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do you put up "belen" in your house during Christmas?  email this discussion to a friend?

myLot reputation of 92/100. leizlmarie (2499) 4 years ago

i know most of the Filipinos if not all, put up Christmas tree, different colors of Christmas lights, attractive lanterns at their respective houses during Christmas season.. but how about the Nativity scene or what we call "belen", do you also have one during Christmas? if i could remember it right from our priest's homily during the 25th of December last year, he emphasized the importance of the "belen" in our houses during Christmas more than those tall Christmas trees, colorful lights and expensive huge lanterns..

so again, do you have "belen"? rolleyes

 

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tags:  belen, bele christmas decor, christmas decoration, christmas lantern, christmas light
 
1. h2omantine (3)   ranked 2,564 out of 3,627 in philippines   4 years ago

yah but we do big coz we do one per street


myLot reputation of 92/100. leizlmarie (2499)  4 years ago

is that a contest?


h2omantine (3)   ranked 2,564 out of 3,627 in philippines  4 years ago

Yah, but we always do that even not for contests

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2. myLot reputation of 96/100. eihdra (870)   ranked 741 out of 3,627 in philippines   4 years ago

yeah, we always put up a belen during Christmas time. The house decorations would not be complete if there werent any Belen, even a small one..
When I was small, I also remember the old folks in our family usually sets up a huge Belen in front of the house. With Christmas lights and adornments, for all passerby's to see..The kids in the neighborhood really loves to stare at the moving decorations and we were all happy because we can make other people happy too...


myLot reputation of 92/100. leizlmarie (2499)  4 years ago

good to know there are families these days who bother to set up Belen during Christmas.. i really noticed only Christmas trees and lights plus lanterns are put up these days.. honestly, its very rare to find houses with the scene of Nativity during Christmas season, that's atleast here in our area.. hehe.. small Belen won't matter as long as you have one! wink

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3. myLot reputation of 94/100. sandymay16 (1484)   ranked 359 out of 3,627 in philippines   4 years ago

We used to put up a belen or the nativity scene then we did not after we moved into a new home. Then my nephew had a school project of the belen so we used it at home because it's small and can be put in a small space because our house is small. so it's small christmas tree too.


myLot reputation of 92/100. leizlmarie (2499)  4 years ago

good thing your nephew had that project, atleast it bring back what you used to put up before when you haven't moved into a new home yet.. guess the spirit of Christmas is already there in your home! happy

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4. myLot reputation of 73/100. princejayevents (1111)   ranked 272 out of 3,627 in philippines   4 years ago

When I was still young my mother will always give me the task to put up the belen in our home during Christmas. I will really squeeze my creative juices to put up a unique decoration and setup design every year, and they are all excited to see it. But that was when I was still young. Now that I am staying on my own, I don't really take the time to decorate my place as I used to do. Simple door decor and lights without the big christmas tree (which I miss a lot) and few other decors to feel the spirit of christmas in my apartment.


myLot reputation of 92/100. leizlmarie (2499)  4 years ago

you're a little Christmas designer then, huh? hehe.. seems you're missing what you used to have before, the big Christmas tree -- why not have even just a small one in your apartment? but anyway, few decorations with colorful Christmas lights are just enough though but still i hope you could set up even just a small "belen" this Christmas.. hehe.. wink

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5. myLot reputation of 98/100. roniroxas (5916)   ranked 85 out of 3,627 in philippines   4 years ago

yes we do. christmas is about the birth of our lord so i think every catholic has to have a belen in their homes for that is the reason why we celebrate christmas. i still have a christmas tree and other decorations but christmas is not christmas for me without the belen. there was a christmas when my belen was all broken for the box were i kept it fell from the stairs. my daugther did not see the box on the stairs for she is carrying something when she went up. when i open the box the belen was broken. i didnt put any decorations until i didnt find a belen. i was glad when i found one, i bought the same set of ceramic belen.


myLot reputation of 92/100. leizlmarie (2499)  4 years ago

yes, i agree! actually i just realized that last year's Christmas eve when i attended a mass, that's what the priest emphasized and i know a lot of the church goers there are guilty for not having even just a small "belen" at home, and those guilty people include me.. haha.. i'll make sure to have one this time, i'll tell my mother and ask her to buy.. rolleyes

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6. myLot reputation of 92/100. pehpot (2438)   ranked 70 out of 3,627 in philippines   4 years ago

No I don't have I don't even have a plan on putting up Christmas decoration this year. My family never spend the Christmas here in our house and I think it would be too tiring for me to put up decors as I have no helper and tend to my 3 boys. Maybe next year I will put up. I ave been trying though to make a belen before but find it hard and those little decors are not practical for me.


myLot reputation of 92/100. leizlmarie (2499)  4 years ago

i have seen some families who don't put up Christmas decorations, or should i say really don't celebrate it but its because their religion don't believe in this stuff and i respect them for that! hehe.. but you sure celebrate Christmas, don't you?


myLot reputation of 92/100. pehpot (2438)   ranked 70 out of 3,627 in philippines  4 years ago

oh I do but not for religious reason more of a family tradition


myLot reputation of 92/100. leizlmarie (2499)  4 years ago

oh i see.. family tradition? that mean family gathering too! hehe.. wink

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7. myLot reputation of 65/100. sati123 (180)   ranked 561 out of 3,627 in philippines   4 years ago

we do and it is a part of family tradition and I think a christma without is is not a christmas at all, in our family that is but since I don;t spend a lot of christmas with them, technically I don't.


myLot reputation of 92/100. leizlmarie (2499)  4 years ago

i see.. i guess children who live separately from their immediate family usually don't.. but good you know the importance of "belen" especially during Christmas. wink

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