24 Nov, 2008
Greenhills Shopping Center Christmas Show
Posted by teacherjulie @ 6:41 am
Shelved under About Town, Information, Interesting tidbits, Lessons in Life, My Family, Philippines, Snapshots, Weekend Snapshots

Saturday was not a very busy day at work for me, and this is unusual. We took advantage of my free time to go somewhere different to experience early Christmas. The Christmas season is celebrated early in this part of the world, where Christmas-related decorations are displayed alongside Halloween costumes and what-have-yous.

We went to Greenhills Shopping Center for a dose of shopping, to watch the annual Christmas show from COD Family and also to meet my brother who will be sleeping over at home.

My children enjoyed the show though is was drizzling when we were watching the show and I wasn’t able to concentrate taking photos and listening to the narration.

The show features a church, a priest, people as family members going to church (they look real to me whose eyesight is blurred), a horse-drawn carriage, a carabao-drawn cart with fruits, and a marching band.

The background has mountains, waterfalls and nipa huts.

The Annual Christmas Show talked about Filipino traditions like the Misa de Gallo or mass novena which starts during the December 16 with 4am masses till the 24th. This is a series of masses in preparation for the coming of Christmas.

On the other hand…

I was excited to see my brother. The children were excited too. We didn’t wait for him at Greenhills so we decided to go to the graduate school he goes to but we manged to get lost :D

When we arrived home, we were all tired and hungry but we still can talk about so many things about our parents, our relatives, his studies, his university’s boo-boos, new pc games and even  conversion rate optimization.

He still loves to talk, my brother.

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24 Nov, 2008 @ 8:36 am
GreenBucks » Blog Archive » Gift-Giving said:

[...] The Weekly Question was conceptualized last Saturday as we were doing some rounds at the Greenhills Shopping Center. [...]

24 Nov, 2008 @ 9:07 am
GreenBucks » Blog Archive » Poinsettia said:

[...] mid-afternoon till early evening was spent at the Greenhills Shopping Center because my work schedule was not full. This week’s Weekly Question was even thought of while [...]

24 Nov, 2008 @ 11:44 am
FickleMinded said:

Greenhils: one of the best place to see and to be seen!

24 Nov, 2008 @ 5:05 pm
Rach (Heart of Rachel) said:

I remember when I was young, my parents would bring my brother and I to watch the COD Christmas show. I miss those days.

24 Nov, 2008 @ 7:19 pm
Thess said:

I lived in San Juan area but never, not even once been to Greenhills for the Christmas show…*sad*
Glad you had fun !

24 Nov, 2008 @ 9:49 pm
Carver said:

The Christmas Show sounds lovely and you got some good shots. Our Christmas parade was this weekend but I didn’t make it. I used to take my daughter but now that she’s grown up and living far away, I don’t make it to those events very often. I liked it better when the Christmas Parade was closer to Christmas. Seems odd to start before Thanksgiving.

25 Nov, 2008 @ 4:28 am
Mar said:

I am not in a Christmas mood yet…Enjoy your brother’s visit, I lost mine way too soon.

25 Nov, 2008 @ 5:55 am
ibyang said:

i haven’t seen the Christmas Show in Greenhills and I’m happy to see it thru your blog. thanks for sharing!

25 Nov, 2008 @ 6:12 am
GreyMom said:

Hi Julie,
My kids would have loced to see that carabao and Pinoy inspired show! Sayang! I wish we saw it when we went home 2 years ago! :(

25 Nov, 2008 @ 7:59 am
julie said:

You bet! But not that much anymore (unlke in the 80s) since the crowds can be so thick especially during weekends :)

25 Nov, 2008 @ 8:05 am
julie said:

Yeah, back when Cubao was the “in” thing. I never got to watch that, me living in the province and all but maybe its one thing I didn’t exactly miss nor knew about because we always had 5 glorious days of camping by the beach after Christmas :D

25 Nov, 2008 @ 8:08 am
julie said:

Thess, i think it has only been 5 years since this started in GH. Actually, this was our first time to watch too,I think, hmmm….

25 Nov, 2008 @ 8:12 am
julie said:

A Christmas Parade sounds exciting, Carver :) Maybe next year, you will get to watch and take photos.

25 Nov, 2008 @ 8:17 am
julie said:

My brother just stayed for the night before heading back to the province where he lives with our parents, Mar. The kids enjoyed being with him, even for a short while.

I am sorry to learn about your brother.

25 Nov, 2008 @ 8:46 am
julie said:

Ibyang, the photos were not clear because it was drizzling when we watched, we weren’t able to take good photos :(

I hope we can go back.

25 Nov, 2008 @ 8:49 am
julie said:

When you come home again, you have to schedule it for Christmas so that they can have a Pinoy Christmas celebration :)

AT magkikita tayo siyempre :D

25 Nov, 2008 @ 5:15 pm
GreenBucks » Another Christmas-related Post said:

[...] Shopping for gifts, preparing food to be shared by family and friends at gatherings, decorating the house with holiday trimmings, we definitely do not scrimp when this time of the year is here. [...]