Before the storm arrives decorations were out in full. Large Parols decorating the roads. But most have been taken down in anticipation of typhoon Ruby.
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This vendor selling parols walked the bridge to Mactan and
later in the day we saw him far along the road in Lapu Lapu. |
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The nativity scene inside the parol is fun. |
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The tarpaulins on the billboards are all rolled up
all over the island in preparation for the storm |
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The nativity scene in our neighborhood. It is put away for the storm. |
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They trimmed all the trees completely down in our neighborhood and out on the roads |
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Before the storm the trees all had Parols in them, now most of the stars are
all gone but a few still remained in the trees after the trimming.
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For our Christmas decorations I hung the star above our table
with some leftover bells I had.
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I bought this star for the holidays and have enjoyed it.
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We had this tree last year and we brought it out again to decorate the office. |
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Tree is made out of corn husks |
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Parols hanging above my desk in the office |
does it feel like christmas with such different decorations? Fun and festive, but it doesn't look like christmas to me.
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