After living overseas for almost 10 years, my boys and I celebrated our Christmas for the 2nd time in the Philippines (first was in 2007), and it was a blast! We organized a little party with exchange gift amounting Php50 for grown ups and php10 for kids since the gift giving is all for fun,  none of us  expect anything expensive like jewelry,clothes or even leather briefcases for men, but instead, what we decided to wrapped is the stuff that we use everyday.  There’s a bottle of shampoo, a few cups of noodles, a hair clip for kids, a flower vase, and the likes. But mind you, not because our gifts are not very expensive, it doesn’t mean we had less fun, actually,it was the opposite! :)

It is what I missed the most in Christmas, the love,warmth,laughter of everyone having fun. Yes, we do had fun celebrating it in US and in Canada, but I’m telling you, nothing beats the Christmas, Pinoy Style that even my boys had a blast.

After the party, we visited a cousin who just lost her husband a week shy before Christmas to give her a holiday cheer;

Only in the Philippines you can feel the true meaning of Christmas because it’s always about family,friends and fun. As we always say,It is the thought that counts. :)