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YOU can have anything you want on Christmas Day, so why not tea?

THERE is no question that many of our favorite Filipino (or Pinoy) dishes are either deep fried, roasted, or grilled. We do know that both deep frying and grilling are not the healthiest ways to cook your food.

TOKYO —  A long queue of patrons running out the door of nearly every KFC has been a perennial Christmas sight in Japan but COVID-19 social distancing rules that discourage lines and place strict conditions for dining-in are threatening the custom. This year, KFC Holdings Japan, the domestic licensor of the Yum! Brands, Inc. franchise, is nudging customers to order online and then pick up their chicken at a certain time, rather than forming up in the traditional queues.

BEIJING —  US coffee chain Starbucks on Monday apologized and said it would carry out inspections and staff training across all its roughly 5,400 stores in China after a state-backed newspaper said two of its outlets used expired ingredients.

KEEP traditions alive with a basketful of holiday goodies with the spruced-up Classic Sheraton Hamper priced at P2,688 net. This basket includes Christmas banana bread, Christmas crinkles cookies, assorted macarons, French fruit cake, luxury jams and honey, and red wine.

DISCOUNTS and deals from airlines, accommodation establishments, tour operators, and travel agencies await balikbayans who will come home to the Philippines this season as the Department of Tourism (DoT) launches the balikan.ph website; a one-stop site for balikbayan-exclusive promos with discounts of as much as 50% on hotel and resort rates and worry-free, value-for-money vacation packages.

AN 18th century molave wood altarpiece, paintings by Juan Luna, Felix R. Hidalgo, and Fernando Zobel, a touchscreen gallery, heritage objects, and the dioramas are some items which can be viewed onsite now after a long while when Ayala Museum visitors could only see the museum’s collections online by browsing through virtual galleries. Two years after its temporary closure for renovations, the museum reopens for a month-long soft opening in December.

THE METROPOLITAN Theater formally reopened on the 90th anniversary of its inauguration on Dec. 10.

LOS ANGELES — Movie dramas The Power of the Dog and Belfast led nominations on Monday for the annual Golden Globes in a year clouded by controversy and a scaled-down ceremony.

TESLA Chief Executive Officer Elon Musk was named Time magazine’s “Person of the Year” for 2021, a year that saw his electric car company become the most valuable carmaker in the world and his rocket company soar to the edge of space with an all-civilian crew.

GIVEN the more relaxed COVID-19 alert level in Metro Manila, the Cultural Center of the Philippines (CCP) brings back its traditional celebration of the Simbang Gabi in real-time and on-site.