Americans React to Christmas in the Philippines

[@ZephyCluster]

if you're wondering about the lights, in the Philippines the symbol of Christmas isn't the tree or santa, it's a star-shaped lantern called a 'Parol'. Back in historical times, you would use these to light your way when going to Church at Christmas time, which was held either late at night or before dawn, which meant it was dark AF. it also called to mind the Star of Bethlehem, which guided the three Wise Men to the manger where Christ was born. With both of those have a theme of 'light guiding your way', as well as the lack of snow, lights in general became the go to decoration for Philippine Christmas.

[@RiceTrees]

That remind me of that one time my aunt had a project for the kids to make parols, but when they put it up in the church, some Karens took it down for being the sign of the devil lmao I'm filipino btw, this was in America

[@juliea.w.2127]

That is what I really missed back home, in the Philippines. Seeing all this beautiful Christmas decorations anywhere you go.

[@shysydney]

These were (I think) pre-pandemic. 1:38 These were light shows in Makati during the holidays 2:15 These tubes contain purple rice cake cooked by steaming. It is called "Puto Bumbong". 2:37 The colorful lanterns are part of the Parol Festival of Pampanga. These lanterns are more than 10ft tall.

[@ronillofajardo3517]

Thanks guys for featuring our country , THE PHILIPPINES 👍🙏🎈

[@ItsNotNath]

Them: it's Christmas in the Philippines! Filipino's: Its Been Christmas since September

[@csantiago719]

So proud to say that, that is my beautiful country The Philippines The Paradise

[@kathleenasuncion1792]

In 1:35 and 4:31, what you saw there was the Festival of Lights in Ayala Triangle in Makati City. They set up those lights every year and it's a lights and sounds show. The lights move along with the music.

[@dianamolina5646]

MERRY CHRISTMAS TO BOTH OF YOU.

[@DanielSantos-lb3mw]

Happy Holidays to you dear🌹😘

[@VenThusiaist]

hala galit? [Wow are you angry] (lol)

[@Yanniepadilla8314]

The christmas is the celebration of giving,love The philippines is the longest celebration of christmas all over the world starting ber months,,merry christmas and advance happy new year🥰🥰🥰

[@sesamaeohyeah9608]

Those things on a tube or the purple thingy is actually Puto bumbóng which is a purple rice cake steamed on bamboo tubes. It's very common food to eat during Christmas season. The reason behind that is because it's sold outside the church during the traditional 'simbang gabi'. So yeah merry Christmas to you guys💓💓

[@jhen_loresto_9321]

Greetings from Manila Philippines,Merry Christmas guys.stay safe always.godbless ❤️

[@melanietacud1376]

Merry Christmas to both of you🌲💗🇵🇭 Pray for the recovery of our fellow Filipinos we are Devastated by Strong Typhoon Odette/Rai... It's destroy almost lots of properties in Visayas and Mindanao, it's very sad but life must go on🙏🙏🙏

[@cdl6953]

And now you are in the Philippines and will get to see all this for Christmas! Well done Trifate! 🎄🎄🎄

[@GreenEarth738]

We love Christmas and New Year Holidays here in our country Philippines. The most special event to all Filipinos. 🥂🍾❤️

[@dianamolina5646]

Philipppines so nice .. So long i did not go home for vacation

[@arielkyurem3162]

Wow!..nice..oh my?,..its now wish granted you are now in the philippines and will having to celebrate christmas… make a jolly stay in the philippines…thankz.. ;0)

[@suha788]

I love u guys so much from india huge love nd respect to u guys

[@LittleToyBonnie]

As someone who was born and currently lives in the USA into a Filipino family, I was confused when I was my mom taking out the Christmas tree in September until I saw the weird but true fact about the longest Christmas season

[@daintyrose2315]

I badly wanna go back in the Philippines this Christmas. Philippines has the longest Christmas celebration ever, there’s a lot of lights there especially these bermonths. This is gonna be my first time celebrating Christmas in America, hopefully it’ll be fun.

[@judithcabatcha8474]

That's pilipinos for you. Happy holidays

[@0._-kirby_the_gamer-_.0]

2:05 that's actually the giant globe of the sm aura mall which shows lights at night

[@lecchojaymendoza3489]

Love you guys from Philippines 🇵🇭

[@nightwing4065]

It's Christmas time in the city Ring a ling, hear them ring Soon it'll be Christmas day 😅👍

[@hyronhersonmontealegre]

merry Christmas . . . maligayang pasko . . .

[@daisukekomaede6318]

I respect my own country Philippines

[@kusinimor2735]

Im proud to be pilipino🇵🇭🇵🇭🇵🇭

[@Coco81218]

Christmas in the Philippines is a whole lot better than in the United States. Kinda miss how fun and simple it was 10 years ago.

[@brokenhearted1296]

Hello From Philippines I'm your fans

[@momsierose_ng_bayan]

The Philippines is known to have the biggest lantern with changing lights and music. When September comes in it's the start of us preparing for Christmas. We have the longest Christmas season ending 1st or 2nd week of January.

[@hsushima]

The Best part about the Philippine Christmas is the Foood. 😩👍

[@gintolsa4978]

Every town in Philippines put lights all over the places around the town hall....there are even houses here filled with lights

[@OcheaJian]

Hello Philippines 🇵🇭

[@OktaSila]

MERRY CHRISTMAS TO ALL CHRISTIANS AROUND THE WORLD. GOD BLESS YOU ALL. GREETINGS FROM BALI HINDUS.

[@marlynbarcelon767]

We eat every mass in the church called SIMBANG GABI,start on Dec.16-25 x'mas eve....

[@MasterBingsChannel]

Christmas in the Philippines starts once the "Ber" months kick in and it lasts not on the feast of the Three Kings (1st Sunday of January) as most people thought of, but on the 2nd Sunday of January which is the Baptism of our Lord Jesus Christ. You should check more videos which features the numerous Christmas traditions including all those sumptuous foods especially during Noche Buena (midnight of Dec. 25) and Media Noche (midnight of January 1st).

[@tatacheekies8620]

I honestly miss my childhood mainly because of how we celebrate Christmas season in our village. Every year, during the Christmas Eve, an elder man in our village will dress up as Santa Claus. It is each houses' parents' duty to make their children write their wishes on a paper and put on the Christmas tree days before Christmas Eve. The parents will buy the gifts their children want and give it to the acting Santa Claus of the year. After the clock strikes 12 midnight, when it is officially Christmas day, everyone will go out of their homes and wait for "Santa Claus" to pass their homes. Each gift has names and each children will be called by Santa to give the gifts they wished for. Our village also always makes sure to make it fun for the elderly people like playing pranks. I remember once, my uncle hid aunt's slippers only for her to get it from Santa as a 'gift'. It was really fun, I miss those days so much.

[@phewyuofficialchannel4560]

We started decorations of christmas in the first of ber month(September) we celebrate it until january15 which is the 3kings..

[@jeffreyfernandez7268]

Evry pinoy celebrate this christmas season like a reunion. Family, friends or lover. Symbol of love and giveness

[@arcelaimperial1251]

The happiest celebration of Christmas is in the philippines I really missed my country

[@f.s.deernbsnmsccp8641]

September is when Christmas starts in the Philippines.

[@rinacarabeo7025]

Merry Christmas to both of you🌲🌲🌲

[@eugeneclarkmagpantay1080]

Hello, boys! I'm a fan of your vids especially your BTS and BLACKPINK reactions! 2:17 that's actually called Puto Bumbong, which is a type of Filipino purple rice cake which is prepared by steaming ground purple rice mixture inside a bamboo tube. The tube is referred to as “bumbong ng kawayan” in Filipino. This might have been the reason why this was named as such. Merry Christmas from the Philippines!

[@airfire1078]

We love christmass in.phil we cant compared to other nation as an ofw thats one thing i.miss in phil the feeling of christmass

[@pacienciatabi8502]

Waiting for you nextand vlog pare

[@alfredoramos9782]

Stay safe and God bless always guys, advance merry Christmas, watching from iligan city Phillipines

[@hamilalovenonesa4813]

Merry Christmas too 😁☃️🎄

[@penduko4514]

The one that you saw being cooked in bamboo pipes is called puto bumbong. The other one wherrin there are charcoals on top when cooking is called bibingka

[@arden-chan]

Light pollution intensifies during the ber months. That's aside from regular air, noise, and land pollution.

[@beastmodefella1185]

Few Philippines people still jealous and gets angry for food that other neighbors prepared even during Christmas period talaga. It’s so stunning and jaw dropping.

[@orlandobangayan8178]

Today Sept, 1 starting Christmas in Philippines

[@joshmarcos7709]

Hey guys since you're in the Philippines now try to visit malls tomorrow since we will definitely start christmas on 1ST OF SEPTEMBER. You can try authentic Christmas foods at the MALL OF ASIA.

[@kristinequitiol4273]

New subscriber here from ph, merry Christmas both of u🎄🎄

[@molkkang]

Once the Ber month starting we Filipino thats the start of christmas months. Countdown start on September till the christmas day and the celebration will end on second week of the january. Thats we celebrate our christmas. 💖💖 Maligayang Pasko sa lahat..

[@marie-zl8hx]

Merry christmas guys💙💙💙🇵🇭🇵🇭

[@jaysonrabago8957]

Christmas in Philippines start in September end around February

[@edwindelfin7894]

You should search how they operate that giant lanterns ..... Lets just say its analog ..... Behind there are people operating giant water drums with electrical contact points ... Its like when you open up a music box,you will see a small metal barrel with little bumps that flick the small piece of metal that create the sound .... Scale that to water barrel size... Attach a stearing wheel... And a man spinning the wheel back and forth to create a harmony of lights

[@sal.westumc9922]

It is not a giant christmas ball. I think that's the MOA Globe. 😁

[@gdvlogs6424]

you'll hear jose mari chan too and it's just september 😂

[@celiasambrana6611]

Merry Christmas - from the Philippines

[@edwinarcilla5888]

2:34 Fun fact: The lantern shown here or any other lanterns displayed all over Philippines are not computerized. Behind the lanterns are thousands of wires connected to big rotor drums or cylinder much like a music box wheel where the drum is wrapped in paper with copper sheets, when the wheel turns, the wire touches the copper which turns on a single light. kzbin.info/www/bejne/hp2og6Klf8iZhcU

[@fbiteamhereforinterestingv9044]

Hello from PH

[@kapamilyastarshowbiznewsby2511]

Hehehehe..Ube..nice guys

[@henryallan164]

That was Iconic Globe of MALL OF ASIA

[@wodedang4029]

Favorite Reactors!!!

[@levi4243]

Me in philippines Tomorrow its going to be 4 days

[@venusfontillas6759]

trifate should be on facebook too bc theyre alot of filipino who used fb that much and they would love to watch ur content guys

[@natelucero7278]

puto bungbong (steamed purple glutinous rice cake cooked using bamboo shoots). A traditional christmas food.

[@angilynfrancisco3541]

Merry christmas po greetings from one of your subscribers here in philippines ❣️

[@markuchiha7737]

Merry Christmas again

[@atinnhors6981]

Philippines has the longest time celebration of Christmas. By the month of september, we start building xmas tree and decorating our home with xmas lights. From september to january 06 (3 kings)

[@janishaestrada3872]

We had a fun Christmas eve!!! 🎄🎅

[@LongXue]

oh yea it's about to be christmas...that's why there's fcking I fcking hear Jose Mari Chan's voice everywhere...

[@patzzyn77]

Merry Christmas to you and your family.

[@ruiza4500]

Merry Christmas.. Keep safe 💙💙💙

[@luzvimindapaz4251]

Hello there sons!MERRY CHRISTMAS! We call those big round thing as Christmas Lanterns or in our local dualect as PAROL!

[@roseespina8449]

Merry Christmas and happy new year both of you and your family enjoy the holiday god bless..💙

[@chainovytv1862]

Merry Christmas guys 🎄🎁🙏

[@jessiejavier4073]

We actually have the longest Christmas celebration in the whole world!..It begins September throughout the “ber” months.😍😍😍

[@marlynbarcelon767]

Special fud every x'mas,..BIBINGKA@PUTO BUNGBONG...Yummy....

[@sparkylite6022]

Christmas in Philippines start at SEPTEMBER 1 until January 6 or it depends THE THREE KINGS date😁

[@xlc1523]

Maligayang Pasko at Manigong Bagong Taon everyone!!!!!!!! 🎄⛪✝️🎄🎅

[@v.garcia3719]

In the Christmas starts in the bet months.

[@inky8294]

Have you guys tried to spend Christmas in Philippines? If not, should try it. As for my experience its the happiest Christmas ever.

[@navarropuff187]

dudes, Christmas just started here last month.

[@uunhappyy]

the actual christmas cultural/traditional celebration in the ph: 🎉🤯❤️🍖🍗⛪🎇 what they've shown: lights💡, lights💡, and even more lights 💡

[@jinkyaleluya33]

Hello po advanced merry Christmas and happy new year to you Po 😊☺️

[@sye1105]

People in the Philippines carol for money, a lot of kids especially do it. I did it a lot back then. Its like halloween and instead of getting candy, you get money.

[@rhodajoytorres7856]

Merry Christmas to the both of you

[@flordelizglova8706]

Merry Christmas

[@khieyezaragosawallup5379]

and also the Christmas songs start from September and last until January 6,after this calendar date you won't heard nothing of Christmas songs.

[@lovelymatero191]

Merry christmas

[@glyzagarcia9004]

Philippine Christmas is the longest Christmas ever❤️.But sadly,😥some Filipino,they didn't celebrate Christmas happy on Dec. because of the typhoon (odette) lot of house broken😥😥

[@melodyfajardo443]

Merry Christmas Idol

[@taezykth7218]

"big Christmas ball" no it's not, it's Moa Arena's Globe

[@lizacortel5389]

Mary Christmas ⛄🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄⛄⛄⛄ guys

[@melagamo8420]

Puto bong bong and bibingka a native delicacies here in the Philippines you must try it cause it’s sweet sticky!

[@mariloumamenta5563]

Sad to say, due to Covid, Christmas in the Philippines is not as it was before. Everything has been toned down. You might be watching old footages of how it was before. .But the Filipinos do love Christmas and its one of our most important event all over the island. The lights depicts the birth of our Savior, Jesus Christ who is the light of the world. Maligayang Pasko sa inyo.

[@maryannnase5517]

It's not a big chrismas ball.It is a globe of mall of asia.Its in the movie red notice the missing globe .

[@rosetinga3275]

Las Vegas? That’s a huge lantern!

[@cielamay4258]

Speaking of.. Christmas begins early and ends late in the Philippines.. It ends in January 8, apparently it is when the three kings arrives to give their gifts on baby Jesus.. I don't how how they determined the date but yeahhh 😌😌