Simbang Gabi. Puto Bumbong ... How do people celebrate Christmas amid wars when Bethlehem itself, where our Lord Jesus was “born of a woman” (Galatians 4:4), is facing a very quiet Christmas ...
It is also one of the churches nationwide where 40,000 Philippine National Police personnel are deployed in line with the observance of Simbang Gabi ... Christmas celebration is Jesus himself ...
The Filipino community in western Sydney will culminate the 'Simbang Gabi' on December 24 with their annual 'Kakanin Festival' which features some of the Pinoys favourite sweet delicacies.