Around this time of year, in addition to your typical Christmas lights and ornaments, Filipinos traditionally hang up another decoration: the parol. It’s a brightly lit, star-shaped lantern that’s ...

This year, I found a new way to celebrate my heritage through parols, colorful star-shaped lanterns. By Matt Yan When I was a kid, Christmas at our house always looked like a Hallmark movie ...

For many in the Filipino community, the parol — or lantern — is a reminder of family and a symbol of hope in troubling times. The star-shaped lanterns are often seen hung in the windows of ...

A basement room in the Mint Mall has been transformed into a brilliantly colored storeroom of handmade parols -- star-shaped lanterns that signal the start of the Christmas season in the Philippines.

One of the most visible signs of the festive season is the star-shaped Christmas lantern locally known as the parol, one of the most iconic symbols of the Filipino spirit of Christmas. While there ...

After moving to Manitoba as an immigrant, Filipino artist Queti Azurin missed home. Making parols — star-shaped lanterns — helped soothe her homesickness. In Winnipeg, she also began teaching ...

Derived from the Spanish word farol, the parol means lantern and is symbolic of the star of Bethlehem from the Bible. Makaio Diolanto holds a large lantern as he waits to present during the Jesse ...

CEBU, Philippines — The Caballes family, natives of Barangay Guadalupe in Cebu City, has made thousands of Christmas star lanterns or parol since the late 1970s. Back then, orders for their well ...

Parols are a Christmas tradition in the Philippines; they are star-shaped lanterns meant to symbolize the star of Bethlehem that led the three wise men to the manger where Jesus was born.

MANILA, Philippines — Two senior citizens were featured on broadcast journalist Noli de Castro's show "KBYN: Kaagapay ng Bayan" for the creative versions of their Christmas parol made out of ...