Starting right
Posted in Vantage Point on January 4th, 2005 No Comments »
Fun is one of the few things–the uncharitable say it’s the only thing–most Filipinos apparently take seriously. Celebrating the Christmas season is thus serious business, an event to which virtually all the energy of the entire populace is focused for months, and from which no one will be deterred.
The focusing begins as early as September, when the radio stations start playing Christmas songs, and accelerates right after November 1, when some homes start putting up Christmas lights to make even longer what’s already one of the longest celebrations of Christmas on the planet. »