Jose Mari Chan BER MEMES SPECIAL COLLECTION: AN ANNUAL CULTURAL PHENOMENA
It is time of the year when Filipinos get to feel the Holiday excitement even months before the real season of Christmas knocks on their door. The so-called BER MONTHS, a phenomenon that seemed to be inculcated in every Pinoys' mind, has become an unescapable cultural thing. All through the years in the Philippines, all months that ends with BER is considered to be official seasons of Yuletide fun, thus one can experience lighting of Christmas trees in most towns and cities, playing of Christmas songs in the malls, caroling at night or people decorating their houses with Christmas ornaments this early. SUB PHENOMENA As mentioned, malls get to play Christmas songs to lure people to spend before the usual Western Christmas season. This sub-phenomenon has emerged long time ago but annually Christmas songs of Jose Mari Chan are being blasted via speakers not only in the malls but also in jeepneys and radio stations. Carolers his hits when they go from house to house. This usual hit son...