Every year, Filipinos around the world mark their calendar, September 1 as the beginning of the countdown to Christmas. This countdown, which spans from September to December, also known as “Ber Months’ ‘, is one of the most important holidays that make up the world’s earliest and longest time-span of a Christmas season. “Ber months” stands for psychological time clock for most Filipinos to prepare a jammed Christmas calendar with family and friends, especially those returning OFW. Christmas decorations are already hung up this early. The Philippines celebrates the world’s longest Christmas season, with Christmas carols heard as early as September and will end on the third of January.
Filipinos love togetherness with their family. As the ber months begin, every Filipino starts to buy gifts for their relatives, friends, and especially for their inaanak. Filipino students are starting to plan their Christmas party in school and their monito monita. Every family is starting to arrange their Christmas celebration and the activities they’re gonna do. Because the Christmas season is such a big holiday in the Philippines each Filipino have their own varying way of celebrating the arrival of the “Ber months”. Because the Christmas season is such a big holiday in the Philippines, “Ber months”, is one of the most important traditions that makes Filipinos unique.