As someone who has never had a chance to leave our beautiful country, I found Paul Osbourne’s blog to be wonderful. He’s spent a great deal of time in so many different countries and gotten to experience and appreciate a great variety of different cultures. Kudos to you my man! That is incredible and I hope that one day I get the chance to experience some traveling myself. I have so much respect for people who go on to pursue what they are really passionate about, and I hope that my decision to stop farming and go after a career in law will give me the same sense of fulfillment that you have found. While I won’t be traveling to fifty-eight countries like you (mind-blowing!) I’ll hopefully be making my own kind of difference in the world. Coming to California is definitely one of the most adventurous things I have done, and I can’t wait to add to my list of adventures, right now looks like visiting Japan during Christmas time is pretty high on my list!
Osbourne’s post, ‘KFC and Christmas’ was very intriguing and unusual. I’ve spent every Christmas in Kentucky with my family so far, and we have a very traditional American Christmas – complete with Venison and some hearty pecan pie of course. I find it so hard to believe that so many people in Japan spend their Christmas with a meal birthed in Kentucky – some good ol’ KFC! That is insane! I l think it’s fascinating that the event started as just some strategic marketing done (most likely) by some KFC guys in black suits back in my home state of Kentucky and now its a pretty significant part of so many Japanese people’s Christmas traditions.
Spending some quality time with your family regardless of what ethnicity or religion you are is something that I greatly respect, especially during Christmas time. It really goes to show how similar we humans all are to each other, doesn’t matter if its Japan or America, we all have some strong common values. I’d love to learn more about Japanese traditions, there’s so much about the world I don’t know! Now that I have officially broken out of my small bubble I want to learn more about not only the west coast and California, but also about other countries that I never really explored.
There are so many different cultures represented here in California and its soo diverse compared to back home. There was a culture show in my community center a few weeks back, and there were so many different performances that I had the opportunity to watch. I loved that experience and am so excited to have many, many more!
Thank you Paul for introducing me to this fun Japanese tradition. I cannot wait to read more of your posts and learn more about your travels. Good luck on your many more adventures, stay safe and have a blast. (Maybe bring me along for one)
Go check out his blog guys!
And have a good evening,
Arlo
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