Legaspi has never been to Tondo for the Christmas season; his connection to the celebration is the food. “For a long time we would only have Filipino food at Christmas, but at a certain point we ...

Christmas foods usually include ham, queso de bola - a round Edam cheese from the Netherlands - and pan de sal (bread rolls), but the menu can go on elaborately from there.

Filipino Christmas food. This rice cake is traditionally cooked outside churches on Simbang Gabi, the 9-day novena masses leading up to Christmas.

A great thing about most traditional Filipino Christmas foods is that they can be reinvented and transformed in many ways to fit your taste buds. You can easily add one ingredient to a dish or change ...

From food to gift-giving, Pinoy classics take center stage during Christmas MANILA, Philippines – We love singing to Regine Velasquez songs in the karaoke and dancing to 80s hits.

Filipino Christmas starts with the '-bers' Veronica Chua and Seanna Bataclan. VIBE. The turkey’s been eaten, the pumpkin pie is finished, ...

One of the desserts offered at every Filipino gathering, and especially at Christmas, is a simple tinned fruit salad. A can of fruit cocktail is mixed with some pouring cream, and it's ready to go.

It is traditionally served on Christmas and New Year’s Eve, but it is something you can enjoy year round. Native hot chocolate is rich, thick, and oh-so-chocolatey.

“Yes, Christmas is family time and its food comes from family traditions… Christmas is one of the Filipino’s most precious statements of what they are.” Maligayang Pasko sa inyong lahat!

In the Philippines, Christmas starts early. The continuous jingles, the flashing lights, the winter decor - yes, even in this tropical nation - all get going as soon as the leaves turn color in ...