When Jun Belen was preparing to leave for graduate school at Stanford, he warned his mother not to expect him back home in Manila for at least two years. He planned to save his money. But it was hard ...

This weekend, KHON2 is set to premiere a one-hour Filipino Christmas special highlighting the Filipino community and their festive traditions. Hosted by Mikey Monis Pasko from Hawai’i will air on ...

Throughout the world, it has become almost a cliché that there is no Christmas like what we have in the Philippines. Other countries may have a Christmas season but only in our country is it a ...

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 ...

HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - Many Filipino homes hang a star-shaped decoration for Christmas called a “parol”, from simple ones made of paper to elaborate modern ones with bright blinking lights.

HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - The Filipino Community Center (FilCom) invites the public to celebrate Christmas Filipino-style at “Pasko sa FilCom” on Sunday, Dec. 14. The free, family-friendly event will ...

Looking back at this past Christmas, I have realized that most of our activities as a family have been with the same traditional practices that characterize a Filipino Christmas. Filipino Christmas ...

The accepted timeline for setting up Christmas decorations seems to shrink every year — grumblings heard far and wide if Santa and his reindeer make any appearances before Thanksgiving. But in the ...

Music, food and a festive mood are what make a Filipino Christmas Mass unique, according to organisers of a north Queensland Simbang Gabi celebration. Mackay is home to more than 2,000 Filipino people ...

Masses at the crack of dawn, blinking lanterns and festive music are just some cultural ways Filipinos are celebrating Christmas on Guam. One significant celebration comes from the Catholic faith.