13. Christmas Has Santa Claus, Shrove Tuesday Has The Pancake Bunny
Ever wondered where pancakes came from? Much like presents being brought down the chimney at Christmas time by Santa Claus, it appears the Japanese acquire their pancakes in an extremely unusual and mystical fashion... A Japanese blogger first placed a photo of a rabbit with two pancakes on its head online in 2010, and ever since Hironori's blog has received 2.5million hits - inspiring a book about the supposedly fictional character. Thankfully, the trend of dressing rabbits in pancake headgear has yet to take off in the United Kingdom...
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