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How many days is Christmas in the Philippines?

Christmas holidays in the Philippines are from 12 to 16, and end at the weekend of the first week of the following year 1 month.

Christmas in the Philippines is the longest in the world. It starts in September every year and lasts until January of the following year. Unlike the west, Christmas in the Philippines is centered on Jesus. This is related to the religion that the Philippines believes in. The Philippines is the only Catholic country in Asia, and 80% of Filipinos believe in Catholicism.

Christmas in the Philippines has a lot to do with religion. In the past four months, Filipinos have devoted themselves to religious prayer through various activities. Every year from 12 to 16, the nine-day mass pushes Christmas to its climax, and people participate in various ceremonies to celebrate the arrival of Christmas. And since September, the Philippines has gradually entered a cool and pleasant season, which is more suitable for people to complete these activities.

Brief introduction of Philippines

The Philippines is located in the southeast of Asia. Bashi channel is far away from Taiwan Province Province in China in the north, facing Indonesia and Malaysia across the Sulawesi Sea and Barabak Strait in the south and southwest, facing the South China Sea in the west and the Pacific Ocean in the east. * * * There are more than 7,000 large and small islands, including main islands such as Luzon Island, Mindanao Island and Sama Island1/,accounting for 96% of the country's total area. The coastline is about18533km long, with a total area of 299,700km2.

It belongs to monsoon tropical rain forest climate, with high temperature and rainy, high humidity and many typhoons. The annual average temperature is 27℃, and the annual precipitation is 2000 ~ 3000mm. As of July 2022, the Philippines is divided into three parts: Luzon Island, Visayas Island and Mindanao Island. China has 18 regions, including Capital Region, Cordillera Administrative Region and Mindanao Muslim Autonomous Region, with 8/kloc-0 provinces and 1 17 cities, with Metro Manila as its capital.

Reference to the above content: Baidu Encyclopedia-Philippines