Crimson Lodge Filinvest Metropolis, Manila ushered within the Vacation Season when it switched on the lights at this yr’s Tree Lighting Ceremony held just lately on the lodge foyer within the southern Manila suburb of Alabang.
The epitome of up to date consolation within the south of Manila decked its halls with glittering decorations that revolved round this yr’s theme Take Me to Christmas, Take Me to Crimson.
The festive tree itself was festooned with quite a lot of ornaments that known as to thoughts old style hot-air balloons hovering into the skies, bearing in them the heartfelt needs of kids of all ages.
A house for the Holidays
In keeping with lodge basic supervisor Arlene Tongco: “Why select Crimson to your Christmas celebration? There’s the expertise itself: right here, the vacations are about extra than simply decorations, [as] they’re about creating reminiscences that deliver family members nearer collectively. Whether or not you’re having fun with a festive escape within the metropolis, planning a energetic household gathering, or just unwinding with seasonal meals and beverage treats, we’re right here to make each second really feel particular.”
To start the celebration, Tongco was joined on the foot of Crimson’s tree by Ivannovich Agote of Division of Tourism, Chroma Hospitality vice-president of operations Ria Sarrosa, councilor Allen Ampaya of Muntinlupa Metropolis, Filinvest Alabang Inc president Catherine Ilagan, and Santa Claus himself who made a shock look on the occasion.
Letters of hope
This yr, friends can journey the world for the Holidays at Crimson because the lodge connects them with mates and family members far and close to with decorations that bring to mind the spirit of journey and the Nice Escape.
The gallery on the eighth-floor foyer has been reworked right into a candy Journey to Pleasure wonderland the place each nook is crammed with festive cheer and considerate particulars that deliver the season’s pleasure to life.
Plus, for these craving for one thing particular and magical for the Holidays, they shouldn’t miss Santa’s Mailbox at Crimson.
Right here, one can ship off their coronary heart’s needs and let somewhat vacation magic work its attraction.
Santa’s Mailbox, in response to Tongco, additionally has a major that means at Crimson for this yr’s Holidays as it’s tied up with the lodge’s beneficiary for 2024.
Tongco mentioned: “We’re making this season much more significant by means of our partnerships. With Letters of Hope in collaboration with SOS Kids’s Basis, let’s all work collectively to make vacation needs come true by supporting youngsters with the necessities they want. By way of our partnership with the Philippine Institute for the Deaf, we’re additionally opening up new internship alternatives, giving these younger individuals precious work expertise right here at Crimson.”
Music and magic
Except for the tree lighting itself, attendees heard all concerning the superb lineup of actions slated to occur at Crimson for Christmas and the New 12 months.
These included bountiful feasts to share with household and mates, in addition to the colourful salute to the New 12 months, Pop of Shade, which ushers in 2025 on the night of thirty first December.
Whereas friends loved a superb grazing buffet, the angelic voices of the De La Salle-Zobel Chorale and a particular efficiency by the Philippine Institute for the Deaf rang by means of the foyer, warming the hearts of listeners with each previous and new songs for the Season of Hope.
