Elements of a Filipino Christmas
Elements of a Filipino Christmas
Novembr 28, 2012
By Pia Ranada
RAPPLER
MANILAs – Christmas may be celebrated in 60 other countries but Christmas in the Philippines will always be one of a kind.
The season starts the earliest here with supermarkets playing Christmas songs as early as September.
Let this list of 10 Christmas elements remind us what makes Christmas in the Philippines distinctly our own:
- The Parol
Christmas in the Philippines is as incomplete without a parol as the night sky is without the north star.
This star-shaped lantern made of wooden sticks, paper or plastic is a fixture in many a Christmas-decorated home. Its popularity has given way for the creation of many versions such as the more expensive parols made of capiz and even sea shells. They are often found in front of doors and windows, leading us home as one star led shepherds and kings to Baby Jesus.
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