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KFC Supportively Taunts Brits Who, Like Americans, Cook Turkey Once a Year

Mother's Christmas reminder that poultry isn't easy

kfc-taunts-turkey-cookers-2019 — In the U.K., turkey is reserved for Christmas dinner, so KFC takes the seasonal opportunity to mock 'the lesser poultry.' Mother

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Thanksgiving might not be a thing in the U.K. (what with it being an American celebration of the Pilgrims’ first successful harvest in the New World), but the idea of one big turkey meal a year is still a shared cultural experience. In Great Britain, home-cooked turkey is instead a Christmas tradition.

In recent years, KFC U.K. and Ireland, via agency Mother London, has taken to poking some fun at turkey’s one day in the spotlight.