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Star-studded

While Makati’s busy highways are lit up with garlic and onion lanterns, Mandaluyong’s light posts with Tigger and Pooh and Manila basks in their version of Las Vegas (lights and all), Pasig City’s Ortigas opted to dress up the business district the traditional way.

Lighting up the dark cold night

This Christmas tree is smacked right at the heart of Ortigas Center where traffic proved to be unbearable on days like these. The tree stands proud with a twin just right across the street, both along ADB Avenue corner Julia Vargas. It’s nice to have something to feast your eyes on at night while taking long walks from office to an overcrowded Megamall. It refreshes those already troubled minds.

There is something about the trees that reminds us of the peace and quiet in the middle of strife and anxiety. Christmas celebrates the simplicity but extraordinary way of showing love to the undeserving. It boggles the mind but nevertheless that remains a reality we all should learn to embrace.

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• December 25, 2009 -- Joyeux Noël
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• August 24, 2009 -- My first balloon-twisting lesson
• December 27, 2008 -- Tagaytay undersiege: Storm Scrooge ruins Christmas Day
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