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Hello Kitty gets married!

Posted by John on August 10th, 2006


Hello Kitty is very popular in Japan and other Asian Countries. What is it? Well it is simply a character created with the sole purpose of creating merchandise from it. You can find all sorts of products with the Hello Kitty logo and design, from dolls to utensils, to furniture, to clothes, to cars… anything you can think of.

In 1999 there was a Hello Kitty promotion at McDonald’s, where they would sell some limited Hello Kitty dolls. Since it was very popular, people would queue at McDonald’s all over the city to buy the models they wanted. And just for fun I decided I would queue and buy these for Becky. That was before we were married, so it was a way to show her my commitment to her.

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