KFC’s Christmas collection appears to only be available on the website for the UK and Ireland, so fans in America will have to stick to traditional wrapping paper. The KFC paper was designed by ...

Four years after its inception, KFC launched its first Kurisumasu ni wa Kentakkii, or "Kentucky for Christmas" marketing campaign created by Takeshi Okawara, the manager of Japan's first KFC ...

HOKKAIDO, Japan — Almost every year since she was a child, Hokkaido resident Naomi has looked forward to her family's traditional Christmas meal: a KFC "party barrel" brimming with salad ...

(Source: Polishfoodies.com.) In 1970, Takeshi Okawara—manager of the first KFC restaurant in Japan—began promoting fried chicken "party barrels" as a Christmas meal intended to serve as a ...

Christmas celebrations in the United States often feature turkey, ham, or both as the star protein(s) in a homemade family feast. However, holiday revelers in Japan customarily enjoy a far ...

Okawara apparently overheard an ex-pat reminisce about eating turkey for Christmas and hit upon the idea of dishing out fried chicken instead, according to the report. In 1974, KFC reportedly ...

KFC Japan started selling a fried chicken Christmas meal more than 50 years ago YUICHI YAMAZAKI/AFP via Getty For many people in Japan, KFC is central to their Christmas celebrations. Every year ...

It’s that time of the year again: the illuminations have gone up and the first Christmas bucket orders are being placed at KFC. Wait, what? Yes, you read that correctly: Christmas and KFC are ...

Japanese people are much more likely to eat Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC) or any other type of fried chicken on Christmas Eve or Christmas Day. The tradition of sorts shaped up in the absence of ...