Filipinos in Australia celebrate early Christmas

Living up to expectations, various Filipino communities across Australia have celebrated Christmas early, with Filipinos in Geelong, Victoria in festivtiy this weekend for their first-ever 'Pasko sa Geelong'.

Filipinos in Geelong, Victoria are among the communities celebrating Christmas early. Credit: SBS Filipino

Key Points

• Filipinos are known for their long Christmas festivities.
• The Filipino community in Geelong, Victoria is holding their first ‘Pasko sa Geelong’.
• Canberrans join in celebrating the annual ‘Pasko sa Canberra’ at the Philippine Embassy in ACT.

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Filipinos across Australia celebrate early Christmas

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The Sydney community led by the Philippine Community Council of New South Wales led the early celebrations of Christmas with the Philippine Christmas Festival on November 25-26.

In Tasmania, Christmas gathering is one proof of the growing Filipino population in the state.

While in Victoria, various events are being held on the first week of December, including the first-ever 'Pasko sa Geelong' event, to kick-off Filipino Christmas festivities.