Have you heard that the Philippines has the longest Christmas celebration? The traditional start of the Christmas is on December 16 and ends on January 6 which was later moved to the first Sunday of January. That's already quite a period but some are still expanding that season. Right after All Saints Day on November 1, some houses have their Christmas lights on and malls are already playing Christmas songs, not to mention that stores in the malls are replete with Christmas decorations. One psychologist said that Christmas is being exploited by the commercialism of businesses so that the public's mind would be persuaded to buy. Well?
Funny you should mention the Philippines because our son who lives in Vancouver is off to the Philippines on the 5th of December for just over a month.. He has a "girlfriend" there and he goes there several times a year.. He is also making plans to retire ther..
The Christmas tree, which I believe we acquired from the Americans, is an important symbol of Christmas. We also have gigantic Christmas trees that has become a formal affair for the lighting. There is a tree here with a million led lights. In most of the homes, different kind of Christmas trees can be seen but mostly with American flavor like the synthetic pine tree and artificial snow. As I had mentioned in another thread, we used to buy real pine tree that is very expensive. But we liked the scent that makes our house feel like a mountain cabin. Unfortunately there is no more live pine trees here so we settled for the plastic tree.
Our son just left yesterday from Vancouver to spend the next month in the Phillippines.. Cebu is where he is going to be for the next month.....