You know it’s Christmas in the Philippines when…
Here we list five Filipino Christmas symbols that mark the beginning of the most meaningful celebration in every Filipino family.
The Parol or Christmas lantern to light the way of the lost and wayward.
Christmas Caroling , brought to you by the ChurchChoir or the street boys.
Bibingka, puto bungbong at iba pa. Food, food, food everywhere you turn there’s blessed food!
The pinoy Christmas tree. Be it a poinsettia plant, a twig on a plant pot, or even the Perla soap Christmas tree…
Simbang Gabi . Cool nights, solemn masses and blessed food (but of course)
Tags: Christmas symbols, Filipino tradition, simbang gabi, mesa de gallo, puto bungbong, bibingka, poinsettia, parol, Christmas lantern, caroling
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hayyyy… kaka miss
christmas in the phils. is very unique and very colorful. what i don’t like in pinas during the holiday is the traffic mess. i spent christmas in pinas last year and i cannot move anywhere because of the traffic mess. one thing very nice about the holidays is that pinoys will do everything possible to make the children happy and to have new clothes and shoes for them, no matter what it takes.the misa de gallo is the one that i miss very much.
….You see all the expensive “pasalubong or padala” jackets from overseas being modelled by the proud recipients at the local church during “Simbang Gabi”. More people on the streets and shopping malls, a lot of Balikbayans, festive mood all over the country. I miss the merriment that occurs every night on a usually dreary neighborhood during the longest Christmas holiday celebration in the whole world….Maligayang pasko sa inyong lahat!
i just put up our Christmas tree here in Baltimore, so I’d feel the christmassy spirit. and yeah, of course celebrating the birth of Jesus begins in the heart, but it helps to have a festive mood. nothing beats Christmas in the Philippines! neighborhood kids caroling every night, having the smell of bibingka in the air, seeing parol everywhere… back when i was tehre, it’s not even that Christmas was about shopping for gifts (since we didn’t have money!) it’s really the feeling of family and festivity right? here in America it’s been a lowered to just shopping holiday… haay, nakaka-miss talaga!
What I miss most is puto bumbong and bibingka with smoking hot salabat or tsaa right after the simbang gabi mass. This will be my last missed-Chrismas here in desert land of KSA because I’m coming home for good soon! Merry Christmas to everyone!
good for you, Leo! oh my, you must be so excited these days. are you still able to sleep?
merry Christmas to you as well and may you enjoy your balikbayan Christmas in the Philippines
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