Yes, my song became popular and it heralds the Christmas season but it should not make me Mr. And I want, when you think of Christmas, you think of the image of St. Because it’s really the season of the Baby Jesus. How does it feel to actually be an icon of the Filipino Christmas tradition? You are like a Pampanga lantern. And parang I’m taunting them na matagal pa kayo. I sort of didn’t like it, the one that said, “Malapit na ako, kayo matagal pa.” We’re all hoping this coronavirus is blown away.
They’re all the same, except that there was one medyo negative. Which of the memes are your favorites? Which ones are the most memorable for you? Yeah, someone showed me a picture of me peeping and saying, “Dalawang buwan na lang.” (Laughs) When did you first become aware of the memes? Did a family member show you or did you stumble across them accidentally? I don’t even know who’s behind those memes. The memes started siguro mga three, four years ago. Well, the song (“Christmas in Our Hearts”) is 30 years old. How many years has this been happening? When did this start? 1 kind of feels like Jose Mari Chan Day now, and people really count down. We would like to greet you on the official first day of your season. But he can’t deny it-he’s brought a lot of joy to people and he’s bringing it now, at a time when the world needs it the most.ĭuring our interview, Chan asked for our addresses, telling us he’d send us compilations of his hits including, of course, his many Christmas songs.ĭays later, the CDs arrived. We tried to convince him to do a Zoom concert on Christmas Day and he said, “Better still, once the ‘new normal’ comes, you invite me and I will sing personally to you and your families.”Ĭhan is reluctant to accept his status as the Father of Philippine Christmas, telling us that the season should be all about Jesus. And I’m very grateful and I thank God for it, for the gift of music,” he said. “I never thought that I would go this far. He was an absolute delight-gracious, humble and a lot of fun. 1 with us on Zoom, talking and singing to us from his Makati home. Jose Mari Chan has become an ubiquitous symbol of the Filipino yuletide season, thanks to his holiday hit “Christmas in Our Hearts” and the countless memes counting down to September, the very early start of Pinoy Christmas.
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