Touched by Disney UK!

Disney UK got a cool and heartwarming Christmas advert! I am particularly touched and moved by this video ad simply because it features bits of the Filipino qualities and culture.

Mano: the gentle placing of the back of the hands of your elders to your forehead is a unique Filipino gesture to show sign of respect to elders

Parol & Parol-Making: a lantern which is made of bamboo sticks and colored paper is a major Christmas symbol of every household in the Philippines. And it is a common practice that grade school students would create one as a school project during Christmas season so as to have it hanged in their respective houses. I made a horrible-looking one myself during my young school days!

Simbang Gabi: a Filipino-Catholic tradition of attending midnight Mass at a nearby Catholic church for 9 consecutive nights prior to Christmas Eve. And since I am wicked, this is one Filipino tradition that I never get to complete!

Recycling of an old cookie tin can: Lola-s (translation: grandmothers) around the nation would never throw away metal cookie cans. These would instead be re-used either as a jewelry box, a sewing kit container, an old photos or greeting cards chest or other similar charms, trinkets and mementos that a usual Filipino lola wants to keep.

Thanks Disney UK! You moved me.

20 thoughts on “Touched by Disney UK!”

Thank you for sharing this video and for explaining the Philipino significance of variosu things in the video. I loved it. I got areal lump in my throat watching it. 🧡

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heavenliner on November 10, 2020 at 2:16 am said:

Thanks to you too. 🎄🎄🎄

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ashok on November 11, 2020 at 5:03 am said:

Me too – a lump in my throat 💖

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I thought this was a beautiful ad but your comments have made me admire and understand it so much more.

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heavenliner on November 10, 2020 at 8:53 am said:

There are other Filipino elements in the video which I no longer indicated in this blog post. Hahaha! Only chose the super evident. Thanks for the comment… it really is heartwarming. 🌸🌸🌸

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And you moved me. This is sooo sweet and heartwarming (even if I’m Italian and didn’t know anything about these precious traditions).
Beauty recycling and multiplying :-)🙏

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heavenliner on November 10, 2020 at 8:54 am said:

Thank you so much… 😉

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This is so beautiful and touching..thank you for sharing 🙂 🌸 Advanced Christmas wishes to u and family 🙂

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heavenliner on November 11, 2020 at 3:42 am said:

Thank you… Advanced warm Christmas to you too. 🌟🌟🌟

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I have been promoting our “mano po” practice that I always encourage the younger people to do it instead of kissing. I thinks it shows more reverence for the elders.

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heavenliner on November 11, 2020 at 8:57 am said:

It does… my nephews and nieces aside from kiss would still do it… 😉

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Beautiful video. It made me cry and smile at the same moment. It is beautiful how little things remind us of our past. My grandmother gave me her collection of old coins that have no monetary value now but meant the world to her.

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