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Reasons to feel thankful this Christmas season
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The Philippines is known to have the longest Christmas celebration in the world. Come September, Christmas songs immediately fill the air, families are always on the go, feasts are aplenty, and discounts scream in several mall posters.
The joy Christmas brings doesn’t stop until early January—giving most Filipinos a lot of reasons to be thankful for this season:
Having enough time off
Christmas is a major event in the country, making it a holiday with two days off for everyone. With their Christmas vacation, students even have more time off than the working class. But whether you’re a working adult or a student, simply think of it as a present of the world to you: days of no work, meetings, reports, and papers.
With the free time on your hands, you can go to that out-of-town trip you have been planning with the family or do a lot of other activities that involve relaxing and preparing for the year ahead.
Getting great shopping deals
Christmas is all about giving, and because of that, scores of people make it a point to get gifts for their family and friends. It’s during this time of the year that stores and malls sell their items for big discounts to get everyone in the mood for holiday shopping.
Plan your Christmas shopping trip ahead and look out for the best deals in shops—you might even score a gift for yourself too!
Quality time with family and friends
Christmas is all about spending time with your loved ones. It can be as simple as bonding over preparations for Christmas—from cooking to wrapping gifts! Those chores won’t feel like chores if you’re doing them together with your family and friends.
Christmas is best celebrated with your loved ones.
If there’s one thing you should be thankful for this season, it’s this period that you are given to celebrate the most wonderful time of the year with the most important people in your life. Moments of togetherness will always be the most priceless ones—such as a long overdue get-together with your friends finally happening and when your balikbayan relatives visit the Philippines for much-awaited family reunions.
Feasting on good food
The holiday season is definitely incomplete without a feast! Once food platters are set, most people forget about their diet plans—and that’s fine, as long as you don’t overdo it.
Christmas is incomplete without macaroni salad, a holiday favorite.
Turn your Christmas feast at home even more fun by helping out with the preparations. Work with your family to serve staple holiday food like the classic macaroni salad on your Christmas table. Joining in the holiday feast preparations will even ensure that your favorite meals make the Noche Buena cut.
Finishing the year
The fact that you finished the year is enough of an accomplishment, what more if you’ve ticked off some of your life goals? It’s not a problem if you feel like you haven’t done much, since there’s still a new year ahead to work on your life plan.
But before facing 2017, try to sit back and relax first—reflect on the year that was and celebrate the days that have passed. Christmas, after all, is the best time to congratulate yourself for getting this far and making it through the year once again.
These are just some reasons to be filled with gratitude this Christmas season. There are more—just ask yourself, what are you thankful for?
Lady’s Choice Philippines wants to know what you are thankful for this holiday season! The mayonnaise brand’s campaign, #ThankUTogether, aims to light up barangays living in the dark with the help of netizens. Learn more and join the movement here.
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