Kahit Na Abril Ay Parang Pasko Pa Rin

This is one of my favorite songs! :D . I'm glad to share this to you. It is from hangad. Hope you'll enjoy it too. Its for Christmas season. Music and lyrics by: Vince de Jesus

Arrangement: Vince de Jesus Keyboards: Vince de Jesus

Listen:

Ang hangin ay lumalamig
Ang langit nagniningning
Mga bituin ay parang nagsasayaw
Sila’y sumasabay sa awitin ng pasko

Sa himig ng nag-kakaroling
Ang lahat umiindak
Hindi ka man kapiling ngayong pasko
Huwag mag-alala di ako magmumukmok

Andito’ng mga kumare ko
Bawa’t kapit-bahay imbitado
At aming pagsasaluhan munting handa
Kami’y magsisimba
Sana’y nandito ka

Ang parol na yari mo
Nakasabit dun sa’ting pasilyo
At hindi ko ‘yan ibababa, maniwala ka
Kahit Abril na

Ako’y maghihintay
(kahit gaano katagal abutin)
Sa’yong pagbabalik
(kahit Abril na may noche Buena pa)
At kahit na Abril, ay parang pasko pa rin

Much as Christmas is the singular event celebrating the birth of Christ, it is also the preparation for this festive occasion that makes it such a season of joy. We prepare our Noche Buena grocery lists early on, we light up our wreaths for Advent, we sleep early for Simbanggabi, we hang our refurbished parol above our belen—Christmas is indeed a season bound not so much by time but by our anticipation of it.

It is this wait for Christmas and the reluctance to let go of it that this song sings of. The fusion of upbeat, jazz music and lyrics characteristic of Christmases many Filipinos spend gives this song a fresh, if not ironic, twist.