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Typical Filipino Christmas. Looking back at this past Christmas, I have realized that most of our activities as a family have been with the same traditional practices that characterize a Filipino Christmas. Filipino Christmas customs and traditions have the same characteristics every year, in good times and in bad. There are only three groups that in my observation deviate from these traditional practices. The first are the poorest of the poor who are just not able to transcend their day-to-day struggle for survival. I notice though that even among the poor families, the old customs prevail. The second group are the richest of the rich who seem to prefer spending their Christmas in foreign countries amidst opulent luxuries like ski resorts in Japan and westernized countries where there is still a “white Christmas.” The third group are those overseas Filipino workers who sadly cannot come home for the holidays and many of them must work even during Christmas, since they live in countries where Christmas is not a holiday. But for the overwhelming majority of Filipinos, it is very clear that they share some similar traditions. The first is the “coming home,” where Christmas must necessarily be celebrated with family at home. This is the reason why during the holiday season, our airports are teeming not with tourists, but with Filipinos coming home to their families. The local ports and bus terminals are also filled with people rushing to go home, wherever that may be. And for Filipinos, home is where their family is. Stake.com id : j3pzxc1023

Looking back at this past Christmas, I have realized that most of our activities as a family have been with the same traditional practices that characterize a Filipino Christmas. Filipino Christmas customs and traditions have the same characteristics every year, in good times and in bad. There are only three groups that in my observation deviate from these traditional practices. The first are the poorest of the poor who are just not able to transcend their day-to-day struggle for survival. I notice though that even among the poor families, the old customs prevail. The second group are the richest of the rich who seem to prefer spending their Christmas in foreign countries amidst opulent luxuries like ski resorts in Japan and westernized countries where there is still a “white Christmas.” The third group are those overseas Filipino workers who sadly cannot come home for the holidays and many of them must work even during Christmas, since they live in countries where Christmas is not a holiday. But for the overwhelming majority of Filipinos, it is very clear that they share some similar traditions. The first is the “coming home,” where Christmas must necessarily be celebrated with family at home. This is the reason why during the holiday season, our airports are teeming not with tourists, but with Filipinos coming home to their families. The local ports and bus terminals are also filled with people rushing to go home, wherever that may be. And for Filipinos, home is where their family is. Stake.com id : j3pzxc1023