Kue Natal adalah sebuah jenis kue buah yang dihidangkan saat Natal di beberapa negara.[1]

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Jepang

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Di Jepang, wanita secara tradisional menikah pada usia muda[2] dan orang-orang yang belum menikah sete;lah usia 25 tahun terkadang disebut sebagai kue Natal (tak terjual setelah tanggal 25).[3] Istilah tersebut pertama kali menjadi populer pada 1980an[4] namun sejak itu menjadi redup[5] karena wanita Jepang saat ini sering kali masih belum menikah tanpa stigmatisasi.[6]

Referensi

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  1. ^ "definition of Christmas Cake". The Free Dictionary. 
  2. ^ Orenstein, Peggy (July 1, 2001), "Parasites in Prêt-à-Porter", The New York Times 
  3. ^ Wiseman, Paul (June 2, 2004), "No sex please — we're Japanese", USA TODAY, diakses tanggal January 3, 2013, Better educated, more widely traveled and raised in more affluence than their mothers, young women no longer feel bound by the Japanese tradition that says a woman unmarried after age 25 is like a Christmas cake on Dec. 26 — stale. 
  4. ^ Naoko Takemaru (2010), Women in the Language and Society of Japan: The Linguistic Roots of Bias (book), McFarland, hlm. 158, diakses tanggal January 3, 2013 
  5. ^ Watanabe, Teresa (January 6, 1992), "In Japan, a 'Goat Man' or No Man : Women are gaining more clout in relationships. As they become more independent, they demand a gentle yet strong, supportive and high-achieving spouse.", Los Angeles Times, diakses tanggal January 3, 2013, Women are said to be gaining new clout in the realm of romance. They are marrying later, or not at all. They are making their own persnickety demands on potential mates. The best-known demands on their list are called the "three highs": high salary ($35,000 or more), high education (a four-year university degree) and a height of not less than 5 feet, 7 inches. 
  6. ^ Tanaka, Yukiko (1995), Contemporary Portraits of Japanese Women (book), hlm. 24, diakses tanggal January 3, 2013, The social stigma previously attached to the unmarried is slowly on its way out as the number of women who stay single, as well as the number of divorcees, has increased. 

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