Almost every Filipino will tell you that the holiday season begins a quarter before Christmas Day, in September. Once the "‘Ber months" the months leading up to Christmas, starting from ...

As Christmas is deeply ingrained in Philippine culture, a significant number of the 2.16 million overseas Filipino workers are returning home to spend Christmas with their loved ones. They, along with ...

Christmas Eve shines with Noche Buena, a midnight feast of Filipino favourites like queso de bola, hamonado, pansit, kakanin, puto, bebingka.

How Filipino Christmas traditions are getting a makeover and the meanings these decorations and practices reflect Christmas in the Philippines always starts as soon as September.

Yet Gorospe noted that other Filipino Christmas traditions, like the hanging of the parol or the display of the belen (manger scene), also have Catholic origins.

In my youth in the ‘60s, dusting off the belen signaled Christmas time. My earliest memories are of a colorful cardboard cutout of the characters and scenes set up at the sala.

The “Belen’” on the other hand, is retelling the Nativity Story, depicting the birth of Jesus Christ. It is an essential Filipino Christmas décor and a real reminder of the true meaning of ...

The Coca-Cola bottler followed the theme “Tatak Pinoy” in conceptualizing its eye-catching Christmas installations, seamlessly combining iconic Coca-Cola imagery and uniquely Filipino motifs and ...

Belen, or the nativity scene, is another symbol unique to the Filipino Christmas celebration, which is a combination of different materials and can be seen in churches, homes, schools and office ...

It is an essential Filipino Christmas décor and a real reminder of the true meaning of season. Adding local flair, the “belen” is done with the local materials for the stable with designs ...

If you haven’t started yet, now’s the perfect time to deck your halls with the most iconic Filipino decorations.