SAN FRANCISCO – The Parol Lantern Festival returns this year to bring holiday cheer to the Filipino American community in San Francisco. Fil-Am community members will once again create handmade ...

The Parol Festival and Parade is scheduled on Saturday, December 14, from 5 to 9 p.m. It is a family fun-filled evening of music, games and prizes with the brightly lit and colorful parol lanterns.

For many in the Filipino community, the parol — or lantern — is a reminder of family and a symbol of hope in troubling times. The star-shaped lanterns are often seen hung in the windows of ...

Published December 14, 2014 2:13pm They may be far from home, but Filipinos in Hong Kong can get a taste of Christmas in the Philippines with a parol (lantern)-making contest and a Misa de Aguinaldo.