Mayor Alfred Romualdez of Tacloban City has smartened up. He decided to forgo putting up the huge Christmas tree that used to adorn the City Hall grounds this year because it kept being knocked down by typhoons. | joeygabietaINQ /PDI
JUST LIGHTS There is no Christmas tree during this holiday season at the Tacloban City Hall, as shown in the lighting ceremony on Dec. 2, after Mayor Alfred Romualdez decided to do away with it. —PHOTO COURTESY OF TACLOBAN TODAYHe decided to forgo putting up the huge Christmas tree that used to adorn the City Hall grounds this year because it kept being knocked down by typhoons.“Perhaps, you are surprised that we don’t have a Christmas tree this year.
“So we have decided to just put up Christmas lights and I commended the City Tourism Office for [doing] a good job [in creating the holiday decorations],” he added.
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