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>> twas the week before christmas. >> when all through the house. >> not a creature was stirring. >> not even a mouse. actually, that's not true at all. >> metro manila bustling, sprawling southeast asian capital of the philippines, home to somewhere between 12 to 20 million people. >> the world's most densely populated city. i light a candle, put the. >> presents round the tree. >> but it is christmas. the sound of carols fills the air. the twinkly, festive wonderland where the mostly catholic population take their holiday season very seriously. merry christmas because filipinos are, for reasons i have yet to figure out, probably the most giving of all people on the planet think i'm talking keep watching. >> i feel remember how

bad it could get. with the mithril little. let's go. oh. >> good afternoon everyone. we're the band called keystone. yeah. two santa cruz wharf randi kaye. >> come on. >> ofw stands for overseas filipino worker, and they are one of the philippines largest and most important exports. people go abroad, make money, improve the quality of life for the whole family all over the world. the

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>> hey little sister, what have you done? >> hey, little sister, who's the only one? hey, little sister, who's your superman? >> hey, little sister, who's the one you want? >> hey, little sister. shotgun! it's a nice day to start. >> again. come on. i say foreign white wedding. i say to. start again. come on.

it's a nice day for a white wedding. yeah it's a zelle start again. >> you know, this pampered rock n roll stars at any given moment, somewhere in the philippines, there is at least one person and probably many more who can step in and do your act better than you. and after only a couple of hours practice. hi, mom. >> jolly afternoon. >> it is true that i lie to my daughter and tell her that ronald mcdonald has been implicated in the disappearance of small children. that i sneer at fast food, revile it at every opportunity. but i am

also a hypocrite because to me, filipino chain jollibee is the wackiest jolliest place on earth. thank you. >> hi, sir. hello. hi hi. could i have a jolly spaghetti with hot dogs on it? >> right. yes, sir. >> okay. also, chickenjoy. thank you. jolly afternoon. >> welcome to jollibee. there were over 900 of these things. all over the 7000 plus philippine islands. and a whole lot more internationally. wherever there are homesick filipinos. this is a jollibee in new jersey, by the way. >> now, ya ya ya na na. >> matt hidaka halika na na na na ang lahat ng pin su vida. ang saya o san beda. and so jollibee na tayo mas matt gnojek mas masaya

sa jollibee na tayo. wala nang iba sa jollibee be the ong siya. san i hate mascots. >> hi, mom. >> jolly afternoon. >> you know they in those suits. oh, yeah. chicken and spaghetti. isn't that just any spaghetti? i think it's like sweet banana ketchup stuffed with hot dogs. and spaghetti. deranged yet strangely alluring. oh, it's not a burger. it's rice. we eat it in a piece. why? pork? sinister brown sauce. i don't know what it's for. that's awesome. that's what you did with the brown stuff. ah, i hate myself. hi, mom. >> charlie.

>> afternoon. >> did i mention it's christmas? the 7000 plus islands that make up the philippines. rank number one, according to internet scientists. when it comes to celebrating the jolliest time of year. alex andrade dun. holiday cheer begins a full 100 days before the 25th of december, which means there's a lot to do in this town, especially if you like crashing other people's parties. parties start. welcome to the seven continents travel and tours. corporate christmas party held in the fabulous banquet room of the downtown pearl garden hotel. outstanding. deck the halls with boughs of holly. >> fa la la la la la la la la. tis the season to be jolly. fa la la la la la la la. so

cheers. >> cheers, cheers. >> merry christmas, merry christmas christmas. >> very catholic country. >> very catholic country. >> but 80 something percent. christmas starts in september. >> really? >> it starts in september. you go to the mall, you start hearing the carols, and then it ends. >> i would lose my mind. >> yeah. so at 12 midnight of september 1st, everyone greets merry christmas on facebook. >> yes. >> uh, it's a lechon on the menu. yeah. i have very fond memories of the last time i had lechon in the philippines. in fact, not to kiss your but it is the finest pig pig i've ever had. >> amazing. >> providing these babies to holiday parties is big business and standards here, where pork is king and the lechon the best in the world. very, very high today our little friend is prepared the old school way turns slowly, slowly on a spit over coals for hours. oh,

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>> yeah, it's a big season all over southeast asia. any hotel lobby, any hotel bar. there's a filipino band. >> exactly. >> and that is true. >> and i've sat there drunk and challenged band after band, shirley bassey. no problem. all of dark side of the moon. no problem. all of guns and roses, no problem. >> and that is true. >> music and singing are a huge part of life in the philippines, so making it as a cover band, being sent abroad to perform is a big deal. but one thing remains the same always to succeed, you better be able to pick up new material fast. >> whitney houston, celine dion, toni braxton. >> and of course, the beatles and elvis presley. >> how many songs in your repertoire? around how many? >> thousands already? >> and if you don't know it, you pretty much can fake it real quick. >> yeah, yeah.

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just before christmas in 2009, the maguindanao massacre claimed the lives of 58 people, dozens of whom were journalists. it was the single deadliest event for journalists in history. mark was the first one on the scene with a camera. >> there is no system of justice. there is no government attending to your needs. >> nobody's coming to save you. >> is that what you're saying? no one is coming to save you. you know, i have. i have my family. i have my small kids. yeah. for me, my last. recourse there is to to defend myself. >> it's very much a do it yourself culture. you can see that, right? you see it in people's homes, the way they just stacked one on top of each other, built out using spare bits of metal. and it's like nobody else is going to give it for me. >> i'll build it right. >> i'll make it myself. >> right? >> there's a lot of poverty in this city, that is for sure,

but there's not a sense of hopelessness or rage. you know, they decorate, you know, they may not have much, but they decorate. >> yes. >> they sweep the streets. >> there's still a sense of humble ownership in the sense of this is my home, and it's going to be safe. it's going to be fine and we're seeing some forecasts calling for up to one meter of rain. >> this is a super typhoon. >> it fact sustained winds well above 200km/h.

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i never meant to be so bad to you. one thing i said that i would never do. one look from you and i would fall from grace. and i want to smile right from my face. cause it's heat of the moment tell me what your heart meant to. heat of the moment. shooting. your right baby. >> the band is keystone. >> keystone? yes. >> how long have you been playing together? >> around five years. >> five years? >> all right, guys, here we go. >> hey, a double is in the house. >> yes. looking pretty. >> thank you, thank you. >> as one does. i dragoon the band keystone in a lunch. assuming correctly, as it turned out, that one of these young punks would know how to make a good adobo. is there a

single authentic adobo recipe, or does everybody do it differently? >> everyone would stake claim to having the best adobo, but the basic ingredients, i think, will remain the same. so it's garlic, pork. we can now add the chicken vinegar peppercorns, bay leaf, soy sauce. >> this adobo is amazing. it's really, really good man. >> thank you, thank you. >> and where did you learn to cook a dollar? >> i learned this from my mom. >> so the answer, as always, to who makes the best adobo is mom makes the best mom. >> okay, that'll be the safest answer. all right, mom. >> it is. >> filipinos like feeding people. >> yes, yes. >> what else do filipinos like? >> filipinos are hospitable music. everybody knows all the same. everybody knows how to sing. they don't necessarily have to be in tune, but they

want to sing. they like to sing. we've been listening to music like on a very young age. i'm the drummer for the band, but i'm not actually formally trained up to this day. i don't even read notes, but i could memorize a song if you gave it to me. like in a day i could play. >> that's pretty much the stuff you have to write. i mean, yeah, you guys have played abroad. >> no, no. yeah. so it's one of the goals actually, five years from now, where would you like to be? and hopefully we get the we get to play for a bigger crowd, you know, because i think the fulfillment for me is actually getting more people to enjoy the music. we of the moment you love the moment. >> so you write the moment. the heat of the

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especially during the holidays, we can all celebrate christmas. >> oh, come in, come in. hello, merry christmas. god bless you. hi. >> it's always, always about family in the philippines or anywhere you find filipinos. yes, god, for christmas, of course. everybody, those who can anyway gets together like family matriarch aurora and her daughter anna lynn. >> okay, anna leon, you're a big girl. >> and amy and ruben, her adopted children, amy, can you hand me that bay? >> bailey. wow, it smells so good. >> also, cousins, nieces, nephews, grandchildren, even some great grandchildren cover the. >> la la la la la la la i love cooking. >> i really love cooking. karikari is one of the favorite

of the filipino people. and to make a karikari, i use a tripes and i put the oxtail on the pressure cooker. >> wow wow wow. now the peanut butter. here are the peanut butter. mother, you're not bothered. >> please. no more, no more, now the banana blossom, the eggplant, the eggplant, the eggplant. oh holy night, the stars are brightly shining. >> here is the karikari i hope everybody will enjoy this. >> okay, it's time to eat

al-mawasi from. >> our bounty. through christ our lord. amen. amen. >> i'm hungry. although we always say ladies first, i think we'll serve you. >> it's okay this time. all right. just this once. so good. so, how long have you been back in the philippines? in the philippines? >> three years. three years now? >> yeah. >> where have you worked? hong kong for five years. >> for five years. and then i went to america. i stayed there for almost 30 years. >> aurora is recently back in manila after most of her life spent abroad. what kind of work were you doing? >> i did the housekeeping, you know, and babysitting. >> the money she sent home put everybody here and many, many more through school. lifted them up to a more comfortable life. and you left family behind? yeah. to go out there and make money, that's never an

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that's one 800 712 3800. >> i'm oren liebermann at the pentagon, and this is cnn any filipino watching will recognize this immediately. >> the balikbayan box, a christmas tradition, a way for ofw to show loved ones, though separated by oceans, that you miss them, that you're still out there. what's in these boxes? whatever. you can send. little things you'd casually give to a loved one if you didn't live on the other side of the world. this facility alone sorts thousands of these boxes a day during the christmas season, just one of hundreds of facilities like it. some 5 to 7 million boxes a year. that's a

lot of luck. so how many relatives do you think you have in america? >> in america? oh my gosh, chapel california. albert. >> my at my elder sister is in california. >> in hong kong, we have at least ten. yeah. and then dubai around eight. and qatar. qatar. >> i'm at this christmas gathering today because of one of our directors, eric osterholm. it was aurora who raised him for over 20 years. she cared for and loved eric and his sister, looked after his whole family. eric sent me a letter talking about you. i want her to read you what he said. aurora is such an incredible woman. she has an infectious and loving energy that is so powerful. i am 100% the man i am today because this woman literally raised me from when i was six months old, singing to me, dancing with me,

wiping away my tears, cooking for me and making me laugh at every turn. unfortunately, like so many filipinos, her story is not all smiles and love. she had to choose a life away from her daughter and thousands of miles from her family. there are literally thousands of people around the world, thousands of people around the world, me included, who have been influenced by her endless kindness and love. filipinos give of themselves, of their time, their money, their love to others. they do and continue to do what needs to be done to survive. >> we. the vice, a device. every morning i. greet you.

in the small and white, clean and. bright. bless my. homeland. forever blossom of. snow. may you bloom and grow. bloom and grow forever hey, the vice. hey, the vice. bless my. homeland. forever

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my god. ah! where's my. number? you cannot have it. oh, yes. yes. that's my name. come on. >> i really hope you enjoyed the simple gift i sent. and i know that my heart is with you always. i love you very much, albert. joy to the world. >> the lord has come. let us. receive every heart prepare him. room

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