XMAS Countdown: November 18: 37 days to go!

XMAS Countdown: November 18: 37 days to go! The Tagalog word Pasko derives from the Spanish word Pascua. Although the word Pascua means Easter, Pascua de Navidad refers to Christmas

 

 

Xmas Countdown: November 17: 39 days to go!

Xmas Countdown: November 17: 39 days to go! The celebratory customs associated in various countries with Christmas have a mix of pre-Christian, Christian, and secular themes and origins.Popular modern customs of the holiday include gift giving, Christmas music and caroling, an exchange of Christmas cards, church celebrations, a special meal, and the display of various Christmas decorations, including Christmas trees, Christmas lights, nativity scenes, garlands, wreaths, mistletoe, and holly. In addition, several closely related and often interchangeable figures, known as Santa Claus, Father Christmas, Saint Nicholas, and Christkind, are associated with bringing gifts to children during the Christmas season and have their own body of traditions and lore. Because gift-giving and many other aspects of the Christmas festival involve heightened economic activity among both Christians and non-Christians, the holiday has become a significant event and a key sales period for retailers and businesses. The economic impact of Christmas is a factor that has grown steadily over the past few centuries in many regions of the world.

 

 

XMAS Countdown: November 15: 41 days to go

XMAS Countdown: November 15: 41 days to go.Morning observance of Simbang Gabi begins as early as 03:00 PST, while in some parishes, anticipated Masses begin the previous evening at 20:00 PST. After hearing Mass, Catholic families buy traditional Filipino holiday fare for breakfast outside the church and eat it either within the church precincts or at home. 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).

 

 

XMAS Countdown: November 14: 42 days to go.

XMAS Countdown: November 14: 42 days to go. The Tagalog word for gift is regalo, but Filipinos have a special word for "Christmas gift" — pamasko. The Filipino version of Secret Santa is called Monito Monita or Kris Kringle. Students in their classes and office workers all hold gift exchanges during the Christmas season. Children receive fresh bills of money called aginaldo, usually when they visit their godparents and elderly relatives on Christmas morning.

 

 

Xmas Countdown: November 13: 43 days to go!

Xmas Countdown: November 13: 43 days to go! The Tagalog word Pasko derives from the Spanish word Pascua. Although the word Pascua means Easter, Pascua de Navidad refers to Christmas.

 

 

Xmas countdown: November 11, 45 days to go!

Xmas countdown: November 11, 45 days to go! Simbang Gabi (Filipino: Night Mass; Spanish: Misa de Gallo, "Rooster's Mass") is a novena of dawn Masses from 16 December to Christmas Eve. The Simbang Gabi is practised mainly by Catholic and Aglipayans, with some Evangelical Christian and independent Protestant churches having adopted the practise of having pre-Christmas dawn services. Attending the Masses is meant to show devotion to God and heightened anticipation for Christ's birth, and folk belief holds that God grants the special wish of a devotee that hears all nine Masses.

Xmas Countdown: November 10: 46 days to go!

Xmas Countdown: November 10: 46 days to go! The Philippines has earned the distinction of celebrating the world's longest Christmas season,[1] with Christmas carols heard as early as September and lasting until Epiphany, the feast of the Black Nazarene on January 9 or the Feast of the Santo Niño de Cebú on the third Sunday of January.

Xmas Countdown: November 9

Xmas Countdown: Nov9. 47 days to go. "The best of all gifts around any Christmas tree: the presence of a happy family all wrapped up in each other"

 

 

XMAS Countdown: November 8.

XMAS Countdown: November 8. 47 days to go! “My idea of Christmas, whether old-fashioned or modern, is very simple: loving others. Come to think of it, why do we have to wait for Christmas to do that?” Bob Hope

ChristMAS Countdown: November 7

XMAS Countdown: November 7. 48 days to go! "Christmas waves a magic wand over this world, and behold, everything is softer and more beautiful. "- Norman Vincent Peale

 

 

Christmas countdown: November 6

XMAS COUNTDOWN: November 6: 49 days to go!" The excellence of a gift lies in its appropriateness rather than in its value." Charles Dudley Warner

Merry Christmas

Merry Christmas ! "Let us ask the Lord that we may become vigilant for his presence, that we may hear how softly yet insistently he knocks at the door of our being and willing." Pope Benedict

Christmas countdown: 1 day to go!

Christmas countdown: 1 day to go! The gift of love. The gift of peace. The gift of happiness. May all these be yours at Christmas.

Christmas Countdown: 2 days to go!

Christmas Countdown: 2 days to go! May Peace be your gift at Christmas and your blessing all year through!

Christmas countdown: 3 days to go!

Christmas countdown: 3 days to go! The gift of love, the gift of peace The gift of happiness... May these be yours at Christmas

Christmas countdown: 5 days to go!

Christmas countdown: 5 days to go! "The holidays stress people out so much. I suggest you keep it simple and try to have as much fun as you can."Giada De Laurentiis

Christmas Countdown: 6 days to go!

Christmas Countdown: 6 days to go! "Christmas, my child, is love in action. Every time we love, every time we give, it's Christmas."  Dale Evans

Christmas countdown: 7 days to go!

Christmas countdown: 7 days to go! "The only blind person at Christmas time is he who has not Christmas in his heart."- Helen Keller

Christmas Countdown: 8 days to go !

Christmas Countdown: 8 days to go ! “Christmas, children, is not a date. It is a state of mind.”― Mary Ellen Chase

Christmas Countdown: 9 days to go!

Christmas Countdown: 9 days to go! "Joy resounds in the hearts of those who believe in the miracle of Christmas!Wishing you all the peace, joy, and love of the season! Season's Greetings!"