MISA DE GALLO – One of the Filipino traditions this Christmas Season, where churches open doors early Saturday morning on the first of nine dawn masses in preparation to the celebration of Christmas Day and as part of spiritual preparation for the birth of Jesus Christ on December 25, 2017. Thousand of parishioners attend the first tradition dawn mass at Barasoain Church in Malolos, Bulacan today December 15, 2017. (Kevin Tristan Espiritu)

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