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Famous Filipino Christmas Songs by Levi Celerio

Levi Celerio is one of the best and most popular musicians in thePhilippines. This National Artist has done countless classic Tagalog songs. He is also popular because he can make music out of ordinary leaves. He plays the leaves as if it is a flute.

Levi Celerio is also known bringing us some of the most well loved Filipino Christmas Songs such as “Ang Pasko ay Sumapit” and “Noche Buena”.

 

World Christmas Traditions now brings you the lyrics of these famous Filipino Christmas Carols.

 

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Mexican Christmas Traditions and Customs

Feliz Navidad! World Christmas Traditions brings you to Mexico. Christmas in Mexico is focused more on the Nativity and the birth of Our Lord Jesus Christ.Christmas in Mexico starts nine days before December 24 called the Novena. The night of Christmas Eve is called Noche Buena or Holy Night. Many of the Christmas Traditions of Mexico has its roots coming from Spain.

In most Mexican neighborhoods, the journey of Mary and Joseph in looking for lodging, are often re enacted. It is called Los Peregrinos , San Jose’y La Virgen Maria. It is also known as… Continue reading

Unique Spanish Christmas Traditions

Feliz Navidad, that is Merry Christmas in Spanish. Christmas celebrations is Spain usually starts by December 22 and ends in January 6. Also in December 22, a Grand National lotto called El Gordo is or the fat one is held, and winnings could run in the millions.

The center of Spanish Christmas Tradition is the Belen or the Nativity Scene. Every town or villages has its own life size Belen, complete with all the Bible Characters like the Baby Jesus, Mary and Joseph,  the 3 Wise Men, shepherds and many farm animals.

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Quezo de Bola For the Noche Buena

We cannot get enough of Quezo de Bola and are again featuring these delectable cheese that is one of the Pilipino christmas food favorites!
We Filipinos are generally not the wine drinking and cheese loving kind. That’s the reason westerners find it a little difficult to look for fine wine and cheese in ordinary groceries and supermarkets here in the Philippines. We are ok with the regular cheese or processed cheese food and quick melt cheese for our daily breakfast, sandwiches and pasta. But come December, all of this changes, for cheese is a

Quezo de Bola at Castanas!

Besides the christmas ham, puto bumbong and bibingka, two more pasko sa pilipinas staple foods are castanas and quezo de bola. That very famous ball of real edam cheese overflows in the grocery stores enticing Filipinos with its attractive and festive red color to come pick it up and to serve it with cut slices on the side or to wrap it up in a lumpia wrapper and deep