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Vice Ganda notices unusually quiet high-end shops in December

By Aedrianne Acar
Published January 4, 2026 10:52 AM PHT

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Vice Ganda mall observation


Vice Ganda noticed something different during her annual last-minute luxury shopping rush. Is it the economy, or are people just staying under the radar?

Metro Manila Film Festival 2025 Best Actor Vice Ganda took her YouTube followers on her last-minute shopping for her family before Christmas Day.

The Unkabogable Star uploaded her vlog 'MOTHERING My Last-Minute Christmas Shopping!' last December 31 and the award-winning actor noticed that the foot traffic inside a posh mall in Makati was unusually sparse.

Vice Ganda Christmas shopping

Source: Vice Ganda (YT)

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Vice noted, “So eto na po magla-last minute shopping kaya eto na po pupunta tayo, dito na lang tayo sa Makati, para isang ikot. Hopefully. Mabili ko ng regalo ang aking pinakamamahal sa buhay- ang nanay ko, mga kapatid ko at si Ion [Perez].

“Sana hindi tayo masyado ma-haggard at balita ko naman daw kasi wala masyadong namimili, wala raw masyadong tao sa mall. Kasi, 'yung kaibigan ko nanggaling na sa Greenbelt wala raw masyadong tao.

“Feeling ko talaga wala masyado namimili ngayon lalong-lalo na 'yung mga pulitiko hindi sila masyado namimili, hindi sila masyado nagpapahalata at nagpapakita sa mga mall-mall, kaya discreet-discreet lang sila. Kaya pangkaraniwang tao lang makikita natin sa mall ngayon.”

Vice alongside several celebrities have been vocal in airing their disgust over the multi-billion flood control project exposed in the Department of Public Works and Highways involving several government officials and high-profile lawmakers, too.

Talking about the family members of politicians flaunting their wealth, she stated on her vlog, “Last Time (December 24) tayo nagshopping noh madaming pang tao nun… Yung mga pamilya ng mga pulitiko, hindi masyado nagsho-shopping ngayon, ayaw nila magpahalata. I'm sure online shopping sila.”

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