The Man Who Made Timeless Filipino Christmas Songs

It was the launch of Christmas 2019 celebration at the University of the Philippines Manila with the lighting of the Christmas Tree in front of the Philippine General Hospital. And who else should be there to launch it but the man whose song ushers in the Pinoy Christmas season in September. Jose Mari Chan called himself the “Little Drummer Boy” who heralds the coming of the season as his name is practically synonymous with the start of the Filipino Christmas season.

Regina Cæli

San Agustin Museum together with the different Marian shrines and parishes in the Philippines have brought up a Marian exhibit called “Regina Caeli”. The exhibit showcased 30 of these pontifically crowned Marian images in the Philippines, aiming to show that the country is “Pueblo Amante de Maria” or a people in love with Mary.