Alagaesian

Aside from the food (yeah yeah… of course friends and family) the thing I miss most from the Philippines on Christmases are the huge lanterns called ‘parol’.  We hang them on the front porches and sometimes just while away time looking at them on our windows following the rhythm of the lights. 

In the province called Pampanga, approx an hour north of Manila, they have this annual festival of lanterns where communities compete with each other with their 18 feet tall lanterns. 

Only in the Philippines…

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