Category: Thoughts & Stories
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Mga Kwentong Pasko – Childhood Christmas Dream Comes True
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I can get used to this view. ❤️ Growing up poor, we never had our own house. Sa palengke lang kami nakatira, yung pwesto namin na pinagtitindahan, converted sa isang room sa bandang likod para may tulugan kaming 4 na magkakapatid with our ima. And during Christmas Season, my very young heart would wish na…
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OFWs Misses Their Family Especially on Christmas
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Our modern day heroes, the Overseas Filipino Workers or OFW, struggles with homesickness most especially during the Christmas season. They miss their family so much during the holiday. They also miss paskong pinoy the way it’s celebrated back home. But they have to continue sacrificing so that their families may have a brighter future. Christmas…
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Do Filipino Kids Truly Believe in Santa Claus Bringing Them Gifts?
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This question has been bugging me, do Filipino kids truly believe in Santa Claus the way their western counterparts believe in the guy in the red suit bearing gifts? The belief in the west is that from the North Pole on Christmas Eve, December 24, Santa Claus will travel the world over and will descend…
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Filipino Christmas – Uniquely Paskong Pinoy
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Get to know more about Paskong Pinoy the distinctive, unique ways that the Philippines and the Filipinos celebrate the Birth of Christ. First off, Christmas is very special in the Philippines, so special that we start celebrating it several months ahead of the rest of the world. No kidding! Pasko officially starts on the First Sunday…