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In 1952, Gliceria Rustia Tantoco, also known as Glecy, and her husband, Bienvenido, fondly called Benny, began selling finds from their world travels in their living room in San Marcelino. Soon after, they opened an emporium which became the destination of choice ...

What would you do if you opened a Christmas card, but instead of reading a relative’s generic greeting, you find a haunting message from alleged prisoners from China?That’s exactly that happened when six-year-old girl from the U.K. opened a Christmas card. The haunting ...

Well we finally made it to another Christmas. Did you get the gift you really wanted? Are you stuffing yourself silly with yummy holiday food? Are you surrounded by the people you love and who love you? Are you happy? You might answer ...

Children figure out early on that the reason for wrapping gifts is to conceal what’s inside; to make a guessing game out if it, even for just a few seconds after being handed the gift, or for an entire torturous week while ...

Being left in Manila while others fly out for the holidays need not be boring. The metro isn’t all that bad and when you consider the ease of getting around without the traffic, you’ll find that there’s so much to look forward ...

Manila may not be the cleanest or the wealthiest city in the world, but it sure is one of the most festive when it comes to Christmas. We need not emphasize that Christmas is celebrated here for almost five months a year, ...

We all have at least one person in our lives that we never know what to get for Christmas because he or she already seems to have it all. But just like anyone else, these recipients will appreciate any well-designed and novel ...

So it's that time of year, eh? Your friends, workspaces, communities are all sending out invites to your annual holiday get-together. Unless you’ve a hostest with the mostest among you who will just do everything, including the nibbles and libations, it’s probably ...

For those who are old enough to have grown up visiting Regina Gift Shop, you’ll know that there were a lot of cool finds to discover. Regina Gift Shop has been in the same location since it opened in Shoppesville, Greenhills in ...

Holiday music, when done incorrectly, can be unbearably cheesy. Schmaltzy tunes about mistletoe, red noses, and strolling (mit-covered) hand-in-hand through the snow release by the sled-load every single year. This makes it hard to willfully seek out new holiday releases, but, believe ...

Christmas is right around the corner and if instead of the generic monogrammed gifts you were thinking of giving your officemates this year, why not get them something silly or maybe even random? We've rounded up some offbeat finds that you could present ...

It was a normal flight for the Philippine Airlines cabin crew, until Jose Mari Chan stepped on board the PAL flight bound from Manila to Japan. There are high profile personalities, then there’s Jose Mari Chan—the Filipino father of Christmas, a title ...

The holidays can be a lot to take. They're fantastic if you're feeling the spirit, but on more Scrooge-like days the constantly jingling bells and unsolicited, unending stream of season's greetings can start to grate. Sometimes, you just need to head home ...

Just when we think that we’re the country craziest about Christmas for celebrating it as early as September, a nation from the other side of the world beats us to it. Brown Thomas—a chain of upscale lifestyle stores located in Dublin, Cork, and Limerick ...

My Truly Rich Sister is very obsessive about folding paper, so the detritus of Christmas (the mess of wrappers, ribbons, and sticky tape) has been cleared away and the only thing that remains is the bounty of stuff.I’ve only surveyed my stash ...

No matter how long one has been away from the homeland, Filipinos will always crave for a taste of good old Pinoy cooking, with its simple yet sublime sweet-savory mix of flavors, and the happy memories of enjoying it at the family hapagkainan. ...

In the spirit of Christmas, the Philippines’ biggest tycoons gamely participated in a music video, Happy Christmas by John Lennon.Included in the video are Lance Gokongwei and his sisters Robina Pe and Lisa Cheng, brothers Jaime Augusto Zobel and Fernando Zobel, Ricky ...

Christmas time is usually when we dust off our best outfits—but dressing in the usual red and green color combination will eventually get dull. Looking for Christmas party outfit ideas? Here are 12 unique and non-traditional looks:Sweaters are a great and easy ...

Need a gift for a fellow foodie? Or perhaps some new options for easy pop-and-serve appetizers for those last minute festive gatherings? These 13 jars of gourmet goodness will add joy to your holiday table.One of our favorite new additions to the ...

Anyone who takes Christmas seriously would have already finished the ever-welcome task of bestowing people with objects that sum up how you feel about them. Of course, not everyone is the Truly Rich Lady, a festive Christmas person, who is currently on ...