Filipino Traditions
Hailed as having the “longest Christmas season in the world” because Christmas in the Philippines starts in.....
What is September?
These are rice cakes baked in clay pots and leaves
What is Bibingka?
The group Wham made this a very popular Christmas song.
What is Last Christmas?
A drinks manufacturer that popularized Santa’s red and white costume
What is Coca Cola?
Rudolf the Red Nosed-Reindeer's daddy.
Who is Donner?
A complete set is comprised of baby Jesus, Mary, Joseph, the Three Kings, as well as every barn animal you can think of.
What is the belen? (Or Nativity)
This is steamed in bamboo tubes
What is puto bumbong?
In the lyrics Santa Baby, it is the color of the convertible does Eartha Kitt ask Santa to bring her.
What is light blue?
Which country does Eggnog, a Christmas drink, originate from?
What is England?
It is a festive sweet treat shaped to resemble a shepherd’s staff
What is the candy cane?
It was originally made to hang on lamp posts to guide mass-goers to early morning masses.
What is the parol?
In the Bejar home, this dish is a traditional fare made of garbonzos, cow feet, tripe, ham and chorizo.
What is callos?
The second line of “I’m dreaming of a white Christmas”?
What is "Just like the ones I used to know"?
The hot drink Mommy makes for our noche buena.
What is hot chocolate? (Or batirol)
It is the country where Stollen comes from
What is Germany?
It means “night mass”, which is basically what it is. Filipinos attend mass either late at night or in the wee hours of the morning for all 9 days before Christmas
What is Simbang Gabi?
A dessert in Mom's kitchen where one has to spend at least two to three hours stirring it so it won't stick to the pan.
What is Ube Halaya?
How many las follow fa in Deck the Hall?
What is 96?
The hot drink Mom makes when she sponsors the PMA simbang gabi breakfast.
What is salabat?
Eggnog is made of eggs, milk, sugar and ______
What is cream?
Filipinos often wake up at midnight to welcome Christmas day with a lavish feast of traditional Filipino Christmas dishes like lechon, queso de bola, hamon, spaghetti, and fruit salad
What is Noche Buena?
For Mom, it is a dessert that usually accompanies the Ube.
What is Leche Flan?
Complete the lyric: ‘And so this is Christmas, and what have you done, another year over …’
What is "and a new one just begun"?
The alcohol usually added to the base of Christmas trifles.
What is sherry?
In the 'Christmas Song', it is “roasting on an open fire.
What are chestnuts?