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                    [Title] => WATCH: Santa Claus visits Jerusalem on camelback
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                    [Title] => Santa Claus's legend spills to kids on Manila streets
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Every child knows that Santa Claus enters houses through chimneys of houses and drops his gifts to children who have been nice for the whole year.

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Ilang araw na lang at Pasko na! Maglalabasan na naman ang mga Santa Claus na mamimigay ng mga regalo sa mga batang mababait at masunurin sa mga magulang.

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Hansi Schwabl has carved masks out of wood for a decade, turning the craft from his native Bavarian town of Inzell into a Christmas hobby.

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Bring your kids at SM City Cebu and SM City Consolacion and have your photos taken with Santa Claus.

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Ang tinutukoy dito ay mga killers na nagsisi at nagsisikap baguhin ang kanyang buhay.

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Let me offer my thanks to Doug Nichols who sent me this wonderful article by Wayne Taylor.

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As a child, I used to love singing the song “I saw Mommy kissing Santa Claus.” I don’t recall anymore if I believed that Santa was the one who would give us gifts on Christmas Day. I think that if I did though, it didn’t take me long to figure out that my parents were the real “Santas” in the family.

[DatePublished] => 2011-12-06 12:25:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1772953 [AuthorName] => Tina Santiago-Rodriguez [SectionName] => Unblogged [SectionUrl] => unblogged [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 638701 [Title] => Christmas is whatever we make it [Summary] =>

My wife and I had to take our son and daughter to the grocery separately the other day as they wanted to buy simple treats for their school bus’ Kris Kringle.

[DatePublished] => 2010-12-14 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 134560 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1777366 [AuthorName] => Tony Montemayor [SectionName] => Health And Family [SectionUrl] => health-and-family [URL] => ) [9] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 232968 [Title] => Bad Santa? [Summary] => Tis the day after Christmas and all through the house…not a gift wrapper discarded…what a damn freakin’ louse! I was one of those he never visited. Even throughout my childhood, when I willingly suspended disbelief despite all evidence to the contrary, I persisted. Wrote letters, dropped hints to my parents. I tried to channel Virginia’s naïve mysticism. All the while in the unrelenting background, the ominous "he’s gonna find out who’s naughty or nice" kept haunting the airwaves and my conscience. Still, no Santa love.
[DatePublished] => 2003-12-26 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1149216 [AuthorName] => Audrey N. Carpio [SectionName] => Young Star [SectionUrl] => young-star [URL] => ) ) )
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                    [Title] => WATCH: Santa Claus visits Jerusalem on camelback
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                    [DatePublished] => 2019-12-23 18:03:00
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                    [Title] => Santa Claus's legend spills to kids on Manila streets
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Every child knows that Santa Claus enters houses through chimneys of houses and drops his gifts to children who have been nice for the whole year.

[DatePublished] => 2015-12-25 02:35:07 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => News Commentary [SectionUrl] => news-commentary [URL] => http://media.philstar.com/images/the-philippine-star/nation/20151225/santa-feature-03.png ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1519859 [Title] => Orihinal na Santa Claus nagmula sa Netherlands! [Summary] =>

Ilang araw na lang at Pasko na! Maglalabasan na naman ang mga Santa Claus na mamimigay ng mga regalo sa mga batang mababait at masunurin sa mga magulang.

[DatePublished] => 2015-11-08 09:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Para Malibang [SectionUrl] => para-malibang [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1397220 [Title] => German craftsman's Christmas Masks [Summary] =>

Hansi Schwabl has carved masks out of wood for a decade, turning the craft from his native Bavarian town of Inzell into a Christmas hobby.

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Bring your kids at SM City Cebu and SM City Consolacion and have your photos taken with Santa Claus.

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Ang tinutukoy dito ay mga killers na nagsisi at nagsisikap baguhin ang kanyang buhay.

[DatePublished] => 2013-04-27 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133991 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1531312 [AuthorName] => Ms. Anne [SectionName] => Punto Mo [SectionUrl] => punto-mo [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 761220 [Title] => The real St. Nick [Summary] =>

Let me offer my thanks to Doug Nichols who sent me this wonderful article by Wayne Taylor.

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As a child, I used to love singing the song “I saw Mommy kissing Santa Claus.” I don’t recall anymore if I believed that Santa was the one who would give us gifts on Christmas Day. I think that if I did though, it didn’t take me long to figure out that my parents were the real “Santas” in the family.

[DatePublished] => 2011-12-06 12:25:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1772953 [AuthorName] => Tina Santiago-Rodriguez [SectionName] => Unblogged [SectionUrl] => unblogged [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 638701 [Title] => Christmas is whatever we make it [Summary] =>

My wife and I had to take our son and daughter to the grocery separately the other day as they wanted to buy simple treats for their school bus’ Kris Kringle.

[DatePublished] => 2010-12-14 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 134560 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1777366 [AuthorName] => Tony Montemayor [SectionName] => Health And Family [SectionUrl] => health-and-family [URL] => ) [9] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 232968 [Title] => Bad Santa? [Summary] => Tis the day after Christmas and all through the house…not a gift wrapper discarded…what a damn freakin’ louse! I was one of those he never visited. Even throughout my childhood, when I willingly suspended disbelief despite all evidence to the contrary, I persisted. Wrote letters, dropped hints to my parents. I tried to channel Virginia’s naïve mysticism. All the while in the unrelenting background, the ominous "he’s gonna find out who’s naughty or nice" kept haunting the airwaves and my conscience. Still, no Santa love.
[DatePublished] => 2003-12-26 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1149216 [AuthorName] => Audrey N. Carpio [SectionName] => Young Star [SectionUrl] => young-star [URL] => ) ) )
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