Several plates of Christmas ham, queso de bola, fruit/buko salad, puto bumbong, bibingka and other iconic Filipino dishes embellish the family table, all while chatter and hugs add to the ...

From just a couple of families celebrating Christmas together, it has now become an annual major event for a neighbourhood in Maddington, Western Australia aimed at preserving Filipino traditions.

She remembered what the Christmas ... is a large table that signifies that. "For me, family is always a big thing, even though I didn't have a lot of background in Filipino cuisine," Reyes said.