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Residents of Las Piñas City gathered on Dec. 14 to watch the parade of giant colorful lanterns made of recycled materials as part of this year’s celebration of the 13th Las Piñas Parol Festival. Sen. Cynthia A. Villar and representatives from the local government joined spectators as giant lanterns made by local residents were paraded in the city grounds. “A Filipino Christmas is not complete without a traditional parol hanging outside our homes. I am truly amazed by the creativity of the Las Piñeros as they continue to come up with unique and creative designs that make Christmas in our city truly alive and colorful,” Senator Villar said. The festival was launched by Senator Villar thirteen years ago to revive the city’s parol-making industry. Villar helped organize the “Samahang Magpaparol ng Las Pinas" and later on set up the Las Pinas Parol Center which has since served as the training area for lantern makers. This year, the lanterns built by Las Piñeros were used to ad...

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Popular stars and celebrities will spread holiday cheers at the "Christmas By Manila Bay'' on December 15-17 which will benefit the children of Marawi City, Leyte, and Hospicio de San Jose in Manila. "The event aims to make the Filipinos and the whole world appreciate the uniqueness of Filipino Christmas by highlighting what is the distinct celebration from Luzon, Visayas, and Mindanao," said Mina Gabor, who served as the tourism secretary during the time of former President Fidel V. Ramos, at a press briefing held at the Rizal Park Hotel in Manila recently. Gabor said that the three-day event is filled with different activities to showcase the spirit of giving the Filipino way, promote crafts and products of the Philippines and relive some of the Original Pilipino Christmas Music and traditions to make the event more festive. Among the activities lined-up are Christmas Market, Christmas Gift-giving, Christmas Concert and Christmas Parade. She enc...