Filipino Christmas szn is here!
IYKYK, but if you don’t, the second September shows up, the Christmas decorations come out in the Philippines. For a long time, it’s been one of many little Filipino quirks I find amusing. Even people who love Christmas season find the early start a bit too punctual. As always, there’s more to the story.
There are a number of different things that probably contributed to this trend being what it is, some of which are even older than Catholicism in the Philippines. And once this became a thing… there’s really no going back!