The Christmas season in the Philippines is called Ber Months, which are the four months from September, October, November and December. Christmas songs start to be played as early as September.
It is natural that the Philippines, where most of the people are Catholic, celebrates Christmas with great pomp and circumstance, and it is strange that Japan, where there are almost no Christians, celebrates Christmas in this country.
It's the same with Valentine's Day, Ehoumaki, Halloween, etc., I guess it's just that they are being taken advantage of by companies that try to make a business out of everything.
It is said that the reason for the four-month long Christmas season in the Philippines is because Filipinos working abroad cannot return home in time for Christmas in December, so they return home during these four months to celebrate Christmas with their families.
I thought it was too late for Christmas as all the shopping malls are said to be deserted this year due to the corona crisis, but I heard that the Mall of Asia in Manila has started to be decorated for Christmas.
Recently, some places in Japan have begun to decorate for Christmas after Halloween. In the past, it used to start at the end of November.
Illuminations will be lit up here and there from mid-November, but this year many of them have been cancelled due to the coronavirus.
In the meantime, our family bought a Christmas tree at the request of my wife in the Philippines.
This is the first time in my life that I have ever bought and decorated a Christmas tree. Now I decided to have my wife decorate it the way she wanted.
And last night, we held a small lighting ceremony. From now until Christmas.
