{"id":2944,"date":"2016-08-27T10:00:09","date_gmt":"2016-08-27T02:00:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/primer.com.ph\/travel\/?p=2944"},"modified":"2018-10-16T15:00:25","modified_gmt":"2018-10-16T07:00:25","slug":"casa-santa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/travel\/2016\/08\/27\/casa-santa\/","title":{"rendered":"Casa Santa in Antipolo: Christmas All Year Round"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Filipinos love Christmas. They have the longest Christmas season in the world, spanning 5 months (September \u2013 January). If that\u2019s not enough, or if you\u2019re one of those who can\u2019t wait for Christmas, there\u2019s <strong>Casa Santa <\/strong>in Antipolo.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\"> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2947\" src=\"http:\/\/primer.com.ph\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2016\/08\/IMG_9351-wm.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_9351-wm\" width=\"850\" height=\"567\" srcset=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2016\/08\/IMG_9351-wm.jpg 850w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2016\/08\/IMG_9351-wm-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2016\/08\/IMG_9351-wm-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 850px) 100vw, 850px\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">Casa Santa is a 365-day Christmas exhibit located in Jardin de Miramar. It used to be the house of the owners of Jardin de Miramar. Built in the 1950s and remodeled in 1992 by Architect Ning Encarnacion-Tan. 2008 saw the fa\u00e7ade get a facelift from the town\u2019s best muralist, Alfred Galvez, while in 2014, dramatic lighting was added throughout the house by renowned international light designer Shoko Matsumoto.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">Casa Santa gets its name from the collection of Santa Claus-related d\u00e9cor that can be found throughout the house. The collection was started in 1994 by Jardin de Miramar\u2019s president, Edna Del Rosario. The collection now has over 3,000 pieces and has a value of Php 6 million.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2945\" src=\"http:\/\/primer.com.ph\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2016\/08\/IMG_9334-wm.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_9334-wm\" width=\"850\" height=\"567\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\"><em>CHRISTMAS TOWN COLLECTION. This room brings you to another place. It makes you feel like you\u2019re not in the Philippines.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2946\" src=\"http:\/\/primer.com.ph\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2016\/08\/IMG_9349-wm.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_9349-wm\" width=\"850\" height=\"567\" srcset=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2016\/08\/IMG_9349-wm.jpg 850w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2016\/08\/IMG_9349-wm-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2016\/08\/IMG_9349-wm-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 850px) 100vw, 850px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\"><em>A CLOSER LOOK. It\u2019s like those Christmas towns you see in movies\u2026 except this is real life.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">It\u2019s the perfect place for kids to experience an early Christmas thanks to its large collection. Some of the more interesting pieces in Casa Santa include a small scale Christmas town located at the first landing of the stairs. It\u2019s complemented by lighting that makes it look like you\u2019re seeing snow at night.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">Jardin de Miramar, which houses Casa Santa, is a great place for kids to spend their school field trips. It\u2019s a 3-hectare property that has a rustic playground and a mini-Intramuros. There\u2019s also the Sylvana Tree Maze, an interactive maze where kids can learn more about nature and its four elements.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">Jardin de Miramar is also a perfect place for wedding shoots and receptions, as well as team buildings and family trips to Antipolo.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">You can find Casa Santa just off the entrance of Jardin de Miramar, 276 San Jose Ext., Brgy. San Isidro, Antipolo City. For more information on Casa Santa or Jardin de Miramar, you can visit their<a href=\"http:\/\/jardindemiramar.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"> website<\/a> or call 02-697-4077. You can also follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/casasantamuseum\/\">Casa Santa<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/JardinDeMiramarAntipolo\/\">Jardin de Miramar<\/a> on Facebook for the latest news.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Filipinos love Christmas. They have the longest Christmas season in the world, spanning 5 months (September \u2013 January). If that\u2019s not enough, or if you\u2019re one of those who can\u2019t wait for Christmas, there\u2019s Casa Santa in Antipolo. Casa Santa is a 365-day Christmas exhibit located in Jardin de Miramar. It used to be the house of the owners of Jardin de Miramar. Built in the 1950s and remodeled in 1992 by Architect Ning Encarnacion-Tan. 2008 saw the fa\u00e7ade get a facelift from the town\u2019s best muralist, Alfred Galvez, while in 2014, dramatic lighting was added throughout the house by renowned international light designer Shoko Matsumoto. Casa Santa gets its [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":2945,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[40,71,1454],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2944","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-antipolo","category-tourist-spot","category-antipolo-spot-2018"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/travel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2944","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/travel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/travel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/travel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/travel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2944"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/travel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2944\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8585,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/travel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2944\/revisions\/8585"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/travel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2945"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/travel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2944"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/travel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2944"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/travel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2944"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}