{"id":69495,"date":"2025-02-05T10:58:25","date_gmt":"2025-02-05T10:58:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/peraltafinancing.com\/anthropology\/visual-anthropology-of-japan-%e6%97%a5%e6%9c%ac%e6%98%a0%e5%83%8f%e4%ba%ba%e9%a1%9e%e5%ad%a6-scary-christmas\/"},"modified":"2025-02-05T10:58:25","modified_gmt":"2025-02-05T10:58:25","slug":"visual-anthropology-of-japan-%e6%97%a5%e6%9c%ac%e6%98%a0%e5%83%8f%e4%ba%ba%e9%a1%9e%e5%ad%a6-scary-christmas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=69495","title":{"rendered":"Visual Anthropology of Japan – \u65e5\u672c\u6620\u50cf\u4eba\u985e\u5b66: Scary Christmas"},"content":{"rendered":"


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In the spirit of “Tim Burton’s The Nightmare Before Christmas<\/a>” (1993) and “How the Grinch Stole Christmas!” (Book by Dr. Seuss<\/a>, 1957 and TV Special<\/a> 1966)…<\/p>\n

I call this series “Costco Consumerism, Christmas Capitalism and the Making of a New Japanese Univer(sal)ity Tradition…” (December 2024).<\/p>\n

Bonus shot: “Deflated Santa and Frosty”<\/b><\/p>\n

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Related:<\/b> <\/p>\n

Scary Halloween (2024)<\/b>: https:\/\/visualanthropologyofjapan.blogspot.com\/2024\/10\/scary-halloween.html<\/a>\n<\/p>\n

Celebrating the Holidays with a Row of Giant Dead Christmas Trees (at a certain university…) (2020)<\/b>: https:\/\/visualanthropologyofjapan.blogspot.com\/2020\/12\/celebrating-holidays-with-row-of-giant.html<\/a>\n<\/p>\n

To be fair, there are other decorations at a certain university… (2020)<\/b>: https:\/\/visualanthropologyofjapan.blogspot.com\/2020\/12\/to-be-fair-there-are-other-decorations.html<\/a>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In the spirit of “Tim Burton’s The Nightmare Before Christmas” (1993) and “How the Grinch Stole Christmas!” (Book by Dr. Seuss, 1957 and TV Special 1966)… I call this series “Costco Consumerism, Christmas Capitalism and the Making of a New Japanese Univer(sal)ity Tradition…” (December 2024). 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