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Well, people demonstrated against Santa Clause and other "Western" influences.
What this indicates, really, is a growing worldwide unease about American cultural hegemony. We have the #1 entertainment industry in the world. English is rapidly expanding. Western notions about sex, sexual relations, race relations, and parental respect are spreading. Non-western traditions react either by assimilating it [Japan] or protesting against it. This is just an example of the latter.
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