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2022-12-11 11:58:14 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: 38647C6EA73E05FDFAD3D8DCF7BC0BB0949E0848505E1E2C044A26998A309394
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This is an artwork created by Japanese artist Yoshio Itagaki as part of series about urban legends. This is referencing one in which a Japanese department store, unfamiliar with American culture and Christianity, supposedly displayed a crucified Santa. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-04-21/how-the-iconography-of-easter-gets-lost-in-translation/11023774 https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/santa-cross/ https://www.truthorfiction.com/japan-santa-crucified-christmas-meme/
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