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Philippines

In the Philippines, Christmas fever begins on 1 September, the first of the 'ber' months. Families make star-shaped lanterns called parol, and the season runs into the first week of January.

Five things to know about the Philippines

In Geodar these are the five clues to this country, and it counts as one of the easy countries. The game asks the hardest clue first. Here the easiest comes first.

  1. Where it is. It's the Philippines, an island chain in Southeast Asia, south of Taiwan and east of Vietnam. See the Philippines on a map.
  2. Its capital is Manila, and its people are called Filipinos.
  3. It is made up of more than 7,000 islands in the western Pacific.
  4. It is named after a king of Spain who reigned in the 1500s.
  5. The Christmas season here starts in September and lasts more than four months, often called the world's longest.

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