Above: Basco, Basco, Philippines in February 2020. In Panunuluyan, A Preparatory Novena for Christmas, Fr. Fidel Ferrer, FSSPX, explains the nature of the tradition as a preparatory novena for Christmas linked with other Hispanic traditions such as the Misas de Aguinaldo/ Misa de Gallo—a novena of votive dawn Masses (December 16-24), expressing joyful expectation of the Nativity.
