To Filipino-American children, the colorful star lanterns, or parols, hanging from the roofs of houses during the Christmas season may only identify the other Filipino families in the neighborhood.

Music, food and a festive mood are what make a Filipino Christmas Mass unique, according to organisers of a north Queensland Simbang Gabi celebration.

When Jun Belen was preparing to leave for graduate school at Stanford, he warned his mother not to expect him back home in Manila for at least two years. He planned to save his money. But it was hard ...

This weekend, KHON2 is set to premiere a one-hour Filipino Christmas special highlighting the Filipino community and their festive traditions. Hosted by Mikey Monis Pasko from Hawai’i will air on ...

The procession held the Christmas lanterns high and slowly circled the gardens, vanquishing the December darkness. Want the latest on the Mission and San Francisco? Sign up for our free daily ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- The Filipino Roman Catholic community will honor Christmas with nine nights of masses that begin on Wednesday at St. Rita's R.C. Church, Meiers Corners. The masses are known as ...

As the night falls on Christmas Eve, most American children are headed to bed in hopes seeing what Santa dropped off during the night, while parents and adults put the finishing touches of what they ...

Looking back at this past Christmas, I have realized that most of our activities as a family have been with the same traditional practices that characterize a Filipino Christmas. Filipino Christmas ...

The turkey’s been eaten, the pumpkin pie is finished, and it’s finally that time of year everyone has been counting down to. Even the humid island air feels a bit colder, and everything’s brightening ...

Though it focuses on marking the same miraculous occurrence as in the West — the birth of Jesus in a Bethlehem manger — Filipino Christmas traditions have their own unique flavor, figuratively and ...

As Catholics around the world celebrate Christmas, the Lake County Filipino Catholic community observed Christmas during the nine-consecutive-day Simbang Gabi novena that began on Dec. 15. The ...