As the calendar gets closer to Christmas Day, traditions are beautifully apparent inside and outside of every Filipino home. With the city streets being all spruced up with adorable decorations, choral groups serenading every doorstep at cold nights, get-togethers happening with family and friends, and celebrating Advent in churches, the Yuletide spirit is indeed here. One of Manila’s premier lifestyle destinations, Greenbelt takes part in this momentous event with its commitment to provide unique experiences during important occasions for the Filipinos.
To begin the celebration, the luxury shopping hub launches its series of Christmas festivities with a grand cocktail gathering at Greenbelt 5 Fashion Walk last November 11. The event is set to highlight a Christmas tree lighting ceremony and a fireworks display for its patrons. Famous Kapamilya stars Erik Santos and Nikki Gil grace the stage of the spacemost anticipated kick-off in a Christmas concert featuring their splendid performances and soulful voices.
A special gift from the high-end shopping complex, the Greenbelt Holiday Guide, is given to its loyal customers at retail stops in the mall. The glossy mag puts the spotlight on the excellent finds for the holiday season. Its fashion and beauty features present style tips for the style-conscious sophisticated women and debonair guys for Christmas parties and New Year’s Eve bash. It is also a handy guide that comes with a map of restaurant selections for the best eats in town, which is perfect for family dinners. Moreover, home décor ideas for glamming up the feasting table and gift picks for the little ones are on the line-up.
Make all the weekends of December awesome and memorable when you spend it with your loved ones at Greenbelt’s Christmas Market. The much-awaited festive fair will offer a wide roster of delights that you can give to either your friends or get for yourself. The bazaar will share the merriment with its products that vary from food options to locally made interior accents, art pieces, fashion emblems, live art activities, and band shows. The weekend market will be held from 4:00 to 10:00 PM with the schedule as follows: December 5 to 6, 12 to 13, 19 to 20, and 26 to 27. Shop for more unique finds with the Designer’s Holiday Bazaar, a curated fair at the Greenbelt 5 Gallery on November 16 to December 22, 2015.
You can be an instant Santa Claus with Greenbelt’s traditional charity act. Throughout the month of December, the retail giant continues to spread the love in the season of giving back through a shopping promo, “From Greenbelt with Love ”, which would definitely bring joy and smiles to the less fortunate people in need. For a minimum purchase at any store in Greenbelt with the amount bracket stated below, each shopper will get to fulfill any item from the wish list of the partner foundations by signing a donation form. And for every donation, the shopper will receive a surprise Christmas treat from Greenbelt that can come in the form of movie tickets, dinner date for two, parking passes, and many more exciting giveaways.
PHP 10,000 – Donate 40 slippers to kids of Children’s Hour’s Better Life Program
PHP 20,000 – Donate 2 sets of LCD projector to CENTEX classrooms
PHP 50,000 – Donate construction materials for Habitat for Humanity’s housing projects
Greenbelt completes the spirit of Christmas with beautiful and elegant embellishments in the holiday installations of its partner merchants that are inspired from the colors of winter wonderland and the brilliant lights of everyone’s favorite time of the year. At Greenbelt 5 Fashion Walk, Adora will bring its holiday features in the limelight from December 1 to January 5 and Rimowa will let its design ornaments shine from December 15 to January 4. Harlan + Holden will cheer its guests with their pop-up booth at the lobby of Greenbelt 5 from December 1 to February 29.
With a great mix of cutting edge performances, fun-filled activities, shopping deals with an endearing cause, and special gifts, your Christmas celebrations would truly be complete with what Greenbelt has in store for you and your family. As the holiday period calls for good will, peace, and happiness, it is then a right time for you to fill your hearts with the message of Greenbelt in making this season an opportunity to be a blessing.