Each family is like a package during holiday season. It is very rare that a Filipino spends his or her Christmas holidays alone or with friends. Most of the times, a Filipino will look for ways to spend it with their families. And again, when I say family, it is a very much an extended family. Filipinos will exert effort to have the family gather up in one place, mixed with simple cooking of Filipino dishes & lots of chatter from the ladies of the house.
The gathering is not just limited to certain occasions. Filipino families make it a point to celebrate a Family Day every once in a while by going to churches to plazas or to malls together. It is also very important to them to eat meals with all members of the family present. Although nowadays, this sometimes becomes impossible due to a busy lifestyle, dinner time has become the time when everyone gathers to discuss the day’s events.
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