Roots & Wings | December 2020

Oh, tell me you’ll try to remember on the darker days, Love is a compass.”

Disney’s UK Christmas clip ignites nostalgia, even a tear or two to overseas Pinoys who miss home over Christmas and the New Year. Filipino’s love for family and traditions are sealed for posterity.

So glad though, festive traditions carry on through streamed Simbang Gabi from Dec 16th, handmade parols lit balconies and windows, hearty Noche Buena spread on Christmas Eve and social network’s kwentuhan, selfies, and hugs!

Flip through flowing pages of joyful, faithful Filipino traditions spanning from Antipolo’s Balay Belen and Casa Santa Museum to quilted ornaments from Jakarta; revisit holiday festivities in Vienna, Moscow and Prague, or food-connect with Tbilisi, Georgia through Rawmags’ Jennifer Fergesen who’s made us all proud for taking home 2 of 2020’s Plaridel awards.

Want more? Mamas with hyper lil’ ones, do connect with Karin in Zurich. Lovers of literature join Maris as she retraced Dante Alighieri’s genius over 700 years of glory. Still no idea what to do this season? Scan Marthy’s holiday in interesting times for an idea or two.

2020 is uniquely different from bygone Christmases, you’d agree. But who and what we’re missing, stay valued and prized.

As vibrant as Ge’s and Jess’s mag cover depicts, a merriest Christmas and a New Year of benevolent possibilities to all!

Rooting for you from London, Cebu, Stockholm, Manila, Moscow, Reykjavík, Zurich, Brussels, Oslo, Vienna, Prague, and St Gallen, Switzerland

Aimee, Apiong, Aya, Donna, Gloria, Jennifer, Lily, Louise, Lyndy, Marthy, Ralph, Rebecca, Rachel, and Betsy.