foydi's Catch 38 - Brown Christmas

Like many of you, Christmas is also the most wonderful time of the year for me.  The moment the calendar hits the 1st of September, I can't help but get excited with the coming of the holiday season. I bet you've heard many times that the Philippines has the longest Christmas season or celebration in the world as we start it at the on-set of the ber months (September 1) up to the second week of January the following year (the week of 3 Kings celebration).

But what I particularly like about our Christmas celebration is that we were able to put  local color to something that is shared by the west.  So just like US army jeeps turned into the festive Philippine jeepney, western outfits turned into elegant but cool Barong Tagalog and Baro’t Saya, and ceremonial feasts of saints transformed to colorful fiestas, we were able to tweak White Christmas to Brown Christmas!

The North Pole Christmas Experience in SM City North EDSA

 ACTION & EVENT-URE:

Christmas season starts up many wonderful things.  The Christmas breeze brings in the cool weather everyone loves.  Streets and houses are dressed up with fascinating Christmas lights and fabulous decors.  Carols begin to rule the airwaves anew.  Bonuses start to come and eventually shopping becomes a nationwide festival!  :)

Come Christmas time, let's admit it, we always ran out of time.  I don't know if it we are really into Christmas rush or we really become extra busy when this season arrives.  And with that, it's inevitable that we are smart enough time to maximize our very limited time.  Let's say for example we do shopping, we somehow hope that everything else that needs to be done can be in the same place. 

The bear inside Santa's toy shop

Recently, SM City North EDSA invited me to witness the special thing they did in the mall that the whole family will enjoy!  It's something that can let us do the shopping spree and at the same time give our family, especially  the kids, that special Christmas treat!

Upholding the value of the NORTH, SM City North EDSA introduced the Northpole Christmas which recreates Santa’s life in his home North Pole, the place where Christmas keeps on burning, despite the cold weather :). It is where kids and kids-at-heart unite to experience the joy and wonders of Santa’s snowy village where dreams come to life and wishes come true!

Christmas and the City!

Scene Stealer:

Christmas and the City!  Here's the Belen display for 2010.

Last year, my colleagues and I felt bad when we saw trees were being cut in the Ayala Triangle.  For us, we believed that the place is the only significant thing that kept the balance between modernization and environment in the city and district we love most, Makati City and its Central Business District.