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.

December 25



DECEMBER 25

Mr. & Ms. Vol. 25 No. 36, December 25, 2001 – January 1, 2002
On the Cover: Gary Valenciano and Angeli Pangilinan, and their children Gabriel, Paolo and Keana

 

Disyembre 25 sa Kasaysayan ng Pilipinas

          Noong Disyembre 25, 1895, matagumpay na napabagsak ng puwersang rebolusyunaryo ng mga Filipino ang pamahalaang koloniyal ng mga Kastila sa Iloilo.

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          Ang puntod ng libingan ng dating Pangulong Corazon Aquino at Senador Benigno Aquino Jr ay dinungisan at nilapastangan di-umano ng isang nagngangalang Mariano Peralta Alguion.

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Personalities and celebrities born on December 25:

1924 – Henry Sy Sr (Chinese name Shi Zhicheng), Chinese-Filipino businessman – in Xiamen, China. 


1947 – Joey “Pepe” Smith (full name Joseph William Feliciano Smith), American-Filipino rock musician and singer-songwiter – in Angeles, Pampanga.



Joey “Pepe” Smith
on the cover of Playboy Philippines (September 2011).



1987 – L J Reyes (full name Lourna Jane Pujeda Reyes), actress, model and dancer – in Quezon City.

L J Reyes
on FHM Philippines (December 2009) and Playboy Philippines (March 2012).



Sophie Marceau on the cover of
MOD (December 1999).

Picture Trivia

          French actress Sophie Marceau (real name Sophie Danièle Sylvie Morisset Maupu) made her film debut in La Boum (1980) at age 13. After starring in 15 French films, she made her first English-language movie opposite Mel Gibson in the Academy Award-winning Braveheart (1995), and became an international film star playing the role of Elektra King in the 19th James Bond film The World is Not Enough (1999) opposite Pierce Brosnan.

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January 11

January 11

Mr. & Ms. Vol. 28 No. 37, January 11, 2005
On the Cover: Six of the cast of the film Ocean’s 12
(Don Cheadle, Matt Damon, Brad Pitt, Andy Garcia, George Clooney and Catherine Zeta-Jones)

 

January 11 in Philippine History

1752 – The Spanish Council of War declared war against the Muslims.

1764 – The last British ship left Manila ending the British occupation of the Philippines.

1897 – The 13 Matyrs of Bagumbayan (as differentiated from the 13 Martyrs of Cavite), after a mock trial, were executed at Bagumbayan (now part of Rizal Park).

1917 – The first Filipino cabinet under the U.S. regime was organized. It is composed of Rafael Palma, Secretary of Interior; Alberto Barreto, Secretary of Finance; Dionisio Jakosalem, Secretary of Commerce and Communication; Victorino Mapa, Secretary of Justice; Galicano Apacible, Secretary of Agriculture and Natural Resources; and Charles Yeaster, Secretary of Information.

 

1929 – The komiks series Kenkoy conceptualized by Romualdo Ramos and drawn by Antonio Velasquez first appeared in the weekly magazine Liwayway.

 

Pinoy personalities and celebrities born on January 11:

1851 – Higinio Benitez, lawyer, judge, member of the Malolos Congress and member of the committee which drafted the Malolos Constitution. (d. May 8, 1928)

1902 – Honorata “Atang” de la Rama, singer, actress, National Artist for theater and music, and “Queen of the Kundiman” – in Pandacan, Manila. (d. July 11, 1991)

1964 – Ralph Gonzalez Recto, politician and legislator – in Quezon City.

Ralph Recto with wife Vilma Santos
on the cover of Super Sonic Horosope Weekly Special (Enero 16, 1995)

1970 – Joy Tavas Nilo, composer, musical conductor and music teacher – in Oriental Mindoro.





Pierce Brosnan and Sophie Marceau
(for the film The World is Not Enough),
on the cover of Mr. & Ms. (January 11, 2000)

           Larawang Tribiya

          Ang pelikulang The World is Not Enough (1999) ay tinampukan nina Pierce Brosnan bilang James Bond Agent 007 at ng French actress na si Sophie Marceau bilang Elektra King. Sa pelikulang ito, nabanaag ang hubad na dibdib ni Ms. Marceau sa bed scene nila ni Brosnan. Ito ay nangyari sa bahagi matapos bitiwan ni James Bond ang mga katagang “Enough ice for one night.”

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