The two major religions in Japan are Shinto and Buddhism, so Christmas is viewed as more of a commercial event.
It is often said that Japanese are born Shinto and die Buddhist. The main celebration is Christmas eve and not Christmas day.
In Japan it is common to give Christmas presents have Christmas decorations and give small Christmas Cakes.
For single women it is crucial to have someone to spend Christmas eve with. It is also very important what present they receive and where they spend Christmas eve. Young Japanese women who have a boy friend tend to show him off.
There is also sarcasm that Christmas is compared with a woman's age. Cake shops throughout Japan try to sell all the Christmas cakes before Christmas eve.
Any cakes left after Christmas eve are viewed to be out of date and too old to sell. Japanese women over 25 years old are said to be 'unsold Xmas cake.'
This is a bad tradition that is currently in change due to young Japanese women now choose to marry at older ages.
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