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Re: CHAT: Gobble (was: CHAT: cross-culturation)

From:D Tse <exponent@...>
Date:Tuesday, December 4, 2001, 6:56
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Adam Walker <dreamertwo@H...> wrote:
Oh, the Japanese may not be Christians but they do like Christmas.
Go fig.
Correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't Christmas a holiday in Japan?  It
was
here in Taiwan till this year.[1]  I'm gonna have to teach on
Christmas Day.
  Major bummer.  Guess how much book work's gonna happen THAT day!

Adam

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Yeah. I think it's a holiday in Japan but it's approximately 98% secularised and commercial, much more so than over here, I think. An example is the festively-repeated urban legend that a Tokyo department store display showed a Santa crucified a la Jesus. It's not fully true, but it's still an example of how Christmas is portrayed... Imperative