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4. KARAOKE
Filipinos love to sing, and the existence of a videoke microphone or machine in practically every home is a testament to this.
At parties and get-togethers, this automatically becomes one of the highlights. Almost everyone takes turns belting out tunes, from classic ballads to angst-ridden pop songs, from KPop to inspiring anthems. Once someone starts, it almost never stops. Videoke sessions last throughout the day and into late night, when the kids are tucked in and the older ones begin drinking and bantering
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3. SOMEONE YELLS "PICTURE - PICTURE" EVERY FEW MINUTES OR SO
When in a Pinoy get-together, anytime you hear someone say “picture, picture!”, you be...
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2. The CHILDREN MAKE THEIR ROUNDS OF MANO TO THE ELDERS
Filipinos have much respect for the elders, and pagmamano is one of the many gest...
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The holiday season is widely celebrated in the Philippines.
In the last decade alone, expectations of a happy Christmas have increased by more than 10%, with 64% of Filipinos saying they expect a happy Christmas in 2007 compared to 77% in 2017.
In the last decade, expecta...
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2. WIDE COMMERCIALIZATION & GIFT-GIVING
Christmas is a happy time of the year because of its commercialization and practice of gift-giving
"The joy of the family is intertwined with the joys of travel, gifts, bountiful feasts, sale.."(C)
The monetary dimensi...
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1. FESTIVALS, FAMILIES, TRADITIONS
- because its regarded as a festival. There is already the expectation of celebration that sets it apart from other days/seasons of the year(Sapitula)
- Filipinos also celebrate Christmas as a largely religious occasion
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- the traditions and the religious practices that mark the season are also what gives Filipinos a sense of ownership of Christmas (Sapitula)
- Christmas is widely celebrated as a time for family. Even OFWs who live and work overseas come home to the Ph...
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“I think more Filipinos are getting richer, so they are expecting a happier Christmas…Purchasing power does not technically kill cultural expectations – it stays there, and I think part of the reason why people are looking forward to it is they have the means to fully abide by cultural expec...
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Filipinos are a tight-knit bunch. They use any occasion as an excuse to get together and celebrate. The biggest, most important celebration of the year is of course Christmas. It’s such a big deal that preparations begin several weeks, if not months, prior.
Pinoy Christmas get-to...
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Sprinkled on spaghetti, rolled up like spring rolls, even mixed in caldereta and buko salad! They eve...
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3. ITS A SEASON THAT ALLOWS FILIPINOS TO SEE THE GOOD THINGS
For Cornelio, this has allowed Christmas to become universally celebrated, regardless of its religious essence.
With the challenges Filipinos face everyday for the rest of the year, how are Filipinos still able to see Christ...
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For Sapitula and Cornelio, the two dimensions are intertwined.
“They mutually reinforce each other. They’re always connected because there are always commercial implications of religious practices.(S)
While the essence of Christmas is religious in character, a lot of econo...
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1. A PROGRAMME THAT INCLUDES A TALENT SHOW/CONTEST
Pinoy Get-togethers aren’t eat-and-run affairs. Any Pinoy celebration, from annual company-wide ...
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