Why don't Japanese celebrate Christmas but Spring Festival?

The Japanese celebrate Christmas, but the Spring Festival.

In Japan, Christmas is not a national holiday (but students generally have winter holidays, and coincidentally, 65438+February 23rd, which is close to Christmas, is the national holiday of the emperor's birthday), but people fully accept the Western Santa Claus to celebrate Christmas, but their New Year is a more important holiday.

Japanese festivals mainly include national festivals and traditional folk festivals. There are 15 legal festivals in Japan, which are New Year's Day, Adult Day, Founding Day, Equinox Day, Shaohe Day, Constitution Day, Green Day, Children's Day, Ocean Day, Respect for the Elderly Day, Equinox Day, Sports Day, Culture Day, Thanks for Diligence Day and Emperor's Birth Day.

Extended data:

In Japan, celebrating Christmas is very popular with young people. The way Japanese celebrate western festivals is also very different from their traditional way. Celebrating Christmas is very popular among students.

Students not only give cards and gifts to each other, but also hold dances on Christmas Eve or Christmas Day. In addition, many shops decorate Christmas trees and even invite people to dress up as Santa Claus. These are similar to the way Americans celebrate Christmas, but they are not exactly the same.

Every Jesuit family has a Christmas tree, which was first introduced to Germany. Japanese people are very particular about making Christmas cakes. There are many kinds of cakes. Friends and relatives give gifts to each other.

References:

Baidu Encyclopedia-Japanese New Year