Christmas in Japan has a lot of build up, the Christmas songs are played in all of the shops even the most Christian ones (in English, I have not once heard a Christmas song in Japanese playing in the shops). Nobody complains, even though only 1% of the population is Christian. There are decorations everywhere. Some people go out sing corals. City councils set up big light displays (like the one in this picture). Yet Christmas is not even a public holiday in Japan and few people really celebrate it. In Japan either it is a night couples go out or that families eat KFC (because Colonel Sanders looks like Santa). On Christmas day all of the decorations and music has gone from the shops, to make way for the New Year's decorations and music. All the hype for not much.