Universal Children's Day: November 20

Happy Universal Children's Day. This takes place annually on November 20.. First proclaimed by the United Nations General Assembly in 1954, it was established to encourage all countries to institute a day, firstly to promote mutual exchange and understanding among children and secondly to initiate action to benefit and promote the welfare of the world's children.

Xmas countdown: November 20

Xmas countdown: November 20: 35 days to go. Don't limit a child to your own learning, for he was born in another time.
Rabindranath Tagore

XMAS Countdown: Nov20: 35 days to go!

XMAS Countdown: Nov20: 35 days to go!During simbang gabi, Vendors offer many native delicacies, including bibingka (rice flour and egg-based cake, cooked using coal burners above and under); putò bumbóng (a purple, sticky rice delicacy steamed in bamboo tubes, buttered then sprinkled with brown sugar and shredded dried coconut meat). Drinks include coffee, salabát (a ginger tisane) and tsokoláte (thick, Spanish-style hot chocolate). Some Aglipayan churches invite the congregation to partake of the "paínit" (literally, "heater"), a post-Mass snack of mostly rice pastries served with coffee or cocoa at the house of the Mass sponsor.