Christmas in Discovery Shores Boracay and Club Paradise Palawan

It's not yet "that" too late to book! This year's Christmas and New Year weekend might not be longer than last year but it'll definitely be longer than next year because in 2016, December 25 will fall on a Sunday. This year, December 25 falls on a Friday so you have a little bit of extra rest before you get back to work on the 28th. (I took the photo above last July 2015, beach front of Club Paradise Palawan)

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Celebrate the Holidays at Discovery Primea

It’s the most wonderful time of the year! It almost wants you to sing out while reading it. It really is the greatest season as families get together, spend time with each other, and celebrate the birth of our Saviour!

While some go out of the country to take advantage of the long weekends, some who opt to just stay around and rest would rather find a lot of good places to dine in whether it’s for New Year or Christmas! To tell you the truth, usually, you need a vacation after your vacation during December trips as they are usually the most stressful ones.

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Manila Hotel - Christmas Edition

Stayed overnight in Manila Hotel a couple of weeks back. It was far from the old Manila hotel. It's been some time now ever since they renovated that place but this is the first time I was able to stay there because I didn't think they can improve much based on the old looks. Well, it looks like they did improve a lot.

Here's the view from our room. We can see part of Fort Santiago and some greens. Above is a less-smoggy city since it's a Sunday afternoon. I'm pretty sure the skies would be different. Brownishly different.

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100 Days of Christmas by Kraft Eden Cheese - Vote for Balayan Batangas!

Every year, a lot of people are looking forward for this one joyous and festive season. This year, Kraft made the Christmas 100 days earlier!

ABS-CBN and Kraft Eden Cheese partnered to hold a cook off with several towns. Each town will make their very own original and unique dish using indigenous ingredients that's famous in their own respective towns.

I'm going to start campaigning for  a town -- Please do vote for Balayan Batangas. :)

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A Christmas City with Meaning (My Christmas Blog)

Christmas is the most awaited season of the year. This is also one of the most happiest events to cap off the year. BUT before everything else, I hope we can all have a reality check to remember the true meaning of Christmas.

Most often than not, families and friends gather together to celebrate and the festive mood is heightened. It's not all about eating and eating and drinking and drinking. The gatherings purpose is to bring people closer to bond.

We have a yearly tradition at home. I just want to share a bit of our Christmas story. We have a collection of miniature houses that we setup every year. This is part of our Christmas bonding experience.

What I want to say here is that, those miniature figures not only are good to look at but, they also give us lessons.

Please be reminded that Santa Claus is a legendary figure. Legend is defined as "An unverified story handed down from earlier times, especially one popularly believed to be historical." Whereas the true meaning of Christmas has Jesus in the center of it.

Jesus Christ wasn't born on December 25. That date is just used to commemorate the birth of Christ.

This is also the season to "develop" the habit of giving and sharing.

As a new year approaches, let us leave our selfish ways behind.

Again, do bond with your family. Take the initiative! Go the extra mile to be with them. Please do not exchange your time with your family with your work or job.

Let us act like humans with logical thinking. Be quick to forgive and slow to anger. Peace on earth starts with you (us).

Lastly, we aren't barred to enjoy this season. This is just a small reminder that we celebrate Christmas because of Jesus (Christmas is soo commercialized these days.).

"Life is a gift from God BUT how we live it is our gift to Him."

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