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It was 1977. I was 33 and was having a whopper of a mid-life crisis, a time when you feel everything is wrong with your life, the whole thing needs changing, in a blink of an eye you might walk away and never return.

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Around the same time this year, I wrote about our family Advent traditions.

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A patchwork quilt is a beautiful blanket sewn together in wonderful patterns using different patches of fabric, some plain, others printed, each piece with a personality of its own.

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 Although the symbolism of the Advent Wreath and the Advent Candles can be more meaningful in the northern countries, it can also be meaningful for us.

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The season of Advent is finally here – which means Christmas is just around the corner. Though for many of us here in the Philippines, Christmas “begins” when September comes around, we Catholics celebrate Advent as a time of preparation and reflection.

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A Catholic bishop urged Filipino Catholics to decorate their homes with traditional Christmas lanterns instead of European-inspired wreaths.

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It was 1977. I was 33 and was having a whopper of a mid-life crisis, a time when you feel everything is wrong with your life, the whole thing needs changing, in a blink of an eye you might walk away and never return.

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A patchwork quilt is a beautiful blanket sewn together in wonderful patterns using different patches of fabric, some plain, others printed, each piece with a personality of its own.

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 Although the symbolism of the Advent Wreath and the Advent Candles can be more meaningful in the northern countries, it can also be meaningful for us.

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The season of Advent is finally here – which means Christmas is just around the corner. Though for many of us here in the Philippines, Christmas “begins” when September comes around, we Catholics celebrate Advent as a time of preparation and reflection.

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A Catholic bishop urged Filipino Catholics to decorate their homes with traditional Christmas lanterns instead of European-inspired wreaths.

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