Uploaded December 2024 | Updated September 2026, 47 minutes ago

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In the 1970s, KFC launched a wildly successful marketing campaign, "Kentucky for Christmas," positioning fried chicken as the ultimate Christmas meal.

Now, families across Japan preorder their chicken buckets weeks in advance, and Christmas Eve lines at KFC locations can stretch out the door.

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