The Christmas decorations adorning Yerba Buena Gardens honor the neighborhood's connection to the Filipino American community ...

Wherever a Filipino might be around the globe, the Philippine Christmas spirit is one aspect of culture that does not fade away. With Christmas around the corner, brightly-colored Christmas lanterns ...

The procession held the Christmas lanterns high and slowly circled the gardens, vanquishing the December darkness. Want the latest on the Mission and San Francisco? Sign up for our free daily ...

THE Cultural Center of the Philippines (CCP) ushers in the Christmas season by illuminating the iconic facade of its Main Building with a striking Lubenas parol from Pampanga alongside a belen logo, ...

For some, holiday decorations mean Christmas trees and wreaths, but in the Philippines, you're more likely to see festive star-shaped lanterns called parols adorning the streets and homes. "Parol ...

There is no greater symbol of the Filipino Christmas spirit than the parol. Derived from the Spanish word farol, the lantern in the shape of a five- pointed star representing the Star of Bethlehem is ...

Families gather together during Christmas to celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ, the real reason for this Yuletide season.

In Estancia, Iloilo, for example, which is a municipality renowned for its dried fish industry, referred to locally as “uga,” ...

Though it focuses on marking the same miraculous occurrence as in the West — the birth of Jesus in a Bethlehem manger — Filipino Christmas traditions have their own unique flavor, figuratively and ...

The late Vivencio Mendiola is making Christmas lanterns every time he visits his family in Australia. Source: Marifi Mendiola-Sumagaysay Marifi Mendiola-Sumagaysay’s father Vivencio Mendiola is a ...

As the "Ber months" usher in the festive season, the town of Pili in Camarines Sur anticipates the arrival of Christmas eagerly, marked by the creation of traditional parols by 71-year-old Tatay Cesar ...