Disney Christmas Advert 2020: new animated short featuring Filipino tradition of 'parol-making'

[Makr]

A new animated short has been released by Disney in support for the Make-A-Wish® foundation. It features a Filipino setting and the tradition of 'parol-making' (Christmas latern).

This gave me feels as Disney rarely feature setting from my country (or Southeast Asia in general) but with this and the upcoming Raya and the Last Dragon film, it's looking promising in the future :)

 

[Deleted member 45614]

Made me cry, was beautifully done.

 

[BasilZero]

Nice - I love the Disney plus shorts and watched almost all of them recently. Will check this out.

 

[chefbags]

As a Filipino this was so cool to see.

Learned a lot about my culture through Filipino clubs in high school. They were some of the best parts of my life.

 

[Airi]

That was really touching to watch as well as interesting to learn about a holiday tradition from another part of the world. Those lamps look like they would be fun to make.

 

[wisdom0wl]

Brehs I'm not crying y'all are crying

not me no sir

 

[Makr]

That was really touching to watch as well as interesting to learn about a holiday tradition from another part of the world. Those lamps look like they would be fun to make.

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Yeah these parols are really nice. You learn to make them as art projects in school during Christmas time. There is even a contest for the most beautiful and biggest lanterns called 'Giant Lantern Festival' which features big ass lanterns such as these:

 

[Airi]

Yeah these parols are really nice. You learn to make them as art projects in school during Christmas time. There is even a contest for the most beautiful and biggest lanterns called 'Giant Lantern Festival' which features big ass lanterns such as these:

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Wow, those are gorgeous!

 

[Darknight]

Love it! I actually let out a gasp when she dropped Mickey and the ear fell off.

 

[DarthSpider]

That was great! I learned something new about Filipino tradition.

 

[GFP_RYU]

Nice!!! Represent!!!

 

[Auron Kale]

It was beautiful and I love seeing parols hanging in the windows whenever I visited my cousins in Daly City around Christmas (not sure if we'll stop by this year sadly...)

My family used to hang one outside our door when we lived in our old house but I'm wondering if maybe we can hang a smaller one here in our current home 🤔

 

[Xion385]

As a Filipino, this hit WAY too hard. This is like the short Filipino Christmas version of Coco.

 

[darkwing]

now I have to hang one

 

[Ashhong]

Loved it. Reminded me of when I first saw Bao.

 

[addik]

As a Filipino, this really hit hard. Love it. Love how they were able to capture our culture with all the little details in it!

 

[luca]

I'm not crying.

With Float (Pixar short) and this christmas advert it's time for a feature film by Filipinos, Disney please.

 

[Dr Doom]

Gotta show my Niece so her and my Mom can make one

 

[Gio]

Parols are great. I remember feeling really proud of the one I made in the 4th grade for school.

 

[Seanjeezy]

Man seeing the grandma made me think about my lola and even though she's been dead for almost 25 years I couldn't help but cry and remember how much I miss her damn you disney...

 

[GamePnoy74]

Dang it, watching this led me to order the Lola's Mickey plushie on the Disney Store website (has stitches on the ear and a parol logo on one of the feet).

 

[ss_lemonade]

That was really nice. Kinda miss the Philippines, especially when nearing the Holiday season when all the houses (ours included!) are decked out with lights, decorations and parols

 

[hersheyfan]

Christ, this just shattered me, that look on the grandma's face when she realized she wasn't going to be making a parol that night... heartbreaking as hell. Beautiful promo!

 

[Bengraven]

Brehs I'm not crying y'all are crying

not me no sir

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Shut up! I see you crying through my tears, but stop accusing ME of crying.

 

[lupinko]

I need that Mickey Mouse.

 

[Loxley]

Wow that was beautiful.

 

[vixolus]

granny's got a noggin

 

[Xun]

I'm not a fan of the music, but that was a lovely short!