Celebrating Christmas in Manila
25/11/2018
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Manila approaches the holiday season with all the enthusiasm of a sprightly Christmas elf – and you will too, once you’ve perused these festivities!
Hands-down the most eagerly anticipated event of the season will unfold a lift ride away from your suite at The Peninsula Manila. Let yourself be serenaded by the famous Carolling at The Lobby sessions, with professional carollers filling the hotel with the celestial sound of Christmas.
More iconic yet is The Peninsula Christmas Concert, a joyful, charitable prelude to the season, performed by the University of Santo Tomas Singers, the Philippine Philharmonic and special guests, all performing to the graceful baton-swipes of a star conductor.
Stocking up on stocking fillers? You needn’t stray far from The Peninsula for a covetable array of gifting goodies, with the fabulous Glorietta and Greenbelt malls within a heel-click of the hotel, but why not go one step further with Sinag ng Pasko (5-6 Dec), an annual charitable Christmas bazaar that spotlights homegrown craft talent. Delightfully offbeat and handcrafted gifts for sale range from knitted animals and leather accessories, to organic bath amenities and garden seeds – and all for a good cause.
Sweet-tooths and tots will go gaga for luxe mall Estancia’s mind-boggling Christmas attraction, the Estancia Sweet Illusions Chamber Rooms. Four Instafeed-ready spaces will feature lasers, dreamscapes, ultra-violet murals and other trippy light installations, not unlike a Christmassy Candy Crush Saga come to life. Last year’s edition was a smash-hit, so prepare to queue.
Rippling through the tranquil Ayala Triangle Gardens, the mesmeric Festival of Lights enters its 10th year with a kid-friendly Disney theme. This sparkly spectacular is only made better by a thanksgiving Catholic mass and cockle-warming food-and-drink night market. Go forth and be merry!
Carolling at the Lobby / 6.30-7.15pm, 7, 14 and 21 Dec / The Peninsula Manila
Sinag ng Pasko / 5-6 Dec / Glorietta Activity Center / Glorietta 2 / Makati / 11am-10pm / facebook.com
Estancia Sweet Illusions Chamber Rooms / until 6 Jan, 2019 / Estancia / 1605 Meralco Ave
Festival of Lights / 6-10pm every 30 minutes until 8 Jan, 2019 / Ayala Triangle Gardens / Makati / 6-10pm daily / ayalatriangle.com
Hands-down the most eagerly anticipated event of the season will unfold a lift ride away from your suite at The Peninsula Manila. Let yourself be serenaded by the famous Carolling at The Lobby sessions, with professional carollers filling the hotel with the celestial sound of Christmas.
More iconic yet is The Peninsula Christmas Concert, a joyful, charitable prelude to the season, performed by the University of Santo Tomas Singers, the Philippine Philharmonic and special guests, all performing to the graceful baton-swipes of a star conductor.
Stocking up on stocking fillers? You needn’t stray far from The Peninsula for a covetable array of gifting goodies, with the fabulous Glorietta and Greenbelt malls within a heel-click of the hotel, but why not go one step further with Sinag ng Pasko (5-6 Dec), an annual charitable Christmas bazaar that spotlights homegrown craft talent. Delightfully offbeat and handcrafted gifts for sale range from knitted animals and leather accessories, to organic bath amenities and garden seeds – and all for a good cause.
Sweet-tooths and tots will go gaga for luxe mall Estancia’s mind-boggling Christmas attraction, the Estancia Sweet Illusions Chamber Rooms. Four Instafeed-ready spaces will feature lasers, dreamscapes, ultra-violet murals and other trippy light installations, not unlike a Christmassy Candy Crush Saga come to life. Last year’s edition was a smash-hit, so prepare to queue.
Rippling through the tranquil Ayala Triangle Gardens, the mesmeric Festival of Lights enters its 10th year with a kid-friendly Disney theme. This sparkly spectacular is only made better by a thanksgiving Catholic mass and cockle-warming food-and-drink night market. Go forth and be merry!
Carolling at the Lobby / 6.30-7.15pm, 7, 14 and 21 Dec / The Peninsula Manila
Sinag ng Pasko / 5-6 Dec / Glorietta Activity Center / Glorietta 2 / Makati / 11am-10pm / facebook.com
Estancia Sweet Illusions Chamber Rooms / until 6 Jan, 2019 / Estancia / 1605 Meralco Ave
Festival of Lights / 6-10pm every 30 minutes until 8 Jan, 2019 / Ayala Triangle Gardens / Makati / 6-10pm daily / ayalatriangle.com