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).
Bonus shot: “Deflated Santa and Frosty”
Related:
Scary Halloween (2024): https://visualanthropologyofjapan.blogspot.com/2024/10/scary-halloween.html
Celebrating the Holidays with a Row of Giant Dead Christmas Trees (at a certain university…) (2020): https://visualanthropologyofjapan.blogspot.com/2020/12/celebrating-holidays-with-row-of-giant.html
To be fair, there are other decorations at a certain university… (2020): https://visualanthropologyofjapan.blogspot.com/2020/12/to-be-fair-there-are-other-decorations.html
