{"id":9898,"date":"2016-11-21T18:03:43","date_gmt":"2016-11-21T10:03:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/?p=9898"},"modified":"2016-11-23T15:59:29","modified_gmt":"2016-11-23T07:59:29","slug":"christmas-destinations-in-the-philippines-outside-manila","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/2016\/11\/21\/christmas-destinations-in-the-philippines-outside-manila\/","title":{"rendered":"Top Christmas Destinations in the Philippines outside Manila"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">1. Giant Lantern Festival, San Fernando City Pampanga<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 12pt\"> Giant Lantern Festival is an annual festival celebrated in December, on the Saturday that precedes Christmas Eve in San Fernando, Pampanga. The festival features a competition of gigantic lanterns whose grand structure is an attraction in itself. Today, the festival is home to innovative designs that display creativity and are infused with originality. Because of this annual event, the city of Pampanga has been christened the \u2018Christmas Capital of the Philippines\u2019.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-9901\" src=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2016\/11\/giant-lantern-festival.jpg\" alt=\"giant-lantern-festival\" width=\"1049\" height=\"451\" srcset=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2016\/11\/giant-lantern-festival.jpg 1049w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2016\/11\/giant-lantern-festival-300x129.jpg 300w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2016\/11\/giant-lantern-festival-768x330.jpg 768w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2016\/11\/giant-lantern-festival-1024x440.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1049px) 100vw, 1049px\" \/><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 12pt\"><em> Image grabbed from this website <a href=\"http:\/\/fatravelist.blogspot.com\/2012\/12\/giant-lantern-festival.html\">fatravelist.blogspot.com<\/a><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\"> 2. Maytinis Festival, Kawit Cavite<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 12pt\"> Maytinis Festival is an old Christmas tradition in the historic town of Kawit in the province of Cavite which is annually held every 24th of December, during Christmas Eve. The traditional event showcases a dramatic retelling of St. Joseph\u2019s and Virgin Mary\u2019s journey in search for a place to stay in Bethlehem. Kawitenos portrays ancient biblical scenes from the old to the new testaments depicted in grand floats culminating a lively parade down the streets of Kawit.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-9902\" src=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2016\/11\/Maytinis-Festival-2014-1.jpg\" alt=\"maytinis-festival-2014-1\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2016\/11\/Maytinis-Festival-2014-1.jpg 800w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2016\/11\/Maytinis-Festival-2014-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2016\/11\/Maytinis-Festival-2014-1-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><br \/>\n<em><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\"> Image grabbed from this website <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pinoyadventurista.com\/2014\/12\/christmas-in-philippines-maytinis-festival.html\">pinoyadventurista.com<\/a><\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\"> 3. Winter Capital of the Philippines, Baguio City, Benguet<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 12pt\"> Dubbed as the &#8220;Winter Capital of the Philippines&#8221;, Baguio City will be the best destination for those who wants to experience the chilly Christmas air in the Philippines. Here you can enjoy sidewalk bazaars, flea markets, sales, and the winter vibe in a tropical country without spending too much. It is also in Baguio where the famous Christmas Village is situated. With different themes every year, tourists and residence in the city of Baguio enjoys the most joyful white Christmas at the Baguio Country Club&#8217;s Christmas Village, where artificial snow rain down and cheerful Christmas songs fills in the atmosphere. Not to mention the sparkling colorful lights that\u00a0make the experience more enjoyable.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-9899\" src=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2016\/11\/baguio.jpg\" alt=\"baguio\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" \/><br \/>\n<em><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\"> Image grabbed from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=7XPbeRePQxM\">youtube.com<\/a><\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\"> 4. Davao<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 12pt\"> Due to the combined efforts of the government and its people, the province of Davao show\u00a0up in its brightess\u00a0during the Yuletide season. If you\u2019re on a tight budget but wants to make the most of this year\u2019s most wonderful season, Davao is a great place for you. Bring your family for an enjoyable picnic, outdoor activities and sightseeing at People\u2019s Park, Eden Nature Park, Matina Town Square and many more amazing attractions that are totally budget-friendly. Davao is also one of the safest places to celebrate the holiday season as the whole city operates ban on firecrackers and pyrotechnics since the Christmas of 2001.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-9900\" src=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2016\/11\/davao-1.jpg\" alt=\"davao\" width=\"635\" height=\"423\" srcset=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2016\/11\/davao-1.jpg 635w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2016\/11\/davao-1-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 635px) 100vw, 635px\" \/><br \/>\n<em><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\"> Image grabbed from this website <a href=\"http:\/\/davaocitybybattad.blogspot.com\/2012_11_01_archive.html\">davaocitybybattad.blogspot.com<\/a><\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\">Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tripzilla.com\/9-philippine-destinations-to-spend-your-christmas-vacations\/27871\">tripzilla.com<\/a>,<a href=\"http:\/\/www.philippinestravelhub.com\/events\/giant-lantern-festival\/\">philippinestravelhub.com<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pinoyadventurista.com\/2014\/12\/christmas-in-philippines-maytinis-festival.html\">pinoyadventurista.com<\/a><\/span><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; 1. Giant Lantern Festival, San Fernando City Pampanga Giant Lantern Festival is an annual festival celebrated in December, on the Saturday that precedes Christmas Eve in San Fernando, Pampanga. The festival features a competition of gigantic lanterns whose grand structure is an attraction in itself. Today, the festival is home to innovative designs that display creativity and are infused with originality. Because of this annual event, the city of Pampanga has been christened the \u2018Christmas Capital of the Philippines\u2019. Image grabbed from this website fatravelist.blogspot.com 2. Maytinis Festival, Kawit Cavite Maytinis Festival is an old Christmas tradition in the historic town of Kawit in the province of Cavite which [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":9899,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[96],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9898","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\/2016\/11\/baguio-e1479722373717.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9898","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=9898"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9898\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10008,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9898\/revisions\/10008"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9899"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9898"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9898"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9898"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}