Many things can be considered iconic of the Christmas season. Twinkling lights, hot cocoa, hand-wrapped gifts, and bedazzled holiday trees are just a few of them. For Filipinos though, there is something—or rather, someone—else who represents the season effortlessly; and that’s singer-composer Jose Mari Chan.
The seasoned artist’s songs have become such an important staple during the holiday season that he can easily be considered, as he said as the Little Drummer Boy that heralds the season in the Philippines. When asked about why he thinks his songs, and music in general, has become so famous, he answers: “Music is essentially the language of the soul. It expresses best our inne…
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