For Filipinos abroad: Nothing beats ‘Paskong Pinoy’
By Karen Boncocan
Experiencing “winter wonderland” for a Filipino living in Canada was fun but nothing beats Christmas celebrations in the Philippines.
Experiencing “winter wonderland” for a Filipino living in Canada was fun but nothing beats Christmas celebrations in the Philippines.
A white Christmas is far from a Filipino Christmas, but there was a snowman display at Manor Hotel in Baguio last Christmas that caught Alice Pascual’s fancy.
From the sun-kissed, white-sand beaches and clear, blue waters of Hawaii and Bohol, our holiday vacation was truly blessed with wonderful weather, unforgettable memories and exciting adventures. “Island life” was the theme of our Christmas holiday.
Dentists keep the darkest secrets in the world. They know how many teeth every patient has left. When told by someone that they saw you smile and admired how your teeth were so well-preserved, they keep mum, never claiming which part of your smile is their handiwork.
In the Jesuit Novitiate in Novaliches, there used to hang along its main corridor on the ground floor a framed poster with the caption, “Dreams are like the stars. We may never reach them, but they are always there to guide us.”
We get it—you’ve spent the past weeks running around like a headless chicken. You were buying gifts, wrapping gifts, herding your family from one reunion to another, slaving over Noche Buena and Media Noche, being stalked by inaanaks and dancing “Gangnam Style” at Christmas parties. Now all that is over and you still have a few days left before your kids head back to school.
When is the right time to tell children the truth about Santa Claus? For my own children, the telling was provoked by a question from a daughter—an innocent question that elicited a guilty, if untimely, confession from a parent whose own enthusiasm for the whole charade had been on the wane.
Celebrating New Year: More fun in the Philippines. So declared Cheapflights.com, an online travel agency specializing in airfare bargains, expert tips and travel inspiration.
Year in and year out, one night makes all other nights at the University of the Philippines (UP) Diliman pale in comparison.
MANILA, Philippines — For Filipinos who have lost their loved ones, celebrating this year’s Christmas will feel different – as it is marked by grief over the loss. But a 25-year old Filipino preschool teacher believes that amid the sadness, the Christmas spirit will help her kababayans find the strength to start the healing process. [...]
Outside St. Joseph Parish Church in Las Piñas City, a vendor prepares “bibingka,” a sweet and spongy rice cake, to sell to people attending dawn Masses. The nine-day tradition of dawn Masses culminates on Christmas Eve today. It is a popular belief that people who attend all nine Masses will have their wishes granted. [...]
