Is This the Best Place for Christmas? Why the Philippines Starts in September
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On the first of September, one face appears on millions of phones in the Philippines, and it means only one thing: Christmas has started. Four months of it, the longest Christmas on Earth.
In this Living Latitudes documentary we follow the season from the ber months to the Feast of the Three Kings: Jose Mari Chan and the songs that never leave, the parol star lantern and the twenty-foot giant lanterns of San Fernando, Pampanga, played by hand on steel rotors; party season and the 13th-month pay; carolers with bottle-cap tambourines and the godparent hiding with the lights off; nine dawn masses of Simbang Gabi with bibingka and puto bumbong; La Loma lechon on Christmas Eve and the Noche Buena table; the two million Filipinos working abroad, from London to the cardboard Sundays of Hong Kong, and the balikbayan box that smells like "amoy States"; Baguio's cold Christmas, the belens of Tarlac and the Panunuluyan; Simbang Gabi in Dubai and at St. Peter's; Manila's lights, beach Christmases, the Christmas after Typhoon Haiyan in Tacloban, NAIA's busiest December ever, the exodus to the provinces, and a New Year's Eve that sounds like a siege.
This one is for everyone flying home this December, and for everyone who can't make the flight this year. Maligayang Pasko.
⏱️ CHAPTERS
00:00 — The Longest Christmas On Earth
01:36 — The Ber Months: Jose Mari Chan
03:36 — The Parol
05:08 — San Fernando: City Of Giant Lanterns
06:46 — Party Season & The 13th-Month Pay
08:42 — The Carolers & The Hiding Godparent
10:39 — Simbang Gabi: Nine Dawns
12:07 — Christmas Eve: La Loma Lechon
13:38 — Noche Buena
15:10 — Christmas On A Screen: OFWs Abroad
17:21 — Baguio: The Coldest Christmas
18:57 — Tarlac Belen & The Panunuluyan
20:14 — Simbang Gabi Abroad: Dubai & Rome
21:53 — Manila Christmas Lights
23:40 — Christmas On The Beach
25:11 — Tacloban: The Christmas After Haiyan
26:47 — Arrivals: NAIA In December
28:17 — The Christmas Exodus
29:37 — Home In The Province
31:11 — Media Noche: New Year's Eve
32:48 — Travel Tips
34:38 — Hanggang Sa Muli
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Living Latitudes explores how people live, eat, work and celebrate around the world.
💬 Where are you watching from, and what time is it there? If you're Filipino and far from home this year, tell us which province you're missing, and drop a Maligayang Pasko. Hanggang sa muli!
#LivingLatitudes #Philippines #PaskongPinoy
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Is This the Best Place for Christmas? Why the Philippines Starts in September
Living Latitudes
14,130 views
▶️ WATCH NEXT: Living in the PHILIPPINES — Living in the PHILIPPINES | Why 1 in 10 Fi...
🔔 SUBSCRIBE: @livinglatitudes
━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━
On the first of September, one face appears on millions of phones in the Philippines, and it means only one thing: Christmas has started. Four months of it, the longest Christmas on Earth.
In this Living Latitudes documentary we follow the season from the ber months to the Feast of the Three Kings: Jose Mari Chan and the songs that never leave, the parol star lantern and the twenty-foot giant lanterns of San Fernando, Pampanga, played by hand on steel rotors; party season and the 13th-month pay; carolers with bottle-cap tambourines and the godparent hiding with the lights off; nine dawn masses of Simbang Gabi with bibingka and puto bumbong; La Loma lechon on Christmas Eve and the Noche Buena table; the two million Filipinos working abroad, from London to the cardboard Sundays of Hong Kong, and the balikbayan box that smells like "amoy States"; Baguio's cold Christmas, the belens of Tarlac and the Panunuluyan; Simbang Gabi in Dubai and at St. Peter's; Manila's lights, beach Christmases, the Christmas after Typhoon Haiyan in Tacloban, NAIA's busiest December ever, the exodus to the provinces, and a New Year's Eve that sounds like a siege.
This one is for everyone flying home this December, and for everyone who can't make the flight this year. Maligayang Pasko.
⏱️ CHAPTERS
00:00 — The Longest Christmas On Earth
01:36 — The Ber Months: Jose Mari Chan
03:36 — The Parol
05:08 — San Fernando: City Of Giant Lanterns
06:46 — Party Season & The 13th-Month Pay
08:42 — The Carolers & The Hiding Godparent
10:39 — Simbang Gabi: Nine Dawns
12:07 — Christmas Eve: La Loma Lechon
13:38 — Noche Buena
15:10 — Christmas On A Screen: OFWs Abroad
17:21 — Baguio: The Coldest Christmas
18:57 — Tarlac Belen & The Panunuluyan
20:14 — Simbang Gabi Abroad: Dubai & Rome
21:53 — Manila Christmas Lights
23:40 — Christmas On The Beach
25:11 — Tacloban: The Christmas After Haiyan
26:47 — Arrivals: NAIA In December
28:17 — The Christmas Exodus
29:37 — Home In The Province
31:11 — Media Noche: New Year's Eve
32:48 — Travel Tips
34:38 — Hanggang Sa Muli
━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━
Living Latitudes explores how people live, eat, work and celebrate around the world.
💬 Where are you watching from, and what time is it there? If you're Filipino and far from home this year, tell us which province you're missing, and drop a Maligayang Pasko. Hanggang sa muli!
#LivingLatitudes #Philippines #PaskongPinoy