A department store in Tokyo once displayed a crucified Santa Claus.
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Reference sources and fact-checking records classify the story of a Tokyo department store displaying a crucified Santa Claus as an urban legend rather than a historical occurrence.
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Snopes calls this legend false, and I will add to their judgment that Santa and Christmas were already well-known in Japan due to foreign literature like Dickens, and the persistent and futile efforts of missionaries to convert the locals. Christmas was a national holiday from 1927-1947 since it happened to coincide with the death of Emperor Taisho in 1926. The idea that by the postwar period, when this supposedly happened, there were still designers in Japan unfamiliar with Santa seems terribly unlikely. However, in light of DavePhD's answer below, I will say that the truth is actually kind of undetermined at this time. Here's Japanese Santa doing his job in 1916: How did he get in without a chimney? That's a mystery no skeptic can solve. Postscript: When you Google these keywords, you will more likely than not see this photo: This is a photomontage made by a Japanese artist specificall
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