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Magazine dates
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First off, the "catch all" attitude of Japanese culture means they grab whatever they like from other cultures and religions, and Christmas caught on there, so yeah, they jump on it hardcore. The religious connotations are significantly less there, tho. It's more of a celebration of the cycle of the seasons and the end of the year then a commemeration of Christ's arbitrarily chosen birthdate.
However, beyond that, magazines tend to ship most commonly in the middle of the month, which means that this issue and others that were shipped at the same time will not be -replaced- until mid december, perhaps later in some places. For various marketing reasons, magazine companies like their covers to reflect the actual season that they'll be sitting on the shelf, so they hedge their bets and release issues early rather then late.
Subscribers often get their copies even -earlier- then most newsstands, hence, the december issue shows up in early november.
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