When does it really start? In school, Christmas is felt towards the middle part of December when exams/quizzes are ending and students plan about parties. When I was working at a shopping mall, the first hints of Christmas spring up in September!
The celebration of Christmas in the Philippines is quite different from other countries, especially in non-Christian areas. Due to our religion, we celebrate the holiday in a super grand way!
Christmas is the longest of the Philippine festivities stretching for over a month, or it really depends on when a Filipino feels to start or end it. This makes the Filipino Christmas celebration perhaps the longest Christmas season in the world.
So, what makes the Filipino Christmas unique? Filipinos have a lot of Christmas tradition which makes us different from the others, here are some of them.
The Pinoy Parols.Main decoration symbol in other countries is a Christmas tree. In the Philippines, you see Christmas Parols in almost every corner of the street. Parol is a traditional Filipino Christmas decoration, a five point star-shaped Christmas lantern that reminds Filipinos of the star of Bethlehem that guided the Three Wise Men on their way in search of Baby Jesus.
Beautiful Christmas songs only Pinoys can sing. Lea Salonga, Gary V, Martin Nievera, Sarah Geronimo, Jed Madela, are just a few of Filipino singers who can truly satisfy Filipinos on Christmas songs.
Bibingka and PutoBumbong – they are true Pinoy delicacies specially prepared during the season. They would often be served on banana leaves topped with butter or margarine and grated coconut meat.
Simbang Gabi. Starting December 16, a large portion of the population would flock to attend Mass at their local Catholic congregation. This Christmas tradition is called Misa de Gallo or Simbang Gabi. It translates to Masses at Cock’s Crow which is held usually early in
the morning.
Kids Street Caroling. Although sometimes annoying because they would repeatedly go back to your house, there is no other place in the world one can experience this Christmas caroling.
So, there, Christmas in the Philippines is just an amazing 
experience. It is that magical time of year when everything just falls into place.I have seen a glimpse of Christmas in Hong Kong and it is no where near to what I know of Christmas celebration the Pinoy way.
For me, there is no place else to celebrate Christmas but home.
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your Lead is quiet “bitin” you are mentioning that xmas in shopping malls starts in September why? how? you also mentioned that parols, christmas trees and singers made us different from others..xmas in other nations also have xmas trees, singers and parols..it could have been better if you mentioned our unique native parol.
the photos are so cluttered and not properly arrange.
your grade is 85.
keep improving!
Nash De Leon
Compared to your previous articles, I’m glad to realize that you are improving with your writing.
However, you still have some problems with the arrangement of your ideas. You also need to be weary of coherence of your thoughts in every paragraph and sentence.
Another point is that you forgot to compare the Philippine’s celebration of Christmas to another country.
Your title also lacks the seducing factor that will engage your readers to read your article.
90
I think you forgot to compare Filipino Christmas celebration to other country. This is just a mere explanation of how Christmas is celebrated in the Philippines.
I was looking for more and it did not meet my expectations.
though this is a nice try for a comparison.
Grade: 87
Hi!
It’s nice to see that you are doing well right now. Your work shows that you are improving. My comment here is that your title lacks of enthusiasm. Yes! It’s obvious that you will tackle the Christmas in the Philippines. No surprise. Though, still there are grammatical lapses, you did a great job dude. Continue to improve!
You deserve this grade. 90!
You could think an interesting title other than this, because your title is very predictable! Well, just like what they mentioned, you are improving. Keep it up! 🙂
However, you really missed the comparison of Christmas celebration here in Phil.to other countries. There are also grammatical errors, but still I appreciate your efforts.
So here’s your grade: 89
you forgot to compare the filipino Christmas to other country 😀
you are improving 😀
your grade is 90
-Nice start up of lead (use of a question) however make use of proper terms to express your ideas more appropriately.
-Make use of punctuation marks on their proper context.
-No comparison at all from another country.
-The tone seems generic.
-Overall, it was a well done piece.
Your grade is 88.
what about the other countries?
86
I like how you construct your article. However you forgot to compare it to a country also celebrating the Christmas season. Your work is improving.
Regarding your article, Filipino Christmas is the best!
Your grade is 87.
you did not emphasize the comparison of Christmas here between other countries. you just presented information on Christmas. Please take not of the following points: proper use of punctuation marks, tenses and subject verb agreement.
make your article more interesting.
89.
Your article is getting better and better. Keep it up. Its concise and informative but it would have been nicer if you pick a country and compare its Christmas season to the Philippines. Congrats 😉
Your grade is 90 😉