Christmas Traditions USA
This sweet treat, often left out for Santa, is usually paired with a glass of milk.
What are cookies?
This is the Filipino word for Christmas.
What is Pasko?
U.S.: This festive drink combines spices, milk, and sometimes rum.
What is eggnog?
USA: Mariah Carey’s famous holiday hit begins with the line “I don’t want a lot for Christmas.”
What is “All I Want for Christmas Is You”?
This type of Align platform is known for rotating products smoothly for assembly or inspection.
What is a turntable?
This object lit up in Rockefeller Center each year draws millions of visitors.
What is the Christmas tree?
Known as the world’s longest Christmas season, celebrations in the Philippines officially begin in these months.
What are the “Ber months”?
PH: This purple sticky rice delicacy is commonly eaten after Simbang Gabi.
What is puto bumbong?
PH: This Jose Mari Chan song is unofficially the Philippine anthem of the Ber months.
What is “Christmas in Our Hearts”?
Since this year, Align has been supplying material-handling and manufacturing equipment to heavy-industry clients.
What is 1967?
This city hosts the famous “Miracle on 34th Street” parade.
What is New York City?
These colorful star-shaped lanterns symbolize light and hope during Christmas.
What are parols?
USA: This roasted bird is the centerpiece of many Christmas dinners.
What is turkey?
USA: This song about a red-nosed reindeer is a holiday staple.
What is “Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer”?
For heavy manufacturing automation, Align provides these self-moving vehicles to transport large assemblies along production lines.
What are Automated Guided Vehicles (AGVs)?
Americans often hang these on mantels and fill them with small gifts.
What are Christmas stockings?
This pre-dawn mass is attended for 9 days leading up to Christmas Eve.
What is Simbang Gabi?
PH: This bright red Christmas noodle dish symbolizes long life.
What is spaghetti? (Filipino-style spaghetti)
PH: The “King of Christmas Carols,” he starts trending every September 1 in memes.
Who is Jose Mari Chan?
This Align solution makes heavy industrial loads move “as if they’re floating on air.”
What is an air caster? (Air Bearing and Air Skid Accepted)
This U.S. state is known for its unique “Boat Parade” holiday celebration along the coast.
What is California? (Also acceptable: Florida for similar traditions.)
This Filipino Christmas Eve feast brings families together for a midnight meal.
What is Noche Buena?
USA/PH: Both countries love this holiday ham—but in the PH, it’s famously sweet and glazed with pineapple.
What is Christmas ham?
PH: This caroling tradition involves groups going house-to-house and receiving treats or money in return.
What is caroling? (or pamamasko)
The #1 thing our customers swear is “perfect.”
What is the floor?