myparol.com

I live in a city with a large Pilipino population.  Every holiday season, I look forward to walking around the neighborhoods, and seeing the different kinds of parol (Christmas lanterns) that people hang in front of their homes.  The parol have gotten really elaborate over the years.  Most are made of capiz, a kind of shell, dyed in different colors.  Some have the Holy Family painted in the centers, some even have Santa Claus.  The one hanging in my window is shaped like a poinsettia and flashes off and on.  Parol are like jeepneys--cheerful and borderline gaudy--and I love them.