Paradise Philippines

It’s the start of ber month and as the old saying goes, “Christmas is around the corner.”

Soon you will hear Christmas songs playing on the radio, shops selling Christmas trees, belen, parol, star lanterns and other decors which symbolize Christmas in Philippines. It will not be too long from today, carolers will start standing in front of your gates and windows singing the inevitable holiday carols. Then friends will say, “Oh it’s Christmas time again, I want this and that for Christmas,” all the happy and sad clichés of the holiday.

Finally, September means one big thing towards December — the countdown! In Paradise Philippines, September is the first day when Filipinos start counting the days to Christmas.

Paradise Philippines has earned the distinction of celebrating the world’s longest Christmas season. Although it begins from early September, Christmas Day by tradition is ushered in by the nine-day masses, which commence on the morning of December 16.

The mass is originally known as Misas de Aguinaldo (Gift Masses) or Misa de Gallo (Rooster’s Mass), which the nation inherited from Spanish custom. These masses have evolved in the Tagalog language as Simbang Gabi.

Christmas Eve on December 24 is the much-anticipated “noche buena” — the traditional Christmas feast after the midnight mass.

Pasko (Christmas) in Paradise Philippines is a time for family, for sharing, for giving, time for food, fun, and friendship and in welcoming the birth of our savior Jesus Christ. It is the time when you will have the taste of Philippine delicacies like puto bumbong, queso de bola, jamon and many more.

Christmas in Paradise Philippines is indeed the happiest season you will ever experience. So let the countdown begin!

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When Philippines Archbishop Msgr. Gaudencio Rosales issued an Oratio

Imperata Ad Petendam Pluviam (Obligatory Prayer to Request for Rain) last week asking the God of all nature to send rain, someone must have heard it well.

Recent typhoons Chedeng and Dodong restored the water levels of the drying dams in paradise Philippines, which supply water to farmers in the provinces of Bulacan and Pampanga, and to residents in Metro Manila. Farmers depend on dams because it is the main source of waterirrigation for their farmlands.
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With a reputation for being chaotic and corrupt, the Paradise Philippines has something of an image problem. But most who make the journey to the 7000-odd islands that comprise the Paradise Philippines are pleasantly surprised by their beauty and by the friendliness of the people.
Most of the Philippines is laidback, stable and relatively safe. The locals are an exceptionally helpful bunch and there are fantastic reefs and fish. On top of this, transport is cheap, the food is good, accommodation is plentiful and (for the monolinguistic) English is widely spoken.
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