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This article lists Christmas carols and songs sung by the Filipinos during local Christmas season. As with much Filipino music , some of these songs have their origins in the Spanish and American colonial periods, with others written as part of the OPM movement.
The celebrations of Christmas in the Philippines have deep influences of Catholicism, tracing their roots back to Spanish colonial rule from 1521 to 1898.Currently, the Philippines holds the longest running festivity of the Christmas season in the world, which begins on September 1.
' Star of Christmas ') is a Filipino-language Christmas song produced by ABS-CBN Creative Communications Management (CCM) for the network's 2009–2010 Christmas station identification titled "Bro, Ikaw ang Star ng Pasko" (lit. ' Bro, You Are the Star of Christmas '). The song was released on November 4, 2009. [2]
Jose Mari Lim Chan (Tagalog: [hoˈse mɐˈɾi ˈtʃan]; born March 11, 1945), born José Mari Chan y Lim, is a Filipino singer, songwriter, businessman and TV presenter. . Regarded as one of the country’s most renowned balladeers and composers, [3] he is popularly dubbed as the "King of Philippine Christmas
In celebration of the album's 25th anniversary, Universal Records announced on their Facebook page that Christmas in Our Hearts is to be re-released in a special 25th Anniversary Edition. [10] It was first released online on iTunes , Spotify and Spinnr on October 30, 2015, and was released on CD on November 11, 2015.
As in some Latin American countries, it’s traditional in the Philippines to celebrate Christmas Eve with a Noche Buena feast, and some devout Catholics—in a country where 4 in 5 practice the ...
Some view Christmas carols to be only religious in nature and consider Christmas songs to be secular. [1] Many traditional Christmas carols focus on the Christian celebration of the birth of Jesus, while others celebrate the Twelve Days of Christmas that range from 25 December to 5 January or Christmastide which ranges from 24 December to 5 ...
Simbang Gabi originated in 1669 during the Spanish colonization of the Philippines, as a practical compromise for farmers who began working before sunrise.When the Christmas season would begin, it was customary to hold novenas in the evenings, which was more common in the rest of the Hispanic world, but the priests saw that the people would attend despite the day's fatigue.