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Our virtual world tour continues with Christmas in the Philippines. Christmas is the most important holiday in the Philippines and celebrations officially begin each year on December 16th. Filipinos tradition involves 9 pre-dawn early morning masses with the first mass on December 16th and the last of the series of masses held on Christmas day. The Open House tradition called Noche Buena features Filipino Christmas foods of  Bibingka (a coconut rice cake) and Puto Bumbong (also a rice …