Editing Christmas music (section)

===Philippines===
{{further|List of Filipino Christmas carols and songs|Christmas in the Philippines}}

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The Philippines, a tropical country, has a long tradition of Christmas music influenced by its climate and cultural traditions. Originally building from Spanish and American influences, Filipinos has developed its own Christmas music traditions. These began as far back as 1933, with carols written by Vicente D. Rubil and [[Levi Celerio]].<ref name=":5">{{Cite web |last=Medina |first=Aaron |date=March 18, 2018 |title=A history of our favorite Filipino Christmas carols – Ateneo Celadon |url=https://elements.ateneo-celadon.org/christmas-in-our-hearts-and-the-history-of-modern-philippine-christmas-carols/ |access-date=December 23, 2023 |language=en-US}}</ref> Most Filipino Christmas music is written in the [[Tagalog language|Tagalog]] language, and some in English and other [[languages of the Philippines|Philippine languages]].

Most Filipino Christmas songs describe the local Christmas traditions and traditions such as caroling, ''[[parol]]'', [[Simbang Gabi]]/[[Misa de Gallo]], returning to one's hometown for the holidays and the [[Nochebuena]]. Songs can be celebratory or sentimental, with the sentimental songs aimed toward [[overseas Filipinos]] who long for the Christmas season in the Philippines. Other songs describe the Biblical narrative of Christmas or call to love and charity. The most popular Filipino Christmas song is [[Jose Mari Chan|Jose Mari Chan's]] "[[Christmas in Our Hearts]]".<ref>{{Cite web |last=Hicap |first=Jonathan |title=Jose Mari Chan, Mariah Carey's 'All I Want for Christmas Is You' most streamed holiday artist, song in PH |url=https://mb.com.ph/2023/12/18/jose-mari-chan-mariah-carey-s-all-i-want-for-christmas-is-you-most-streamed-holiday-artist-song-in-ph |access-date=December 23, 2023 |website=Manila Bulletin |language=en}}</ref> The success of that song led to a Christmas album from Chan with the same name, which went on to become the best-selling album in [[Original Pilipino Music]] (OPM) music with more than 800,000 albums sold.

Radio stations in the Philippines usually play Christmas music, both local and foreign, as early as September up to Christmas Day or New Year's Eve, but Philippine radio stations usually do not switch to an all-Christmas format, instead interspersing Christmas music onto their regular music programming.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Casal |first=Marj |date=September 26, 2017 |title=Why does Christmas in the Philippines start in September? |url=https://www.rappler.com/brandrap/travel-and-food/183411-shakeys-ber-bundle-christmas/ |access-date=December 23, 2023 |website=RAPPLER |language=en-US}}</ref> Major television networks in the Philippines also have a tradition of producing Christmas-themed [[station identification|station IDs]], which take the form of promotional music videos, some of which became popular such as "[[Star ng Pasko]]" and "Thank You, Thank You, Ang Babait Ninyo" produced for [[ABS-CBN]].<ref name=":5" />