世論 What Japan Thinks

goo Ranking sneaked in just before the end of Christmas day with this survey into ways to get into the Christmas spirit for under 500 yen, or 3.50 euros, 4.80 US dollars, 2.93 UK pounds, or even 0.0072 bitcoins if that’s the way you like to count your money!

Demographics

The survey was conducted between the 4th and 8th of October 2013 where 1,074 people completed a private web-based questionnaire. Note that the score in the results refers to the relative number of votes for each option, not a percentage of the total sample.

Viewing Christmas illuminations is good, but getting Google+ to AutoAwesome them is even better:

I like being in Japan in that I can avoid the Christmas spirit on the whole, although most stores start looping Christmas numbers from the end of November.

Regardless, I’d like to wish all my readers a Merry Christmas (or other appropriate non-denominational equivalent) and in your own particular ways have a fun Xmas/New Year/Holiday Season. I still have one more day of work to go before my holidays.

Ranking result

Q: What ways can you get into the Christmas spirit for under 500 yen? (Sample size=1,074)

Rank		Cost	Score
1	Get a mini Christmas Tree for the office, home	500 yen	100
2	Go to view well-known illuminations	Free (plus transport fee)	69.5
3	Scoff a Christmas-themed cake portion from the convenience store	150-300 yen	68.8
4	Eat a single piece of Kentucky Fried Chicken	240 yen	44.5
5	Watch a Christmas special on television	Free	44.3
6	Go window shopping at the Christmas goods counter	Free	39.8
7	Celebrate with a Christmas-themed soft drink or child-oriented fake champagne	150-270 yen	39.1
8	Go to a free Christmas event	Free	35.5
9	Buy a few Christmas tunes and listen to them over and over	100-300 yen	30.3
10	Go to a Family Restaurant and eat a Christmas-themed dessert	500 yen	29.5
11	Go to a hotel lobby with a Christmas tree, decorations	Free	28.6
12	Change your PC, smartphone wallpaper to a Christmas-themed one	Free	26.9
13	Rent a Christmas DVD, video	370 yen	25.4
14	Listen to a radio station, online station with a Christmas medley program	Free	23.2
15	Exchange Christmas cards with a friend and set them up around your room	300 yen plus stamps	21.5
16	Watch a Christmas song video on YouTube on repeat	Free	20.9
17	Light candles all around your room	500 yen	20.4
18	Wear a paper hat, santa hat, reindeer antlers, etc	100-500 yen	20.2
19	Hang a big sock at the end of your bed	300 yen	18.1
20	Change your mobile phone ringtone to a Christmassy one	Free	16.3
21	Hum a Christmas song	Free	16.1
22	Wear some red and green clothes	Free	15.7
23	Go to church	Free (excluding collection)	15.5
24	Borrow a Christmas book from the library	Free	8.6
25	Get a friendly fat guy to wear a white beard	100 yen (beard)	8.2