Victoria London, Robby Mananquil, Daniella Havran, Aliya Parcs, Nancy Castiliogne, and LanaAsanin are Filipinos who grew up in other countries. How do their Christmas traditions differ from ours?
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05:52Good morning to all of you, sis.
05:55It's the day.
05:56It's not the day, right?
05:58Well, it's the day of Christmas here in Sis.
06:00But it's not literally the day of Christmas.
06:02And this morning, we have a trip with Sis.
06:04All around the world.
06:06Hey, did I hear that right?
06:08When?
06:09When are we going to go there?
06:10Just for today.
06:11Just for one hour.
06:12Okay.
06:13But we're not going to leave Sis.
06:14House to go to different parts of the world.
06:19We're going to tell and visit our celebrity guests who have lived abroad.
06:26And they're going to tell us how they celebrate Christmas in their countries.
06:30Correct.
06:31Christmas, of course, has a Christmas tree.
06:33There's Santa Claus.
06:34There's food.
06:35What else?
06:36What else is there?
06:37Of course, right?
06:38It's different.
06:39There are different practices.
06:40There are different customs and traditions.
06:42There are different songs.
06:43There are different gimmicks, right?
06:45There.
06:46There's Puto Bumbong.
06:47Parol.
06:48Do they have that there?
06:49We have that here.
06:51Christmas Lantern Channel.
06:54But they don't have parol.
06:55But let's find out what's really happening.
06:58Yes.
06:59You're right.
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07:02Our guests are going to share with you how they celebrate Christmas in other countries.
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08:49Christmas all over the world is what we'll be talking about today.
08:52We'll be talking about how Christmas is celebrated in other countries.
08:58In the countries where they grew up or went to.
09:01Okay, let's start.
09:02Yes.
09:03Of course, our guests for today, she grew up in the United States, Victoria London.
09:12Next, Robbie Mananquil, who was an exchange student in Norway.
09:16Who was an exchange student in Norway from 1994 to 1995.
09:21Hello.
09:22Hi.
09:23She grew up in the Czech Republic, Daniela Havra.
09:27Is that how you say it?
09:28Havra.
09:29Havra.
09:30Okay, she grew up in the Netherlands, Alia Parks.
09:33Hello.
09:34Welcome back.
09:36Grew up in Canada, Nancy Castellon.
09:39Hello.
09:41And last, she grew up in Germany, Lana Asanen.
09:47Hi.
09:48Welcome back, girls.
09:49And welcome to Sis for the three of you.
09:52So, this is my question.
09:54How do you celebrate Christmas in the countries where you grew up?
09:58Lana, you'll be the first.
10:00Yes.
10:01Wow.
10:02Well, depends where.
10:04Since I grew up in Germany, and my parents are from Yugoslavia,
10:09there are two different ways, right?
10:11Two different mentalities, religion.
10:14My parents are Orthodox.
10:16So, the way they celebrate is in January.
10:19January?
10:21January 6th, like when the Three Kings.
10:23Oh, Three Kings.
10:24Exactly.
10:25So, this is when they celebrate Christmas.
10:27And then, the New Year follows.
10:30So, basically, they're celebrating twice New Year, you know.
10:33They have their own kind of New Year like that.
10:35Okay.
10:36So, it happens on the 24th?
10:38On 5th of December.
10:39Well, they do since my parents live in Germany, right?
10:42So, of course, they're taking also the tradition from Germany.
10:45So, they celebrate.
10:46But not as much as they do celebrate their own because they're very traditional.
10:50And it's more my brother and me who celebrates Christmas the German way.
10:56So, you know, German way and Yugoslavian way.
10:58So, Yugoslavian tradition, it's more like going to church, you know.
11:02So, they're having a feast there.
11:06And that's it.
11:09And then, they have gifts but, you know, like it's, yeah.
11:13It's more like a, it's in a different way.
11:16They have more like, it's more like party like that, you know.
11:18More like a feast.
11:19More like a feast, yeah.
11:21They do have gifts but not as, you know, not the common thing like that you're expecting like that.
11:26How about Nancy?
11:27Back home since Canada is a multicultural society, there isn't exactly one specific tradition, right?
11:34So, it depends where you're from actually.
11:36Yes.
11:37So, how my family does it is my Filipino side is much larger than my Italian side.
11:45So, we celebrate it in like the Filipino tradition.
11:48My whole family, you know, my aunties, my uncles, we all get together and we open gifts.
11:55That usually happens Christmas Day.
11:56So, it's still Filipino.
11:58Yes.
11:59But on Christmas Eve.
12:01Yes, you're too much.
12:02Christmas Eve though is with my family talaga.
12:05Like my mom, my dad, and my aunt.
12:06Immediate.
12:07Yeah, immediate family lang.
12:08We go to midnight mass.
12:10I think it's the same here, diba?
12:11Midnight mass.
12:12Because I've never spent Christmas here before.
12:14First time.
12:15So, how about Leah?
12:17Well, actually we have a different celebration on December 5, which is Saint Nicholas.
12:23And that is actually.
12:24Isn't Saint Nicholas Saint Santa Claus also?
12:26No, it's not Santa Claus.
12:27Okay.
12:29He still wears like red and he has a beard.
12:31But he has these black peats and they throw around with candies and stuff.
12:35And it's just, it's different.
12:37It's a different day and it's really for kids.
12:39But since that is such a big celebration for kids, Christmas is like not as hot or popular as here in the Philippines.
12:47Especially because, well, same with Nancy.
12:49In my country, it's very multicultural.
12:52So, we have a lot of different races and it's nothing specific.
12:56I mean, I went to Catholic school in elementary school.
12:59So, we have Christmas dinner.
13:00We have this tinapay.
13:02It's with raisins and this yellow stuff.
13:05I don't know exactly how it's called in English.
13:07And we would have that in school.
13:09We have dinner.
13:10But it's not really like going to church or anything like that.
13:13But, you know, you have Christmas celebration.
13:15You celebrate it with your family under a Christmas tree.
13:18You open presents.
13:19Basically, the same.
13:21Yeah, it's just that it's not as religious.
13:23And right now, I think it's more of a publicity stunt for stores to sell.
13:28By now, yeah.
13:29Daniela?
13:31In Norway, it's pretty much the same here.
13:33But it's more quiet there during Christmas.
13:36It's like a dead town.
13:39Yeah, well, I guess.
13:41You can also say that.
13:42It's probably like that.
13:43They all know how to speak Tagalog.
13:45Because we've been thinking about English-English for a while now.
13:48It's just that there's no Christmas Eve.
13:52How's the Christmas scenario there?
13:54If it's so quiet, what is it?
13:56It's just to eat?
13:57Yeah.
13:58They're at home eating turkey, potato salad.
14:02No rice.
14:04No rice.
14:05No rice!
14:06Salad.
14:09Turkey.
14:10Beer.
14:11Beer?
14:13Beer.
14:14Usually bread or whatever.
14:16Beer.
14:18How about Victoria?
14:19You grew up in the States, but you went to Taiwan.
14:22Actually, I was born in Taiwan.
14:24And I moved to the States when I was six.
14:26Okay.
14:27And I moved back here when I was 14.
14:29But for the three of the four years that I've been here, I've been in New Zealand.
14:32It's just this year, I decided to stay.
14:34Tell us about it.
14:35What are the Christmas events there in New Zealand, in Taiwan?
14:39Tell us about it.
14:40New Zealand, it's very much about Christmas tree.
14:43Because they have really big trees there.
14:45So decorating is like a really big thing for them.
14:48And gifts are also a really big thing.
14:50You actually use trees.
14:51We actually use trees because trees are huge there.
14:53And they're all covered with snow.
14:56It's so cold though, but it's really beautiful.
14:59In Taiwan, a lot of people are Buddhist.
15:02But I guess out of the cliché for Christmas trees and Santa,
15:06they celebrate Christmas trees and everything.
15:09But actually our family celebrates Hanukkah because my dad's Jewish.
15:14And we have this menorah that we light, which is seven days long,
15:19with six candles, six, seven candles.
15:21And you just keep lighting one every night.
15:24And every night that you light the candle, you get another gift.
15:26So you're guaranteed a lot of gifts.
15:28Wow.
15:29Seven days.
15:31You're not okay.
15:33What are the important Christmas symbols in that country
15:35that is not found here in the Philippines?
15:38And wherever you came from.
15:40Is there anything extra?
15:41Snow!
15:42Snow, yes.
15:43They don't have snow.
15:45There's no snow here.
15:47What else?
15:49What else?
15:50Aside from snow.
15:53But the real thing.
15:55The real thing.
15:56Pine trees.
16:00When you get older, there's the smell of Christmas.
16:03Yeah.
16:04Because of the pine trees.
16:05Okay, what else?
16:08Plastic Christmas tree.
16:09Santa Claus or St. Nicholas.
16:12Santa Claus or St. Nicholas.
16:15It's one of the Christmas symbols that is known all over the world.
16:18In the country that they grew up in, Santa Claus is also called Santa Claus.
16:23We'll talk about that when we come back.
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17:33Santa Claus in America.
17:35Father Christmas in England.
17:37Saint Nicholas in Germany.
17:39Père Noël in France.
17:41Dunche in China.
17:43Father Frost in Russia.
17:45And Santa Claus in Japan.
17:47No matter what his name is,
17:49Santa Claus is still the symbol of Christmas for children.
17:53And for those of us who are old,
17:55he is a reminder that we should make others happy and give this Christmas.
18:01What is the image of Santa Claus in the country where you are from?
18:05Do you all have Santa Claus?
18:07Alia said earlier that Saint Nicholas is different from Santa Claus.
18:11We have Saint Nicholas and the Christmas man.
18:15Huh?
18:16He's not called Santa Claus.
18:18Christmas man.
18:19The Christmas man.
18:21Right? Christmas man with the wang.
18:23I have a white beard, Santa Claus.
18:26What does the Christmas man look like?
18:30He has a red outfit and white beard.
18:33It's a red suit.
18:34Yeah, but he is wearing a pointy hat with a cross on it, a holy cross on it.
18:40And he's wearing this sort of a cane made of gold.
18:43And he has, instead of reindeers,
18:46whether it's a peacock or something like that,
18:49they paint their faces black.
18:51Because they come through the chimney also.
18:54He is from Victoria.
18:55Where is he from?
18:58He's from New Zealand, Taiwan.
19:02Where is New Zealand?
19:04Santa Claus is seen as, well, by children.
19:07I mean, come on, we should know better by now.
19:09But, I mean, Santa Claus too.
19:12Well, someone who knew everything,
19:15so watch out what you say and what you do around Christmas time.
19:18So, he's really Santa Claus.
19:19Yeah, Santa Claus.
19:20How about the Germany? Is it the same?
19:23It's still the same.
19:24Yugoslavia, is it the same?
19:26Not yet. Yugoslavia doesn't have a tradition yet.
19:29Santa doesn't exist yet?
19:30Santa doesn't exist yet.
19:34You don't have a Christmas personality?
19:37No.
19:38Right?
19:41Canada, Santa Claus.
19:42It's the same, right?
19:43Okay, when you were younger, did you believe in Santa at all?
19:47No.
19:48Why not?
19:50I don't know.
19:51Because when I was young, I was always
19:55a man dressing up like Santa Claus.
19:56So, it's like, hey, he's not Santa Claus.
19:58He's just a human.
19:59He's just a normal guy dressing up like Santa.
20:01So, no.
20:02You all believed in him?
20:04Oh, yeah.
20:05Oh, yeah.
20:06A lot.
20:07I used to get scared.
20:09I would even leave cookies, if I don't know, in Canada.
20:12In the States, too, cookies and milk for Santa.
20:15We do that for Saint Nick.
20:16We're making chika with Santa, so.
20:18We do that for Saint Nick.
20:19We leave lots of presents, so.
20:20We do that.
20:21It's kind of like mixed.
20:22Because we put a shoe and we put a carrot for the horse.
20:26What?
20:27A carrot for the horse.
20:28That's weird.
20:29Never mind.
20:30Seriously, we do that.
20:31And then, if you're a bad girl,
20:32either you don't get Christmas gifts,
20:34but there's like a bag of salt somewhere hidden in your house, so.
20:38I get scared.
20:39I would get like,
20:40I hope I don't get salt this year.
20:43Favorite or memorable gift that you received for Christmas?
20:46Maybe, if ever it's a Christmas tree,
20:48maybe a piece of something you hang on the tree
20:51that's been in the family for 10 or 20 years.
20:53Because a friend of mine had that.
20:54And every year, whoever was the youngest or the eldest
20:57would get passed on a gift.
20:58And I think that was the most memorable.
21:00Because it's an antique.
21:01Oh, yeah.
21:04Me, when I was in Norway,
21:06I was given a Norwegian troll.
21:10Can you tell us what that is?
21:11What is that?
21:12A troll?
21:13A bit ignorant.
21:14It's like,
21:15it's like a small person
21:16with a long nose.
21:17A troll.
21:18Oh, a monster.
21:19Yeah, a troll.
21:20Like Harry Potter.
21:21A monster?
21:22A troll?
21:23It's not a monster.
21:24It's like, if we have a guest here,
21:25maybe they'll call us a troll.
21:27Oh, that's how it came to be.
21:28Yeah.
21:29But it's not scary.
21:30They even have,
21:31when you go to,
21:32It's friendly.
21:33Yeah, when you go to a shop,
21:34it's full of trolls.
21:35So it's like dwarfs?
21:36Some are small,
21:37some are big.
21:40Actually, it wasn't necessarily the gifts.
21:43More of the excitement of,
21:45he's knocking on the door.
21:47It's like that.
21:48Oh, yeah, I'm talking about Nick.
21:49But yeah, it's more of the,
21:50I do remember one time that
21:52I really wanted a bike.
21:54Because that's very popular back home.
21:56Everyone rides a bike.
21:58So, I was really happy when I got that.
22:01For me,
22:03my Ate asked me one time before Christmas,
22:06Nance, I don't like the mall for Christmas.
22:09And I had so many,
22:11at the time, I think, junior high.
22:13I was in junior high.
22:14So, I'm like, I don't know, I want a diary.
22:17And she's like, well, okay, but what else?
22:19I said, well, Walkman.
22:21She said, but that's too expensive.
22:22Something else.
22:23And then Christmas Day,
22:24I had this big box under the Christmas tree.
22:26When I opened it,
22:27that was the one from my Ate.
22:29When I opened it,
22:30everything I mentioned to her
22:32that I wanted was in there.
22:34That was the best Christmas.
22:35I'm going to cry.
22:37Really, that was the best.
22:38That was the most exciting.
22:39Because I was still young,
22:40where I really enjoyed opening gifts.
22:42And just knowing that it was my Ate
22:45who managed to give me everything.
22:46Everything.
22:47I remember she was taking a shower
22:48and I was sitting in the bathroom.
22:49Because I was the little sister.
22:50Ate, what are you doing?
22:52What do you want for Christmas, Nance?
22:53Every single thing I said.
22:55How about you, Lan?
22:58Well, it depends on each person.
22:59If you're young,
23:00I mean, that time when I was young,
23:02it's like more...
23:03Toys.
23:04Yeah.
23:05Candies or little things like that.
23:07That's good enough, right?
23:09You're already happy.
23:10It's just like the thought,
23:11wow, there's something inside.
23:14But when you get older,
23:16it's different.
23:18It's more like people get into...
23:22It's not candies anymore.
23:24Really, things that...
23:26Maybe you thought of something.
23:28You had a wish for a long time.
23:31And then somebody got it for you.
23:34You know what I mean?
23:36Let's say you thought of something
23:38that you wanted to have.
23:39And I know that.
23:40So for Christmas,
23:41I would get it for you.
23:42And you wouldn't know it was that.
23:44Something like that.
23:47How about Daniella?
23:50For me, a gift I got last year
23:52from my best friend, Norman.
23:55What is it?
23:56Picture frame.
23:57A frame with a recorded voice.
24:00Oh, really?
24:03What did the voice say?
24:05Secret.
24:06No.
24:09It's not a secret anymore.
24:10If you're going to give a gift,
24:12a Christmas gift,
24:13what would it be to the following people?
24:15It has to be traditional.
24:17It has to be what you're looking for.
24:20Where you're from.
24:22It doesn't have to be Philippine style.
24:24We're already here.
24:25So, let's say your best friend.
24:29A painted portrait of the two of us.
24:31With a really expensive frame.
24:33It doesn't have anything to do with where you're from.
24:35It's really from your heart.
24:37How about you?
24:38Anything traditional?
24:39I haven't asked her yet.
24:42Kids can be more than 30,000 pesos.
24:47I'll tell you later.
24:48We'll discuss that later.
24:52Robbie Tron?
24:54A big one.
24:57Maybe something that I did.
24:59Like a painting.
25:00Because I paint.
25:02Or a CD that I make.
25:05Something from what?
25:06It doesn't matter.
25:08It doesn't matter where you came from.
25:10It's just from the heart.
25:11It's from more personal things, I think.
25:13It's more important.
25:16It's really important that you give this person
25:18something from wherever country you're from.
25:22If President Gloria could give you something,
25:24what would you give her?
25:26I'd paint her.
25:27Paint her.
25:28You'd paint her?
25:29That's nice.
25:30No, I'm just kidding.
25:40I would give her...
25:42I don't know which country I'm actually from.
25:45Wait.
25:46What's your favorite?
25:48Favorite country?
25:49Which do you consider?
25:50Your home.
25:51Yeah.
25:52Aside from the Philippines.
25:53Taiwan?
25:55Somewhat Taiwan.
25:56Somewhat the States.
25:57Okay, why?
25:58Well, from Taiwan,
26:00I'd probably give her
26:02something special.
26:03Like some part of a landmark.
26:05Because usually if you go to these museums,
26:07they give you these souvenirs
26:09that say that you were here
26:11and it means something that you came to this landmark
26:14and it's historical.
26:16I don't know.
26:17It says Taiwan.
26:18Exactly.
26:20Not exactly.
26:21But I wouldn't know exactly what to give her
26:22because everyone would give her something
26:24that's like so...
26:25I have no idea.
26:26That would give her something that's like...
26:30so proper to give a president.
26:32But you know, why don't you try making her laugh?
26:34Give her like a comedy thing
26:35or something from your country.
26:37Or you know,
26:38like a troll Santa Claus
26:40that moons you or something.
26:41I don't know.
26:42So that the president isn't too serious.
26:44Yeah.
26:45I'd give her a sweater from Norway.
26:48It's called Lusikofta.
26:50Wow!
26:52Lusikofta.
26:54It's like a thick sweater.
26:56Everybody has it.
26:57Yeah.
26:58It has a button here.
26:59I think I lost it.
27:00It's hard to explain
27:01but it's a thick sweater.
27:04In other words,
27:05it's handmade.
27:06Yeah, handmade.
27:07And there's like a button.
27:08It's like wool.
27:09Yeah, like that.
27:11I don't know.
27:12It's hard for the president to use
27:13in the Philippines.
27:14But it's from there, yeah.
27:16In Norway,
27:17if you don't have that,
27:18you're not in.
27:19You're not in.
27:20If you don't have that.
27:23I don't know.
27:25A week off,
27:26the rest or something.
27:27I don't know.
27:29From your country.
27:31Maybe...
27:32Trip.
27:34Maybe,
27:35I would make a package
27:36because I don't like giving one big gift.
27:39Where am I like...
27:40Can it be a friend?
27:41Yeah.
27:42Like a lot of gifts.
27:43Like a little loaf,
27:44the bread,
27:45and then like something with tulips,
27:47something with wooden shoes,
27:49with a Christmas tree on it.
27:51And...
27:53I don't know.
27:54Milk.
27:56I got this.
28:00I'd probably give
28:02her
28:03a dream catcher
28:05because
28:06a dream catcher,
28:07actually,
28:08true Canadians,
28:09actually,
28:10the first people in Canada
28:12were the natives, right?
28:15So,
28:16what they have is
28:17it's an art and craft thing.
28:19It's a circle
28:20and in the middle,
28:21it's like spider webs.
28:22And there's a charm inside
28:24hanging on the little threads.
28:26And what it's used for is
28:28you hang it on your door
28:29in your room
28:30and it catches,
28:31it filters all your bad dreams
28:33so no bad dreams will come at you
28:34while you're sleeping.
28:35It's a dream catcher.
28:37It's a native.
28:38Nice.
28:42Let me think.
28:44Maybe if the dollar would drop,
28:45I would give her a trip to Germany.
28:47So...
28:50Give her the money?
28:51No.
28:54Invite.
28:56Anything that represents Germany.
28:59Hitler.
29:01Blood sausages.
29:03Sausages, yeah.
29:04They love to eat sausages.
29:05Cheese.
29:06A beer.
29:07Cheese, a beer.
29:08That's it.
29:09The beer mug.
29:11Maybe a beer mug.
29:12They have this really beautiful
29:13beer mugs.
29:14The hand...
29:16Hand...
29:17Hand engraved.
29:18Yeah, hand engraved like that.
29:19But really nice.
29:20And it's quite expensive,
29:22for one.
29:24So maybe that one.
29:25I don't know if she drinks beer though.
29:29What is that?
29:30I don't understand that.
29:32Girls,
29:33what would you give
29:34Piolo Pascual?
29:37I'd give him a tea bag for a man
29:39with I love Canada on the front.
29:43Okay, that one.
29:44That one?
29:46Lana?
29:47I'd just give him a kiss on the cheek.
29:49That's it.
29:50That's all.
29:53It's hard to buy something
29:54for someone you don't know.
29:56So,
29:57if ever it has to be something
29:58from my country,
29:59maybe the same.
30:01Like wooden shoes.
30:03Like a wooden shoe.
30:04Or wear my windmill.
30:06Something like that.
30:08I don't know.
30:09Maybe...
30:10Sweater.
30:11No.
30:13No.
30:15A kiss on the other cheek?
30:18Okay!
30:19Let's do it together.
30:22Victoria.
30:23Just a cheek.
30:25Lips only.
30:26There's nothing left.
30:27They sell these nipple warmers
30:28in New Zealand?
30:30Nipple warmers.
30:32Nipple warmers.
30:35What would you give
30:36Rika Perale?
30:40It's hard to choose.
30:41Maybe from Norway.
30:43Maybe something...
30:45They have this invention
30:46in Norway.
30:47It's a cheese cutter.
30:49It has a handle.
30:50Cheesy.
30:51No, no. Exactly.
30:52I mean,
30:53there's something like that.
30:54And then you know the cheese
30:55you go like that, right?
30:56It's a Norwegian invention.
30:57And when I went here,
30:58when I came back here,
30:59I brought home like...
31:00I brought home four of them.
31:01So,
31:02okay.
31:03So, when it's Christmas,
31:04here,
31:05the cheese...
31:06It's round, right?
31:07We do that
31:08and then you put it on the bread.
31:09So that's something
31:10different there.
31:12Here in the Philippines,
31:13as long as there's an occasion,
31:14there's always
31:15music and food.
31:17Especially if it's Christmas
31:18in other countries.
31:19So,
31:20it's the same
31:21if our guests
31:22will answer
31:23when they come back.
31:24Sis!
31:25These housekeeping tips
31:26will bring you
31:27a new Domestic.
31:29No dirt,
31:30no germs,
31:31no doubt.
31:32I'm happy
31:33if the whole family
31:34will go out
31:35just like
31:36having a barbecue picnic.
31:38But don't forget
31:39good hygiene
31:40when you go out.
31:42Clean the barbecue stand
31:43and grill well
31:44before using it.
31:46Use a towel
31:47or tongs
31:48when putting
31:49grilled meat,
31:50hotdog,
31:51or anything on the grill.
31:53Make sure to use
31:54different tongs
31:55for raw meat
31:56and for cooking.
31:58Wash the utensils
31:59and the place
32:00where you ate
32:01well after eating.
32:03These housekeeping tips
32:04will bring you
32:05a new Domestic.
32:06No dirt,
32:07no germs,
32:08no doubt.
32:23What's your favorite
32:24Christmas food
32:26in the country
32:27where you're from?
32:28Not in the Philippines,
32:29we all know that.
32:30You said there,
32:31wherever you're from.
32:33Well,
32:34from New Zealand,
32:35it's eggnog.
32:36Eggnog.
32:37Eggnog is really good.
32:38That has alcohol,
32:39doesn't it?
32:40It does.
32:41No, it doesn't.
32:42It doesn't?
32:43You can eat it with liquor.
32:44You can eat it with alcohol,
32:45but without,
32:46it's good.
32:47But it's so fattening.
32:48Yes.
32:49But it's delicious.
32:50It's so good.
32:51It's delicious.
32:52It should be creamy.
32:53What is it?
32:54Egg?
32:55Eggnog?
32:56It's egg.
32:57And it tastes like,
32:58yeah,
32:59what does it taste like?
33:00Liquid leche flan.
33:01What?
33:02Leche flan?
33:03Yeah, exactly.
33:04It's like leche flan.
33:05It's so creamy.
33:06It's really hot.
33:07It's so fattening.
33:11Cheese, of course,
33:12and Norwegian salmon.
33:14And then,
33:16turkey.
33:17It's good.
33:18Also,
33:19the deer is good.
33:20So,
33:22There are a lot of favorites.
33:23There are a lot of favorites.
33:24Yeah, exactly.
33:25And caviar.
33:26I mean,
33:27everything.
33:28Because it was all new for me.
33:29Yes, that's right.
33:30So, everything was like,
33:31hey, this is okay.
33:32Hey, hey, hey,
33:33everything is okay.
33:34Me too.
33:36We have
33:37potato salad
33:38from the Czech Republic.
33:39It's kind of
33:40special.
33:41But after that,
33:42you have a bad breath.
33:43Because,
33:44there's a lot of garlic.
33:45Yeah,
33:46onion and garlic.
33:47Okay.
33:49I'm not sure
33:50if it's really Christmas,
33:51but for wintertime,
33:52they like to make
33:53pea soup.
33:54They like to make
33:55fattening things
33:56to make you fat
33:57for the winter.
33:58Or,
33:59they have this thing
34:00called an oil ball.
34:01I don't know if it's,
34:02it's not really made of oil.
34:03It's like dough,
34:04and you fry it.
34:06And then you put
34:07powdered sugar on it.
34:08It's like a doughnut.
34:10Almost like a doughnut,
34:11but it's a ball.
34:12It's almost like a doughnut.
34:13It's almost like a doughnut.
34:14It's a little more...
34:15It's like a doughnut.
34:16Yeah, it's like a doughnut.
34:18It's really good.
34:19Nancy?
34:21For me,
34:22ever since I was...
34:23It's like Canadian bacon.
34:24No,
34:25it's not really
34:26a Canadian thing,
34:27I don't think.
34:28But just for me personally,
34:29my mom would always
34:30bake butter cookies
34:31before Christmas.
34:32They're the kind,
34:33it's a really simple recipe,
34:34whatever,
34:35but they melt in your mouth
34:36when you bite them.
34:38Really simple,
34:39and you sprinkle,
34:40put sprinkles on top.
34:41That reminds me of Christmas,
34:42because that's the only time
34:43my mom bakes.
34:44And her pasta salad
34:45that she always makes
34:46for Christmas.
34:50Cheese,
34:52and turkey,
34:54and eggnog.
34:56Everything.
34:57Cookies.
34:59Everything,
35:00because it's the time to eat.
35:01Actually,
35:02actually,
35:03once you're hungry,
35:04you like everything.
35:05Can you guys cook?
35:08So,
35:09Christmas,
35:10what do you usually cook?
35:12Matzo balls.
35:13It's a Jewish delicacy.
35:15Matzo balls.
35:16It's like a dough ball
35:17in soup,
35:18and if you cook them wrong,
35:19they sink.
35:20So if they sink,
35:21you know you're really bad cook.
35:22They're supposed to float.
35:23It's supposed to float.
35:24It's supposed to float.
35:25If they sink,
35:26then you did it really wrong
35:27and don't eat it,
35:28it's toxic.
35:29Not really for Christmas,
35:30but if ever,
35:31I would probably be like
35:32chicken.
35:33I like chicken.
35:34I love chicken.
35:35Roasted chicken.
35:36With a lot of Heinz ketchup.
35:38Fried chicken.
35:40Fried chicken.
35:42Adobo.
35:43Negative.
35:44Okay, next.
35:46I just,
35:47I'm more into sweets,
35:48like cookies and cakes.
35:50That's my favorite.
35:52Favorite po.
35:53Sweets lang.
35:55Siyempre kapag pinag-uusapan
35:56ng pagkain,
35:58siyempre magandang
35:59i-join mo dyan ng music.
36:01Lalo na sa Pilipinas,
36:02yan ang uso.
36:03May palaging music.
36:04Sa Pilipinas,
36:05hindi nawawala ang
36:06Christmas caroling.
36:07Meron ba ganun sa canteen ninyo?
36:10Caroling?
36:11Ano?
36:12Caroling?
36:13Caroling is when you like,
36:14you sing.
36:15You go to house,
36:16to house,
36:17you sing.
36:18Ano?
36:19Sa house.
36:20Ayaw kayo,
36:21kayo lang,
36:22you're singing.
36:23Actually,
36:24sa house,
36:25di ba,
36:26under the Christmas tree
36:27or around the Christmas tree,
36:28you sing.
36:29Anong mga kinakanta nyo?
36:30Hindi ko alam.
36:31Ano?
36:32The lyrics.
36:34Pero something like,
36:36I forgot the lyrics
36:37but something like,
36:38in German, ha?
36:39Yes.
36:40Like,
36:41O Tannenbaum,
36:42O Tannenbaum.
36:45Here,
36:46let's sing a song in Dutch.
36:47Talaga,
36:48you know that?
36:49O Tannenbaum,
36:50O Tannenbaum,
36:51that's how you talk
36:52of all the stars.
36:54Well,
36:55something like that.
36:56Something like that.
36:59Looks like you're in deep thought.
37:02I'm just laughing,
37:03wondering about these two.
37:05Anyways,
37:07what was the question?
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40:58I guess back home, the family bonds aren't as tight as here.
41:03And it especially comes out during Christmas.
41:05Even the family bond here is tight.
41:07Especially during Christmas.
41:09Even more.
41:11I'm not sure yet.
41:12But what I've noticed differences is the decorations.
41:15How they decorate the different...
41:17I'm from Mantepolo.
41:19As soon as you're driving up, all the twisty-turny curves,
41:21and you see, welcome to Mantepolo.
41:23You see these tons of decorations.
41:25These big candles.
41:26They're all bright.
41:27And you see them in the trees.
41:29Gifts in the trees.
41:30And they're all glowing.
41:31The decorations here are nuts.
41:33They're so beautiful.
41:34Compared to back home, people just decorate their houses with Christmas lights.
41:39Maybe some neighbourhoods will go all out and put something in the yard.
41:45And some lights here and some lights there.
41:47But here, it's really different decorations.
41:49And they're much nicer.
41:51And it's everywhere.
41:52It's everywhere.
41:54I think it's a very special day for Filipinos.
41:57Like Christmas.
41:59Because you can tell.
42:00They're starting already in advance.
42:03Months before that.
42:05You can see.
42:06Like she said, the decorations.
42:08When you go around, you have all these beautiful things.
42:11It's nice.
42:15I think it's a very special thing.
42:16It's a very special thing.
42:17And also, together with family.
42:21When you're bonding.
42:22Maybe you don't see your family that much.
42:24You're always working.
42:26Or you're out of the country.
42:28But in Christmas, you're together.
42:31So that's the difference in Europe.
42:34Like I said, at 12 midnight, they just leave.
42:38But here, it's more like they really stick together.
42:41And then you talk about old days.
42:44Right?
42:45You tell stories.
42:47Have any of you done caroling?
42:51Have you done caroling?
42:53Caroling?
42:54Yes.
42:55How much did you get?
42:56Actually, when I was young, I didn't do caroling.
43:00But last year, I was with P-MAP.
43:04So we were a group.
43:06We were all models.
43:07And we were doing caroling.
43:10Ah, okay.
43:12We had rehearsals.
43:16What do you miss the most?
43:18About home.
43:20Home.
43:21Yeah.
43:22You know when you go to your room,
43:24when you go to your bed,
43:25and it's so cold.
43:26And you go under your thick blankets.
43:28And you're like...
43:29That's like...
43:31When you do go back to where you came from,
43:33what do you miss the most in the Philippines?
43:36My family.
43:38Family.
43:40Maybe when I'm there, I'll miss the heat.
43:43If I'm there, I'll miss the heat.
43:45For me, when I go back,
43:46when I'm here, I miss my family.
43:49I miss my kids.
43:51Because I haven't seen them for the longest time.
43:54That's why when I'm here, I miss them.
43:56When I'm there, of course, I miss my friends.
44:00Just friends.
44:01I miss the snow in New Zealand.
44:03I miss making snow angels.
44:05You lie in the snow and you go like that.
44:06And it makes these huge angels.
44:08But when you're there,
44:09if you spend Christmas there,
44:10what would you miss here?
44:14Food.
44:15The food.
44:17Yeah, bingo.
44:18This year, where do you prefer to spend the holiday season?
44:21I mean, if you were given a choice,
44:24you could spend Christmas anywhere.
44:26Where would you spend it?
44:29I don't want to answer this one.
44:30I would spend it with my mom.
44:33Because my mom is there.
44:35It's my first Christmas without her.
44:37She misses her mom.
44:38Yes, my mom.
44:40I have a mother as well.
44:42Me too.
44:43I just want to go back and visit.
44:47But of course, I miss my family here.
44:48But ever since, I haven't been able to go back.
44:52Maybe it would be nice to spend Christmas here.
44:54Again.
44:55Again, after 8 years.
44:57Maybe in the Netherlands.
44:58But with my Dutch family and my parents.
45:01Because I've been here for about 3 years.
45:03So, I miss you.
45:07For me,
45:09I don't think I'll be spending it with my parents this year.
45:13Because my mom,
45:14I just talked to my mom last night.
45:15And she told me,
45:17Don't go.
45:18She doesn't want me to fly.
45:19Because it's so dangerous.
45:21She's afraid of whatever happens in the States.
45:26And then there's so many plane crashes.
45:30So, I said, don't go.
45:31Please stay there.
45:32It's better.
45:33I feel more safe.
45:34So, I think I'll be staying in Bangkok, Thailand.
45:40Visiting friends.
45:42I'll be staying with friends.
45:44Thank you very much for sharing.
45:47So, Merry Christmas.
45:49I'll be back.
45:51These housekeeping tips will bring you a new Domestic.
45:55No dirt, no germs, no doubt.
45:58Our car can go anywhere.
46:01It's natural that any kind of dirt gets stuck here.
46:03The world is different now.
46:05And we don't know what kind of microbes it brings to our house.
46:10Let's not let the microbes that it brings into our house.
46:14Remember, our car should be clean all the time.
46:18Use the new Domestic All-Around Home Cleaner
46:21to remove the dirt and germs that get stuck in your car.
46:30These housekeeping tips will bring you a new Domestic.
46:34No dirt, no germs, no doubt.
46:52You know, they're from different countries,
46:55but the Christmas spirit is still the same for everyone.
46:58It's a time to be with your family, with the people you love.
47:02Exactly. So, wherever you are,
47:04whatever your nationality is,
47:06whatever your religion is,
47:08the most important thing is that Christmas is a time to be with your loved ones.
47:14Correct. And it's a time to eat.
47:16A lot.
47:17A lot.
47:18And plenty.
47:19A lot.
47:21So, sisters, thank you for joining us.
47:24Thank you for joining us.
47:25And we would like to thank Bambi Fuentes,
47:28Yuman,
47:30Salon de Manila,
47:32Chloe for our eyewear,
47:34available at Optical Works.
47:36Of course, we'd like to thank, I'd like to thank FNH,
47:39Janeline for our shoes,
47:41and Wade for our shoes,
47:43Welles Center and Spa,
47:45and I don't know, who else?
47:47We're done, right?
47:48We're done.
47:50We'll see each other again here at SIS.
47:54Bye.
48:19Because when I was young, I was always
48:23a man dressing up like Santa Claus.
48:25I was like, hey, he's not Santa Claus, he's just a man.
48:27I do remember one time that I really wanted a bike.
48:31Because that's very popular back home.
48:33Everyone rides a bike.
48:35What's your favorite gift that you received for Christmas?
48:43Something you hang on the tree that's been in the family for 10 or 20 years.
48:46Because a friend of mine had that.
48:47And every year, whoever was the youngest or the eldest
48:50would get passed on a gift.
48:52And I think that was the most memorable, because it's an antique.
48:54Girls, what would you give Piolo Pascual?
48:57I'd give him a tea bag for a man with
49:00I love Canada on the front.