Both Christmas and New Year celebrations in the Philippines are always unforgettable occasions to every Filipino people. With these holidays, everyone has given a time for themselves to enjoy being together with their families, relatives and friends.
Christmas celebrations has already been discussed in the previous post. Thus, on this post is all about the New Year celebration.
If Christmas is all about celebrating and remembering the birth of Jesus Christ, New Year is all about welcoming the start of the new year. This happens when the time strikes the midnight (12 AM) of the last day of December.
Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!
Throughout the month of December, you are often greeted by your families, relatives and friends with this very popular greeting, "Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!". There isn't really any connection between the birth of the child Jesus Christ from the coming new year. But if you notice, the 24th of December is only a few days away (6, 7 or 8 days) from the new year. This is the reason why New Year is always attached to the Christmas holiday.
Traditional celebrations of New Year in the Philippines involves enjoyable events, superstitious belief and self improvement.
1. Setting up Firework Display
The celebration of the New Year in the Philippines is incomplete without setting up firework displays. Large companies, cities and down to the local "barangays" have their own firework displays. Watching them as those fireworks sparkles over the dark sky makes is really pretty amazing. If you don't want to go outside, you can always watch firework display in your own television or cable channels.
2. Causing Loud Noises
There are many different types of fireworks but most of them were designed to cause loud noises. To set a firework up, you need to lit the string or fuse. Once lit, the string or fuse will burn until it reaches the shell causing it to explode. You have to be very extra careful on doing this procedure because things might go wrong leading into some serious injuries. I suggest that you should consult advises from the experts and read safety methods on how to properly setup your own fireworks.
You have to know that a lot of Filipinos suffers serious injuries and even death on every yearly celebration of the New Year. Despite of this fact, still many Filipinos continues to buy and use them.
What is the difference with firework and firecrackers?
Firecracker is actually a type of firework which is designed for generating loud booms upon explosion. Fireworks is more about display such as the Fountain but some of them also generates loud booming sounds.
Firework/Firecracker Alternatives
As I already mentioned above, fireworks or firecrackers are quite dangerous that can cause serious injury or even take lives. The good thing is that, there are several alternative safety noisemakers. For small children, you can buy them trumpets. You can also turn your amplified stereo to its maximum volume. If you really cannot afford to buy trumpets or possess the luxury of stereo then you can simply grab any metal can and hit it like a gong.
3. Midnight Meal or "Media Noche"
The celebration of the New Year is always celebrated by preparing midnight meal which is also known as the "Media Noche". This midnight feast symbolizes Family Union. It is because the served food is meant for the whole family to be together in enjoying their meal.
4. Superstitious Belief
Loud Noises
Those fireworks or firecrackers and other sorts of causing loud noises is actually due to the superstitious belief that it will drive away bad luck and welcomes good luck. So if you do have a strong belief about this superstition then create a lot of loud noises as you can.
12 Round Fruits
It became a traditional belief to every Filipinos that displaying 12 pieces of rounded shape fruits on their table brings good luck for the whole coming New Year. Each fruit represents the month of the coming year.
Wearing Polka Dots
Many Filipinos believe that wearing polka dotted clothes could bring prosperity or wealth.
Fill you Wallets and Pockets with Money
They say that it brings good luck if you always make sure that all of your pockets and wallets always have money on them. You have to maintain this practice for the rest of the new year in order for it to work.
Open the Doors and Windows
During the New Year's Eve, it is a superstitious belief that you will invite good luck into your home if you are going to open the door and windows of your house.
5. New Year's Resolution
New Year's Resolution is all about self-improvement where you make a sworn promise to yourself about getting rid of your bad habit or bad things that you usually do. It is an absolute changes about yourself that needs to be resolve in order for you to progress to have a better way of life.
Some good example of New Year's Resolutions are the following:
Moreover, celebrating a Happy New Year in the Philippines is always a very enjoyable moment for every Filipino people.
Christmas celebrations has already been discussed in the previous post. Thus, on this post is all about the New Year celebration.
If Christmas is all about celebrating and remembering the birth of Jesus Christ, New Year is all about welcoming the start of the new year. This happens when the time strikes the midnight (12 AM) of the last day of December.
Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!
Throughout the month of December, you are often greeted by your families, relatives and friends with this very popular greeting, "Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!". There isn't really any connection between the birth of the child Jesus Christ from the coming new year. But if you notice, the 24th of December is only a few days away (6, 7 or 8 days) from the new year. This is the reason why New Year is always attached to the Christmas holiday.
Traditional celebrations of New Year in the Philippines involves enjoyable events, superstitious belief and self improvement.
1. Setting up Firework Display
The celebration of the New Year in the Philippines is incomplete without setting up firework displays. Large companies, cities and down to the local "barangays" have their own firework displays. Watching them as those fireworks sparkles over the dark sky makes is really pretty amazing. If you don't want to go outside, you can always watch firework display in your own television or cable channels.
2. Causing Loud Noises
There are many different types of fireworks but most of them were designed to cause loud noises. To set a firework up, you need to lit the string or fuse. Once lit, the string or fuse will burn until it reaches the shell causing it to explode. You have to be very extra careful on doing this procedure because things might go wrong leading into some serious injuries. I suggest that you should consult advises from the experts and read safety methods on how to properly setup your own fireworks.
You have to know that a lot of Filipinos suffers serious injuries and even death on every yearly celebration of the New Year. Despite of this fact, still many Filipinos continues to buy and use them.
What is the difference with firework and firecrackers?
Firecracker is actually a type of firework which is designed for generating loud booms upon explosion. Fireworks is more about display such as the Fountain but some of them also generates loud booming sounds.
Firework/Firecracker Alternatives
As I already mentioned above, fireworks or firecrackers are quite dangerous that can cause serious injury or even take lives. The good thing is that, there are several alternative safety noisemakers. For small children, you can buy them trumpets. You can also turn your amplified stereo to its maximum volume. If you really cannot afford to buy trumpets or possess the luxury of stereo then you can simply grab any metal can and hit it like a gong.
3. Midnight Meal or "Media Noche"
The celebration of the New Year is always celebrated by preparing midnight meal which is also known as the "Media Noche". This midnight feast symbolizes Family Union. It is because the served food is meant for the whole family to be together in enjoying their meal.
4. Superstitious Belief
Loud Noises
Those fireworks or firecrackers and other sorts of causing loud noises is actually due to the superstitious belief that it will drive away bad luck and welcomes good luck. So if you do have a strong belief about this superstition then create a lot of loud noises as you can.
12 Round Fruits
It became a traditional belief to every Filipinos that displaying 12 pieces of rounded shape fruits on their table brings good luck for the whole coming New Year. Each fruit represents the month of the coming year.
Wearing Polka Dots
Many Filipinos believe that wearing polka dotted clothes could bring prosperity or wealth.
Fill you Wallets and Pockets with Money
They say that it brings good luck if you always make sure that all of your pockets and wallets always have money on them. You have to maintain this practice for the rest of the new year in order for it to work.
Open the Doors and Windows
During the New Year's Eve, it is a superstitious belief that you will invite good luck into your home if you are going to open the door and windows of your house.
5. New Year's Resolution
New Year's Resolution is all about self-improvement where you make a sworn promise to yourself about getting rid of your bad habit or bad things that you usually do. It is an absolute changes about yourself that needs to be resolve in order for you to progress to have a better way of life.
Some good example of New Year's Resolutions are the following:
1. Spending more time with your family.
2. Perform regular exercises to stay physically fit.
3. Get more well organized.
4. Quit smoking or drinking or both.
5. Try to learn a lot of new things.
Moreover, celebrating a Happy New Year in the Philippines is always a very enjoyable moment for every Filipino people.
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