Christmas in the Philippines is huge! There are really no guidelines as to when the season begins, and since there is no Thanksgiving holiday holding back the celebration, it actually starts creeping up on you in September. That is when I heard the first Christmas music, and by mid October, many of the decorations are beginning to go up in the stores, and malls.
It felt kind of funny to be serenaded by Karen Carpenters' "Merry Christmas Darling", as I searched through the Halloween candy for jelly eyeballs.
What is really funny is that when we went to Singapore Oct. 31st, their country was even further ahead! They already had decorations up at the airport and the street lights and sidewalks were already beautifully made up for the holiday season.
I never realized that while we were all making pumpkin pies and looking for the recipe for Grandma's Cornbread Dressing, the whole continent of Asia had started the party without us!
Christmas in a tropical climate is a dramatic change from what we are used to. I like seeing Palm trees decorated with snow flakes, but it is difficult to weave the Christmas lights around the Hibiscus plants without breaking off the flowers!
Since we will be in the states for Christmas, I had not planned to decorate, but after seeing the neighbors go all out, I am feeling the pressure to buy a tree, or at least some yard art. After all, who wants to be the Kranks?
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