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Celebrating Christ in Christmas

Celebrating Christ in Christmas

By A.M. Bernal-dela Rosa We have a colorful and unique Christmas season in the Philippines.  We celebrate this holiday longer than any other country in the world! Among the many distinctly Filipino Christmas traditions in the Simbang Gabi or the dawn masses attended by churchgoers for the nine mornings before December 25.  Cultural historian and former Education Secretary, Alejandro Roces, noted t ...[Read More]