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What if a simple TikTok find could make your Christmas extra magical? Discover the surprise that Carmina uncovered!

Christmas to other people may seem faraway yet in Carmina's world it comes early preparing ahead of time. Carmina had received her boxes that she had shipped out from her California vacation. Carmina's family had given her some stuff to give away for Christmas. Carmina started thinking how she would like to pack her upcoming Christmas gifts. I wanted to do something different this coming year rather wrap it up wanted to make look special. Long time ago Carmina use to make loot bags when came home from vacation giving my co-workers and friends some goodies. I felt can do the same thing just for Christmas any age would appreciate my gift coming from me. Over the weekend just stayed home trying to figure how I can do it began looking online at the TikTok Shop. I had to measure to see which would fit the item that going to give out. I came across from Christmas loot bags from  Little Emily Shop  TikTok Shop. I had asked the seller if you can pick the color and design was told it i...

Nocho Bunea (Christmas Eve)

You wake up in the morning feeling there are so many things to do today. It is Christmas Eve and so many things to do.

You came across going to the grocery store for last minute things to buy and come out with a line so long.

You come back home and need to pick some food up for the celebration. Come home tired and no appetite to eat. 

You decide cooking for the upcoming evening.

You cook some chicken macaroni salad, spaghetti and feeling so drained out.

You only have a short time to rest and end up working it off making some garden salad for the menu for tonight.

By the time you eat at the dinner table you feel so sleepy and can’t seem to wake up being so tired.

It is not even mid-night yet when you start exchanging Christmas gifts with your in-law.

You still have three hours to kill and try to figure out how you can stay awake.

You turn on your internet on your phone all the beeping comes to your phone so many friends have started greeting you a Merry Christmas. You turn and reply all to them greeting them a Merry Christmas.

I am sure I am not the only one dealing with this kind of stuff right now.

We celebrate Christmas Eve which they called, "Nocho Bunea". We always have a lot of food cooked just to celebrate the upcoming Christmas. Our traditional food serve during that time is ham from Excelente. It is popular to buy in during Christmas season. The place is located in155-157 Carlos Palanca Street, Quiapo, Manila.


We also serve the ham with queso de bola cheese that only comes out during the holiday season.


A popular nut the comes the same season is roasted chestnuts.




Our traditional food is serve with spaghetti and chicken macaroni salad.










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