# Festive Bento Boxes Seasoned Seasons Greetings Depict Rice as Snow By Cowbag | Published 2008-12-10 | Lifestyle Source: Trend Hunter, https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/festive-bento-seasoned-seasons-greetings References: [trendhunter](http://www.trendhunter.com) Snow, rice, snowmen… this selection of festive [Bento](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/pizza-bento) boxes is brilliant and a great choice if you are fed up with Turkey. I particularly love the where a ‘traditional’ whisky bottle has been replaced with a [bottle of soy sauce](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/limitededition-soy-sauce). It’s just an all around cool concept. Not of all of them rock my world, like the snowman on beef (there is a phrase you will never hear again) who looks like he is on a sea of poop or, more likely, mud. I also really like the bento gingerbread men where gingerbread has been swapped for cheese. The reindeer and stars are just too cute to eat. (Is it just me that has a mild phobia of eating star-shaped things?) I also adore the [bento boxes](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/little-big-cake-bento-boxes) where they tie rice up into cute parcels of joy with seaweed. Image Sources: [snowmen](http://images.google.co.uk/imgres?imgurl=http://bp0.blogger.com/_kyYaMHB4tGw/R1RFs_dTBGI/AAAAAAAAAYY/76i6Eko0HBE/s1600-R/Christmas+bento.jpg&imgrefurl=http://zakkalife.blogspot.com/2007/12/christmas-bento.html&usg=__al6sBTFspztok3vZB_G4R1B_C3o=&h=1600&w=1200&sz=417&hl=en&start=1&um=1&tbnid=okTKrr8doqp0XM:&tbnh=150&tbnw=113&prev=/images?q=christmas+bento&um=1&hl=en&sa=G) | [rice parcels](http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1005/1319256819_8368fa24e2_o.jpg) | [reindeer](http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1005/1319256819_8368fa24e2_o.jpg) | [Flickr](http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1005/1319256819_8368fa24e2_o.jpg) | [Photobucket](http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1005/1319256819_8368fa24e2_o.jpg), [Flickr s](http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1005/1319256819_8368fa24e2_o.jpg) ## Trend Insights (Trend Hunter) - Score: 1.6/10 - Popularity: 31% | Activity: 9% | Freshness: 8% - Audience gender: 50% men, 50% women - Primary generations: Millennial - Top markets: North America, Europe ## Categories [Trend Hunter](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends) > [Lifestyle](https://www.trendhunter.com/lifestyle) > [Food](https://www.trendhunter.com/food) ## Key Themes ### What Makes This Trend Stand Out - **Festive Bento Boxes:** Disruptive Innovation Opportunity: Explore creative and unique ways to present traditional food items, like using gingerbread men made from cheese or tying rice up into cute parcels with seaweed. - **Seasoned Seasons Greetings:** Disruptive Innovation Opportunity: Infuse festive themes into food presentation, such as using snowmen or reindeer shapes, to create a unique and memorable dining experience. - **Rice as Snow:** Disruptive Innovation Opportunity: Replace traditional elements with unexpected substitutes, like swapping a traditional whisky bottle with a bottle of soy sauce, to add a twist to familiar dishes. ### Sectors Adopting This - **Food and Beverage:** Disruptive Innovation Opportunity: Introduce innovative food presentation ideas and concepts to enhance the dining experience and attract customers. - **Hospitality:** Disruptive Innovation Opportunity: Incorporate festive-themed menu items and creative food presentation techniques to offer guests a unique and memorable dining experience. - **Event Planning:** Disruptive Innovation Opportunity: Collaborate with chefs and caterers to create visually appealing and unique food options for events, such as bento boxes with festive designs. ## Related on Trend Hunter - [Landscape-Inspired Bento Boxes](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/hyobodo-fiume.md) - [Chef-Made Bento Boxes](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/erewhon-1.md) - [New Year-Inspired Snack Boxes](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/new-yearinspired-snack-box.md) - [Cross-Cuisine QSR Bento Boxes](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/mcdonalds-makunouchi-bento.md) - [Japanese Bento-Inspired Stationery](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/bento-jot.md) - [Vegetarian Japanese Snack Boxes](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/vegetarian-japanese-snack.md) - [Two-Person Festive Frozen Meals](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/inspired-cuisine-festive-munch-box.md) - [Autumn-Themed Japanese Snack Boxes](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/autumn-splendor.md) - [Customizable Lunar Year Boxes](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/lunar-new-year-goodies.md)