{"id":1284,"date":"2014-12-05T12:13:47","date_gmt":"2014-12-05T04:13:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/primer.com.ph\/staff-blog\/?p=1284"},"modified":"2015-12-29T10:53:59","modified_gmt":"2015-12-29T02:53:59","slug":"spend-less-and-enjoy-the-holidays","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/2014\/12\/05\/spend-less-and-enjoy-the-holidays\/","title":{"rendered":"Spend Less and Enjoy the Holidays"},"content":{"rendered":"

The holiday excitement and rush in the Philippines seconds to nobody else\u2019s in this world. Truly, almost everybody in this country is excited about the Yuletide season.<\/span><\/p>\n

Almost.<\/span><\/p>\n

Unfortunately, with all the joy and excitement come \u201choliday casualties\u201d: Christmas expenses that put a damper on celebrating the Yuletide season.<\/span><\/p>\n

Everyone wants to be generous during the most wonderful time of the year\u2026with the least peso value possible. Fret not, as Primer gives you four places in the metro where you can bring the whole family to enjoy and spend virtually nothing!<\/span><\/p>\n

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(Photo grabbed from <\/span><\/em>GMA Network Website<\/a>)<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

1. Greenhills Shopping Centre \u2013 COD or Christmas On Display <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

This is the mall\u2019s 12th<\/sup> year of putting up a show for kids called Christmas on Display<\/em>. From November 29, at 6PM to 11PM every day, witness this animated show free of admission. This year\u2019s theme focuses on saving nature. We recommend you dine around the area for less than 100PHP while enjoying the show.<\/span><\/p>\n

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2. Ayala Triangle Lights and Sounds <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

A yearly attraction brought by the Ayala Corporation, witness the Ayala Lights and Sounds at the Ayala Triangle Garden. It is a spectacular display of lights and sounds running for every 30 minutes from 6PM to 9PM daily which started last November 21 and will be available to amaze families in the Metro until December 31. Admission is for free, so invite anyone and everyone to tag along.<\/span><\/p>\n

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(Photo credit: Kat Cordova<\/a>)<\/span><\/p>\n

3. Policarpio Street in Mandaluyong City<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

This \u201cChristmas Village\u201d in Policarpio St., Mandaluyong features residents\u2019 homes with sparkling lights and huge Santa Clauses. It is a yearly tradition that they try to uphold. Come and see an entire street lit up with colorful Christmas lights and take a groupfie! No need to pay for anything! If you\u2019re lucky, there will be stalls selling Filipino Christmas favorites: the puto bumbong<\/em> and bibingka<\/em>.<\/span><\/p>\n

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4. Malls around the metro<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Have you seen SM Aura\u2019s Giant Peacock themed Christmas tree? How about the huge polar bears in the Rockwell Power Plant? The giant Christmas tree at Resorts World? Santa\u2019s corner in SM Megamall? Spend a weekend at the mall and take family photos inside different malls around the metro! You don\u2019t have to spend anything on these attractions.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Written by:<\/strong> Beth Javines, contributor<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The holiday excitement and rush in the Philippines seconds to nobody else\u2019s in this world. Truly, almost everybody in this country is excited about the Yuletide season. Almost. Unfortunately, with all the joy and excitement come \u201choliday casualties\u201d: Christmas expenses that put a damper on celebrating the Yuletide season. Everyone wants to be generous during the most wonderful time of the year\u2026with the least peso value possible. Fret not, as Primer gives you four places in the metro where you can bring the whole family to enjoy and spend virtually nothing! (Photo grabbed from GMA Network Website) 1. Greenhills Shopping Centre \u2013 COD or Christmas On Display This is the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":1297,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[96],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1284","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-listicle"],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2014\/12\/DSC_1189.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1284","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1284"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1284\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1322,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1284\/revisions\/1322"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1297"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1284"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1284"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1284"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}