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September 05, 2025

It is now September, and Jose Mari Chan is out. I do not mean that kind of out. I mean out as in coming out of his eight-month hibernation. He is now out as one of the Philippines' favorite symbols of Christmas.

- BABY A. GIL

Welcome Back, Mister Chan

You know how Filipinos love celebrating the Christmas Season and we do this earlier than any other country in the world. So, while everybody elsewhere is looking out for Thanksgiving or Halloween, Pinoys are already in Christmas mode.

How do we do this? By playing Christmas music as early as Sept. 1. And these past 35 years, the most played song of all has been Christmas in Our Hearts by Jose Mari.

The song has now become our favorite harbinger of the Yuletide Season. Hence, the joke of Jose Mari coming out on Sept. 1, preceded late in August by lots of amusing memes and posts online, performances on radio and TV and even live concerts, has become fully widespread.

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