It is a Filipino tradition that families spend their time together during the Christmas. So wherever they are, relatives working abroad go home to be with their family. If you’ve been away for so long you might be more familiar with your host country than our Philippines. Below are list of places you can visit during the holiday season.
Enchanted Kingdom
This theme park is located in Santa Rosa City, Laguna. It is a very good theme park perhaps comparable to theme park standards abroad. I especially like the rides: Wide River, Space Shuttle, and Rialto (the 4D Cinema). Their giant ferris wheel, Wheel of Fate, is also nice.
Star City
An amusement center in Pasay City. You can find many good rides here that the children will definitely enjoy. My favorite here are the horror themed rides.
Giant Lantern Festival
This is an annual Christmas Lantern Festival in San Fernando Pampanga. This year the festival will be held on December 18, 2010 at the Robinsons Starmills Mall. We all know that the Philippines makes the best Christmas Lantern’s in the world and the top lantern makers will be competing with each other. Expect to see colorful lanterns as big as 20 feet high and 20 feet wide. Definitely one of the must see events this Christmas.
Policarpio Street in Mandaluyong
During Christmas time the whole street transforms into a wonderland of lights. Every house is elaborately decorated. This is a nice place to visit and photograph.
Automated Christmas Dolls
This show was traditionally held in Cubao but has since move to Greenhills Shopping Center when the COD Department Store closed. The show features 30 animated figures that depict Christmas stories.
In recent years Pasig City Hall has started running a similar show.
These are the places and events we know at the moment. We know that more will be advertised as we begin to enter the holiday season.
