Filipinos _______ celebrating Christmas at the start of September
a. started
b. starts
c. start
START
The Philippines ________ (become) a predominantly Catholic country with the arrival of Ferdinand Magellan
BECAME
This involves children and sometimes adults going from house to house, or relative to relative, and asking for presents that either comes as trinkets or money
AGUINALDO
a little extra/ in their community/ families/ cook/ some
Some families cook a little extra to feed others in their community.
Queso de bola is a Filipino dish that is served in Christmas. It's origins can be traced back to Chinese traders
FALSE
For Christmas, people (go/goes) back to their provinces and celebrate Christmas with their whole family and friends.
GO
The first celebration for the feast of the Nativity in the Philippine archipelago ________ (happen) in December 1565
HAPPENED
This is a Filipino dish that is shaped like a ball and has a red paraffin wax outside to protect it from spoilage by. This is one of the typical dishes in Christmas.
QUESO DE BOLA
with/ start/ Filipino Christmas parties/ family reunions
Filipino Christmas parties start with family reunions
After attending a Simbang Gabi, church-goers buy rice cakes woth salted eggs called bibingka, purple rice snacks called puto bumbong, and hot chocolate.
TRUE
The family _______ around the dinner table and eat Noche Buena every Christmas
a. Gathers
b. Gather
c. Gathered
b. GATHER
The practice of putting up a Belen during Christmas also ________ (edrionigit) from the Spanish colonizers
ORIGINATED
The practice of setting up a belen has a Spanish origin which Filipinos still do today. Belen is the Spanish word for which place?
Bethlehem
Filipinos/ before the sun rises/ during Simbang Gabi/ the habit of eating / developed
Filipinos developed the habit of eating before the sun rises during Simbang Gabi
or
During Simbang Gabi, Filipinos developed the habit of eating before the sun rises
Filipinos abstain from eating on Christmas as a way to save money
FALSE.
Filipinos will always try find a way to celebrate Christmas with a feast
The tradition of aguinaldo ______ (sevnivlo) children (and sometimes adults) going from house to house, or relative to relative, and asking for presents that either comes as trinkets or money
INVOLVES
The American colonization _______ (bring) more western Christmas traditions when they arrived in the Philippines such as Santa Claus and caroling.
BROUGHT
This is a Christmas ornament that has a star lantern fixed to circular frame. This is usually illuminated vibrantly.
Parol
DAILY DOUBLE!
with their arrival/ brought/ the tradition/ of Christmas/ The Spanish/ in 1521
The Spanish brought the tradition of Christmas with their arrival in 1521.
One of the most prized Filipino delicacy eaten during Christmas is Nasi Goreng and Bahn Mi
FALSE.
Those dishes are Indonesian and Vietnamese
For Christmas Day itself, Filipinos go house to house to ________ called "karoling" similar to what is done in the U.S.
a. arrange
b. start
c. sing
c. SING
Is this correct? Yes or No?
Malls and Christmas bazaars sold gifts and items at a discounted prize during Christmas.
NO!
It should be:
Malls and Christmas bazaars SELL gifts and items at a discounted prize during Christmas.
Devout Filipino Catholics make it a point to wake up as early as four in the morning to get ready for this occasion.
SIMBANG GABI
For Christmas:
whole family and friends/ people/ Christmas with their/ to their provinces/ go back and celebrate
For Christmas, people go back to their provinces and celebrate Christmas with their whole family and friends.
New Year is a celebration that is close to Christmas that oftentimes, Filipino families forget about it and just move on. It is not part of the Christmas festivities in the country.
FALSE
Christmas and New Year is almost considered as part of a one huge festivity.