie
@andriaperry (116860)
• Anniston, Alabama
20 Dec 17
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dpk262006
@dpk262006 (58675)
• Delhi, India
20 Dec 17
Hats off to Col Sanders who started KFC at the ripe age and because of him chicken eaters could enjoy fried chicken and other delicacies. Do not you think that KFC chicken is over priced?
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dpk262006
@dpk262006 (58675)
• Delhi, India
20 Dec 17
@sol_cee It means that you have plenty of money and you love to enjoy rather than thinking about price of a product.
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solxee
@sol_cee (38222)
• Philippines
20 Dec 17
@dpk262006 or that I’m starving. Haha
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solxee
@sol_cee (38222)
• Philippines
20 Dec 17
I forget about the price once I take a bite Deepak-san. ;)
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Anna
@LadyDuck (459735)
• Switzerland
20 Dec 17
For what I know In 1930, Colonel Sanders began to serve chicken dishes and other meals such as country ham and steak while he run a Shell service station in 1930, he started the franchising KFC in 1952. Very unusual to have ready made chicken fingers for Christmas.
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Anna
@LadyDuck (459735)
• Switzerland
20 Dec 17
@sol_cee For Italians surely unusual, spaghetti are an everyday thing, nothing that we would even serve for Christmas.
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solxee
@sol_cee (38222)
• Philippines
21 Dec 17
@LadyDuck how about the food on your table?
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solxee
@sol_cee (38222)
• Philippines
20 Dec 17
Filipino homes would have spaghetti on their table for Christmas. Unusual?
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Vicki, #1 Creek Girl
@1creekgirl (40636)
• United States
20 Dec 17
I'm so glad to hear you didn't give up.
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solxee
@sol_cee (38222)
• Philippines
20 Dec 17
I almost, almost did Vicki-san. :)
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Darcy Nemo
@YrNemo (20261)
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20 Dec 17
The Roman Catholic Church should canonize this Colonel Sanders then! St Sanders, a patron for being perseverance.
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solxee
@sol_cee (38222)
• Philippines
20 Dec 17
Well he looks like Santa Clause. We ought to call him Santa Sanders. lol
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hereandthere
@hereandthere (45651)
• Philippines
20 Dec 17
@sol_cee the japanese should call him santa sanders!
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solxee
@sol_cee (38222)
• Philippines
20 Dec 17
@hereandthere maybe they don’t know him. They just say KFShi. ;)
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Toni
@toniganzon (72279)
• Philippines
21 Dec 17
There won't be any finger licking good to speak of.
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Toni
@toniganzon (72279)
• Philippines
22 Dec 17
@sol_cee Merry Christmas to you, Sol!
solxee
@sol_cee (38222)
• Philippines
21 Dec 17
Merry Christmas Toni-san. :)
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rebel_woman06
@SIMPLYD (90722)
• Philippines
21 Dec 17
Really, the Japanese likes KFC fried chicken that much that it has become a staple food for Christmas. I guess, that' their counterpart for our lechon and lechon manok.
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rebel_woman06
@SIMPLYD (90722)
• Philippines
22 Dec 17
@sol_cee All the 4 Christmas parties I attended have lechon. Today, my boss told me to represent her as judge at the Dept. Agrarian Reform Party's presentations and there's lechon again. I only ate little of it because the skin isn't crispy anymore.
solxee
@sol_cee (38222)
• Philippines
21 Dec 17
Drooling over lechon!! lol
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Shavkat
@Shavkat (137238)
• Philippines
20 Dec 17
I wanted to be somebody like him. Hopefully, I can have a good story of my life and needs to be shared.
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Shavkat
@Shavkat (137238)
• Philippines
21 Dec 17
@sol_cee I think he is also a great person to look up to.
solxee
@sol_cee (38222)
• Philippines
20 Dec 17
Stay hungry. Stay foolish. - Steve Jobs
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Shadi
@Madshadi (8841)
• Brussels, Belgium
20 Dec 17
There would probably be healthier choices for people, than chicken soaked in oil. I never liked it anyways
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Shadi
@Madshadi (8841)
• Brussels, Belgium
20 Dec 17
@sol_cee fried at home, grilled or baked.
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solxee
@sol_cee (38222)
• Philippines
20 Dec 17
@Madshadi I wonder if KFC is famous in Belgium or not.
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solxee
@sol_cee (38222)
• Philippines
20 Dec 17
How do you like your chicken Shadi-san?
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Bhem
@JustBhem (70555)
• Davao, Philippines
20 Dec 17
For sure there would be no Finger-Lickin' Good at KFC. Lol
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solxee
@sol_cee (38222)
• Philippines
21 Dec 17
Do you like KFC?
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Bhem
@JustBhem (70555)
• Davao, Philippines
21 Dec 17
@sol_cee Not much.
Kandase
@Kandae11 (53698)
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21 Dec 17
A pity he started so late in life. I wonder how many years he had left to enjoy his success.
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peachpurple
@peachpurple (13889)
• Malaysia
20 Dec 17
Never give up makes him famous
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solxee
@sol_cee (38222)
• Philippines
20 Dec 17
Indeed. Is KFC famous in Malaysia?
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solxee
@sol_cee (38222)
• Philippines
21 Dec 17
@peachpurple Oh the great fast food chains!
peachpurple
@peachpurple (13889)
• Malaysia
20 Dec 17
@sol_cee yes, KFC, pizza hut. And mcd
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Jazon
@holdoors (2487)
• Malaysia
20 Dec 17
That's interesting. I only knew this fact through some Japanese game.
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solxee
@sol_cee (38222)
• Philippines
20 Dec 17
What Japanese game do you mean Jazon-san?
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solxee
@sol_cee (38222)
• Philippines
20 Dec 17
@holdoors Googling..
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Jazon
@holdoors (2487)
• Malaysia
20 Dec 17
@sol_cee Fate Grand Order.
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Yanzalong
@yanzalong (18982)
• Indonesia
20 Dec 17
That was a good example of perseverance.
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solxee
@sol_cee (38222)
• Philippines
20 Dec 17
I agree. Give up, never.
Bojel
@jobelbojel (34730)
• Philippines
20 Dec 17
That's perseverance!
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solxee
@sol_cee (38222)
• Philippines
20 Dec 17
The never say die attitude.
Judy Story
@jstory07 (134762)
• Roseburg, Oregon
8 Jan 18
We have had pork spare ribs for the last five years. We got tired of turkey all the time.
Valerie J. Routhieaux
@just4him (307773)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
20 Dec 17
It's good he didn't. I don't have an 'almost' story. I've done what I set out to do.
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solxee
@sol_cee (38222)
• Philippines
21 Dec 17
I respect you for that Valerie-san. :)
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (326498)
• Rockingham, Australia
20 Dec 17
I didn't know it was a tradition in Japan. How cool is that?
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solxee
@sol_cee (38222)
• Philippines
20 Dec 17
Yeah? I think so too. Different culture, different tradition. ;)
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ingrid
@ridingbet (66857)
• Philippines
22 Dec 17
the colonel should be a hero for the depressed and the lucky ones who were unlucky before.