At that time War has made everyone forced to change in how they live because of everything around them but there is one thing that never changes, even if it is forced it is never removed, Filipinos are naturally close to their family. Family oriented as what they say. Even until now, families are still intact. Even after the marriage of their children, their children would still come home and live with their mom and dad. On every occassions, especially Christmas, the family will be together including grandparents are a part of how they celebrate holidays. Even from abroad, they would come home and and have a celebration. No matter how rich or how poor the family is, Filipinos will most likely have the traditional customs with their family altogether. Like my brother who lives in Australia, even though he's married and have 3 sons, he would still get homesick. He lived in Australia for 11 years now and he's 35 yrs old. Every 2 years he would always make sure that he would come home here with us in the Philippines. He wanted to celebrate Christmas here and wanted to eat mom's cooking. If he somehow can't make it home, he'll celebrate it there in Australia but in a Filipino way. Same goes to my other brother who lives in the US. I guess, no matter how old you get, you'll never forget the place where you grew up where you got used to in living your life.
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