12 Things You're Most Likely to Give or Receive This Christmas

12 THINGS YOU’RE MOST LIKELY TO GIVE OR RECEIVE THIS CHRISTMAS

(Here’s a Yuletide article that is quite timeless. Submitted and published in three different magazines. One editor told me that as long as it is not published on the same week, it’s okay with her. Well, I made sure it is not published on the same year, not even on the succeeding year.)

Celebrity World Vol. 3 No. 176, December 19, 1994

On the cover: Dolphy and Vandolph

 



Mr. & Ms. Vol. 20 No. 33, December 17, 1996

On the cover: CJ Ramos and Shaina Magdayao (When they were kids)



MOD Christmas Special, December 1999

On the front cover: Sophie Marceau

On the backcover: Maricel Soriano for the Green Cross Isopropyl Alcohol print ad



“Greet one another with a brotherly kiss.” – Paul’s Second Letter to the Corinthians 13:12, The Good News Bible in Today’s English Version.

November 6



NOVEMBER 6

MOD Filipina Vol. 20 No. 845, November 6, 1987
On the Cover: Agie Ilustre 

Nobyembre 6 sa Kasaysayan ng Pilipinas

          Noong Nobyembre 6, 1999, ang Knowledge Channel, ang kauna-unahang educational cable channel sa Pilipinas ay inilunsad at nagsimulang magsahimpapawid.

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GLIMPSE FROM THE PAST

American actor at radio-TV personality Warren Hull (1903-1974),
on the cover of TV Guide (November 6-12, 1953).

 

Personalities and celebrities born on November 6:

1915 – Nicanor Espina Yniguez, lawmaker and Speaker of Batasang Pambansa (July 23, 1984 – March 25, 1986) – in Maasin Leyte (d. April 13, 2007)

1939 – Leonardo A. Quisumbing, law professor and jurist – in Masbate City.


1978 – Jolina Magdangal-Escueta (birth name Maria Jolina Perez Magdangal), singer and actress – in Hagonoy, Bulacan.

Jolina Magdangal (with her mom Paulita)
on the cover of Mr. & Ms. (August 8, 2000).

1979 – Marc Abaya (full name Ramon Marcelino Diaz Abaya), musician, television, video jockey and actor.

1983 – Janette Heather McBride, Australian-Filipino actress – in Queensland, Australia.

Janette McBride (with Onemig Bondoc)

on the cover of Mr. & Ms. (February 15, 2000)

 

1989 – Shaina Magdayao (full name Shaina Garcia Magdayao), actress, dancer, singer and model – in Quezon City.  

Shaina Magdayao
on the covers of Cosmopolitan Philippines (November 2007), Seventeen  (January-February 2009),
and Woman Today (March 1-15, 2010).



A naked Madonna hitchicking
and covered only by a “question mark”
on the cover of Entertainment Weekly
(November 6, 1992).

Picture Trivia

          In 1992, Madonna played the role of a baseball player name Mae Mordabito in the film A League of Their Own. She also sang the theme song of the film, “This Used to Be My Playground,” which reached the Number 1 spot on the “Hot 100” list. It was also in 1992 when Madonna established her entertainment company, Maverick.           A joint venture was made between Maverick and Time Warner, which gave her an advance payment of 60 million dollars. The joint venture first released Madonna’s book titled Sex. It contained nude and sexually provocative pictures of Madonna taken by photographer Steven Meisel. It was criticized by the media, but the book (tagged at 50 dollars) sold more than 1.5 million copies in just a few days.
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February 15

 

FEBRUARY 15

Mr. & Ms. Vol. 28 No. 43, February 15, 2005
On the front cover: Keanu Reeves
On the back cover: Shaina Magdayao for the Cream Silk Conditioners print ad

 

Events that happened on February 15:


1889 – The La Solidaridad which served as the organ of the Propagandist Movement, founded by Graciani Lopez Jaena, published its first issue.

1892 – Jose Rizal became a Master Mason of Le Grand Orient France.

1935 – The Philippine Constitution was signed and ratified.

1948 – The Art Association of the Philippines (AAP), a national organization of painters, sculptors and other visual artists, was established under the leadership of Purita Kalaw-Ledesma.

1969 – Rene Barrientos became the World Junior Lightweight boxing champion after defeating Ruben Navarro of the U.S. in a 15-round fight. 

1986 – Pres. Ferdinand E. Marcos and Senator Arturo Tolentino was proclaimed winner of the Snap Election for president and vice-president, respectively, by the Batasang Pambansa.

President Ferdinand Marcos and Senator Arturo Tolentino,
proclaimed in winner the 1986 Snap Election.



Personalities and celebrities born on February 15:

1882 – Faustino Aguilar, novelist, journalist, editor and labor leader – in Malate, Manila. (d. July 24, 1955)

1888 – Victor Buencamino, first recognized Filipino veterinarian and first Filipino director of the Bureau of Animal Husbandry – in Tondo, Manila. (d. January 1, 1977)

1895 – Jovita Fuentes, opera singer and National Artist for Music (1976) – in Capiz. (d. August 7, 1979)

Jovita Fuentes
on the face of Philippine postage stamp,
“Decade of Filipino Nationalism”
(Great Filipinos VII series)
first issued June 1, 1995.

1982 – James Yap (full name James Carlos Agravante Yap Sr, basketball player known as “King James” and PBA-MVP (2006, 2010) – in Escalante City, Negros Occidental.

James Yap
on the covers of Sunday Inquirer (January 25, 2009) and Yes ! (December 2010).

Portrait of Theda Bara on the cover of
Picture-Play Magazine (February 15, 1916).

Picture Trivia
          Theda Bara (real name Theodosia Goodman, 1890-1955) was a renown actress in the silent movie better known by the sobriquet “The Vamp” connotative of a “sexually predatory woman.” Her screen name, according to The Guinness Book of Movie Facts and Feats, was given by film director Frank Powell.
          In the promotion of the film Cleopatra (1917), Fox Studio said that the name Theda Bara is the anagram of “Arab Death.” But this was taken from a misinformation released by Bara’s press agent that she was the daughter of an Arab sheik and s French woman, and was born in the Sahara Desert. In truth, Bara was born in Avondale, Cincinnatina, Ohio. Her father is Bernard Goodman, a Jewish tailor from Poland and her mother is Pauline Louise de Coppett from Switzerland. In 1917, the Goodman family formally changed their surname to Bara.                                      o     O     o