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                    [Title] => A Philippine Christmas story
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We may not have a classic Philippine Christmas story (we do have a classic New Year story though), but we do have an old Christmas story. On the day before Christmas, we thought it appropriate to tell the story, which predates Charles Dicken’s A Christmas Carol by a full century.

[DatePublished] => 2009-12-24 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 135429 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1115213 [AuthorName] => Alejandro R. Roces [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 309664 [Title] => December marks start of the Christmas season [Summary] => To mark its official start of the Christmas season, the city of Manila unveiled a 30-foot high and 15- foot wide Christmas tree right in front of the City Hall. In Makati, Mayor Jejomar Binay announced that this year, in lieu of putting up Christmas lights and decorations, the city will feed the poor and hungry this Christmas season. It’s all in the spirit of Christmas.
[DatePublished] => 2005-12-01 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 135432 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1115213 [AuthorName] => Alejandro R. Roces [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 189068 [Title] => An ancient Christmas story [Summary] => The oldest Philippine Christmas story antedated Dickens's Christmas Carol by a full century.
[DatePublished] => 2002-12-24 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 135432 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1115213 [AuthorName] => Alejandro R. Roces [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 144263 [Title] => Our oldest Christmas story [Summary] => The Philippines does not have a classical Christmas story. But we have a historical Christmas story that antedates Charles Dickens’ Christmas Carol by over a century. Here is the way I narrated it in the past:
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