White Christmas in La Carlota City

City Hall Facade

Believe it or not. Everyone who happens to visit La Carlota City this year, particularly in December, may be in awe to see for himself that though Philippines belongs to a tropical zone, but there white Christmas in the small city of La Carlota.

White Christmas is the motif for this annual month-long celebration of La Carlota City, which has become now a tradition among the Mangkasanon, ancient native of La Carlota.

Yuletide seasons could bring so many worthwhile happenings in everyone's life especially the family, the kids, the parents and even those in-laws.

In our country Philippines, Filipino are used to observe Christmas with a lot of traditional practices like Simbang Gabi, caroling, party.

Festival of Lights in La Carlota

It is the opening of Festival of lights in the small city of La Carlota. The whole plaza of La Carlota will be illuminated by a variety of Christmas lights, hang on and wrapped around the trees that are within the vicinity of the festival park as it used to be called.

It is Hanukkah in La Carlota. Though it greatly differs from the Jewish festival of lights, but as the title and the event so suggestive.

This opening of lights ushers the series of Christmas presentation of various agencies, both public and private business entities every night till New Year's Eve.