Filipinos consider New Year's Eve a time of celebration for the entire family including children of all ages.
We Filipinos celebration for the New Year is quite different compared to other countries. Filipinos literally start the New Year with a bang!! Just a few days before New Year's Eve, you will see lots of sidewalk vendors selling different firecrackers. Filipinos see lighting of firecrackers as the traditional means yo greet and celebrate New Year Eve.
We prepare and cook delicious food for the Media Noche. It is a busy day for all families. People are rushing in to buy firecrackers in preparation for the night celebration.
Aside from lighting firecrackers and having firework displays, Filipinos have other beliefs and practices. which are associated and believed to bring good luck, fortune and prosperity in New Year.
Part of the fun in getting ready for New Year's Eve is to come up with twelve round fruits, each to signify a month of the year. Filipinos try to dress polka-dots because the roundness signify prosperity.
Family starts to eat thanksgiving feat called Media Noche. It is believed that we should put as much food on the table so that next year you will have food all year round. Children have a good time to blow their plastic toy trumpets called "Torotot". It comes in different sizes, colors, shapes and designs.
Aside from these we have to change our bad attitudes to have a better life fot this Year 2013. I'm gonna stop cramming projects and homeworks :D. I'm gonna spend money wisely so that I could earn. And that's the New Me for the New Year!
Wednesday, January 16, 2013
Tuesday, January 8, 2013
True Essence Of Christmas . . .
The Philippines is the only christian country that celebrates Christmas the longest. Beginning September, Christmas preparation already starts. One can hear Christmas Songs and see decorations for sale in the streets the first day of the "ber" months.
This tradition is unique. Sometimes, we are criticized for this. But Filipinos are proud of this tradition. For it shows how much we love Jesus and his coming to save the world from sins.
We celebrate Christmas in many ways. We have Christmas Tree which are decorated with brilliant and colorful decorations. We also have special kinds of lanterns which shows Filipino ingenuity and artistic talents. Because of this, we are proud to be Filipinos.
From the beginning of the midnight mass on December 16, we prepare and give gifts to our loved ones and to our friends. During the peak of the days of the celebration, we go caroling from house to house. We appreciate and are thankful to whatever gifts are given to us.
We cherish those gifts. And we always keep in our hearts whoever and wherever they came from. This is a very Filipino way of expressing our joy for the birth of our Savior Jesus Christ.
The true spirit of Christmas is felt from the bottom of the heart. This is the time we have to change ourselves to become a better citizen of the society. It's not about the expensive gifts to be given to others. It's not about the food to be prepare and to be serve. It's not about how beautiful the Christmas decorations to be displayed. But, it's about how we could make everybody happy through the love and the joy we bring. And that's the True Essence of Christmas! :)
This tradition is unique. Sometimes, we are criticized for this. But Filipinos are proud of this tradition. For it shows how much we love Jesus and his coming to save the world from sins.
We celebrate Christmas in many ways. We have Christmas Tree which are decorated with brilliant and colorful decorations. We also have special kinds of lanterns which shows Filipino ingenuity and artistic talents. Because of this, we are proud to be Filipinos.
From the beginning of the midnight mass on December 16, we prepare and give gifts to our loved ones and to our friends. During the peak of the days of the celebration, we go caroling from house to house. We appreciate and are thankful to whatever gifts are given to us.
We cherish those gifts. And we always keep in our hearts whoever and wherever they came from. This is a very Filipino way of expressing our joy for the birth of our Savior Jesus Christ.
The true spirit of Christmas is felt from the bottom of the heart. This is the time we have to change ourselves to become a better citizen of the society. It's not about the expensive gifts to be given to others. It's not about the food to be prepare and to be serve. It's not about how beautiful the Christmas decorations to be displayed. But, it's about how we could make everybody happy through the love and the joy we bring. And that's the True Essence of Christmas! :)
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