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Christmas

Christmas or Christmas Day is an annual holiday generally celebrated on December 25 by billions of people around the world. It is a Christian feast that commemorates the birth of Jesus Christ, liturgically closing the Advent season and initiating the season of Christmastide, which lasts twelve days...

 carols sung by the Filipino

Filipino people

The Filipino people or Filipinos are an Austronesian ethnic group native to the islands of the Philippines. There are about 92 million Filipinos in the Philippines, and about 11 million living outside the Philippines ....

 during Christmas season. Most of these songs traditionally started way back during Spanish era and continued to be modified by modernization.

Ang Pasko ay Sumapit

Maligayang Pasko at Masaganang Bagong Taon (Merry Christmas and a Prosperous New Year), also known as Ang Pasko ay Sumapit (Christmas has Arrived), is a traditional Filipino

Philippines

The Philippines , officially known as the Republic of the Philippines , is a country in Southeast Asia in the western Pacific Ocean. To its north across the Luzon Strait lies Taiwan. West across the South China Sea sits Vietnam...

 Christmas

Christmas

Christmas or Christmas Day is an annual holiday generally celebrated on December 25 by billions of people around the world. It is a Christian feast that commemorates the birth of Jesus Christ, liturgically closing the Advent season and initiating the season of Christmastide, which lasts twelve days...

 song. It was originally composed by Vicente D. Rubi and Mariano Vestil in 1933 as Kasadya ning Táknaa

Kasadya Ning Taknaa

Kasadya Ning Taknaa is a Cebuano Christmas carol composed in 1933 by Vicente Rubi with lyrics by Mariano Vestil. Its famous counterpart is Ang Pasko Ay Sumapit, a modified version of the song written by Levi Celerio with lyrics in Tagalog ; however, Celerio is often given all songwriting credit...

(How Blissful is this Season!). A version of the song in Tagalog was used by Josefino Cenizal

Josefino Cenizal

Josefino Cenizal is a Filipino composer, director and actor from Tanza, Cavite. In 1937, he began to direct music films at Parlatone-Hispano Films, which is where his music career began. - References :...

 as a marching song for "Ang Pugad ng Aguila" (Hawk's Nest) in 1938. National Artist Levi Celerio

Levi Celerio

Levi Celerio was a Filipino composer and lyricist who was born in Manila, Philippines. Celerio was a prolific song-writer, with over 4,000 songs to his credit. He is perhaps best-known for being a leaf-player, a feat for which he was put into the Guinness Book of World Records...

 also wrote Tagalog lyrics to the song during 1950s. The song is still sung today in various communities, especially in Churches both in the Philippines

Philippines

The Philippines , officially known as the Republic of the Philippines , is a country in Southeast Asia in the western Pacific Ocean. To its north across the Luzon Strait lies Taiwan. West across the South China Sea sits Vietnam...

 and abroad.

Kasadya ni'ng Táknaa (Cebuano Cebuano language Cebuano, referred to by most of its speakers as Bisaya , is an Austronesian language spoken in the Philippines by about 20 million people mostly in the Central Visayas. It is the most widely spoken of the languages within the so-named Bisayan subgroup and is closely related to other Filipino... ) ----	Christmas Has Arrived (English) ----	Ang Pasko ay Sumapit (Tagalog Tagalog language Tagalog is an Austronesian language spoken as a first language by a third of the population of the Philippines and as a second language by most of the rest. It is the first language of the Philippine region IV and of Metro Manila... ) ----
Kasadya ni'ng Táknaa Dapit sa kahimayaan. Mao ray among nakita, Ang panagway nga masanagon. Buláhan ug buláhan Ang tagbaláy nga giawitan. Awit nga halandumon, Ug sa tanang pasko magmalípayon. Kasadya ni'ng Táknaa Dapit sa kahimayaan. Mao ray among nakita, Ang panagway nga masanagon. Buláhan ug buláhan Ang tagbaláy nga giawitan. Awit nga halandumon, Ug sa tanang pasko magmalípayon. Bag-ong tuig, bág-ong kinabúhì. Dinuyogan sa átong mga pagbati. Atong awiton ug atong laylayon Aron magmalípayon. Kasadya ni'ng Táknaa Dapit sa kahimayaan. Mao ray among nakita, Ang panagway nga masanagon. Buláhan ug buláhan Ang tagbaláy nga giawitan. Awit nga halandumon, Ug sa tanang pasko magmalípayon.	Christmas has arrived Let us sing beautiful hymns because God is Love When Christ was born There were Three Kings who visited And each one offered their respective gifts. Chorus: 'Tis New Year so we must reform our lives so that glad will be our nation/people Let us strive that achieve we may Prosperity! Let us sing Whilst the world is silent The Day has arrived of the Child brought about of Heaven. Let us love each another, Let us follow the Golden Rule Golden Rule Golden Rule may refer to:*The Golden Rule in ethics, morality, history and religion, also known as the ethic of reciprocity*Golden Rule savings rate, in economics, the savings rate which maximizes consumption in the Solow growth model... And from this moment forth though it not be Christmas, let us share	Ang Pasko ay sumapit Tayo ay mangagsiawit Ng magagandang himig Dahil sa ang Diyós ay pag-ibig Nang si Kristo'y isilang May tatlong haring nagsidalaw At ang bawat isa ay nagsipaghandog Ng tanging alay Koro: Bagong taon ay magbagong-buhay Nang lumigaya ang ating bayan Tayo'y magsikap upang makamtán Natin ang kasaganaan Tayo'y mangagsiawit Habang ang mundo'y tahimik Ang araw ay sumapit Ng sanggol na dulot ng langit Tayo ay magmahalan Ating sundin ang gintong aral At magbuhat ngayon Kahit hindi Pasko ay magbigayan

Noche Buena

Noche Buena is a song that describes typical Filipino culture of sharing and giving gifts during Christmas among relatives. Its title refers tot the traditional nochebuena

Nochebuena

Nochebuena, , is a Spanish word referring to the night of Christmas Eve. In Spain, Cuba, Latin America, and the Philippines, the evening consists of a traditional dinner with family....

, a usually family-centred feast full of merrymaking held shortly before midnight on Christmas Eve

Christmas Eve

Christmas Eve refers to the evening or entire day preceding Christmas Day, a widely celebrated festival commemorating the birth of Jesus of Nazareth that takes place on December 25...

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Noche Buena (Tagalog Tagalog language Tagalog is an Austronesian language spoken as a first language by a third of the population of the Philippines and as a second language by most of the rest. It is the first language of the Philippine region IV and of Metro Manila... ) ----

Noche Buena Nochebuena Nochebuena, , is a Spanish word referring to the night of Christmas Eve. In Spain, Cuba, Latin America, and the Philippines, the evening consists of a traditional dinner with family....  (English) ----

Kay sigla ng gabi, ang lahat ay kay saya; nagluto ang Áte ng manok na tinola; Sa bahay ng Kuya ay mayro'ng litsonan pa! Ang bawat tahanan may handáng iba't iba! Tayo na giliw, magsalo na tayo mayro'n na tayong tinapay at keso. Di ba Noche Buena sa gabing ito? At bukas ay araw ng Pasko!

How lively is the night, how jolly are all; Older Sister has cooked tinolang manok; at Older Brother's house, there is lechon Lechon Lechón is a pork dish in several regions of the world, most specifically Spain and its former colonial possessions throughout the world. The word lechón originated from the Spanish term leche ; thus lechón refers to a suckling pig that is roasted...  [being roasted]! Every home has prepared many different things! Shall we go, beloved, let us feast, [for] now have we bread and cheese. Isn't it Noche Buena on this very night? And tomorrow is Christmas Day!

Sa Maybahay ang Aming Bati

In a part of a series known as Maligayang Pasko, this was originally an untitled song; it is now commonly known by its incipit

Incipit

Incipit is a Latin word meaning "it begins". The incipit of a text, such as a poem, song, or book, is the first few words of its opening line. In music, it can also refer to the opening notes of a composition. Before the development of titles, texts were often referred to by their incipits...

. Though more playful in tone, its theme is similar to the English carol Here We Come A-wassailing/A-caroling

Here We Come A-Wassailing

Here We Come A-wassailing is an English traditional Christmas carol and New Years song, apparently composed c. 1850...

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Sa Maybahay ang Aming Bati (Tagalog Tagalog language Tagalog is an Austronesian language spoken as a first language by a third of the population of the Philippines and as a second language by most of the rest. It is the first language of the Philippine region IV and of Metro Manila... ) ----	To The Householder We Greet (English) ----
Sa maybahay, ang aming bati: "Merry Christmas na mal'walhati!" Ang pag-ibig, 'pag siyang nagharì, araw-araw ay magiging Paskò lagi! Koro: Ang sanhi po, ng pagparito, ay hihingî po ng aginaldo. Kung sakaling, kami'y perhuwisyo, pasensya na kayo't kami'y namamasko!!	To the householder we greet: "A Glorious Merry Christmas!" When Love doth reign, every day will always be Christmas! Chorus: The reason we have come is to ask for gifts. If it so happens that we are a bother, forgive us as we are soliciting for Christmas!