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Mexico’s Christmas gift to the whole world

By ROSES AND THORNS | By Alejandro R. Roces | December 23, 2003 - 12:00am

The Christmas tree tradition started in the Philippines only during the American colonial rule in the country. But even before that we had a botanical symbol of Christmas – the Flor de la Noche Buena (flower...

Opinion