Winners of Christmasterpiece 2006

Fourty-three (43) Cities and Municipalities all over the country participated. They built their own Christmasterpieces inspired by their respective culture and tradition. Used indigenous materials and adorned with hundreds and thousands of Lady’s Choice Mayo bottles as Christmas lights. Many have been called, but in the end, only three emerged as winners (compared to 2005 where there were “several” bronze and silver winners).

Laoag City is Third Place

The “Christmas Wonderland” theme of Laoag City captured the third place:

For the second place, it went to San Jacinto, Pangasinan’s “Christ-mais(corn) Tree” with thousands of bottle bulbs painted with yellow which look like corn kernels:




For the grand prize, it went to Morong, Rizal’s “Dambanang Kawayan” which is a scale-down replica of the town’s Church in bamboo and used bottle bulbs as balusters and tips of bamboo filials:

San Jacinto Places

San Jacinto Catholic Church

San Jacinto Public Market

San Jacinto Town Hall

CHRISTMASTERPIECE

Sunday, December 31, 2006
San Jacinto, Pangasinan Entry
These images are from San Jacinto, Pangasinan:

San Jacinto, Pangasinan Philippines

The town of San Jacinto was founded in the year 1601, marked by the event of laying a cornerstone of the Catholic Church and the convent by the Spanish Priest Fr. Herminigildo Melgar. With the completion of the church and convent the town began to exist as a separate municipality from Mangaldan as it was then a part of said town before 1601.

The first Capitan of the municipality was Don Diego Agbunag and the last Capitan Municipal was Don Bernardo Lopez, who held the position from 1894-1895 the year when the Spanish rule came to an end.

On January 23, 1870, the Alcalde Mayor of the Province of Pangasinan, came to San Jacinto and proceeded to Claris to inaugurate the newly created town of Pozorrubio, formerly a barrio belonging to San Jacinto. In the year 1892, the strongest earthquake occurred in San Jacinto destroying the church, the convent, the tower and the municipal building as well. This catastrophe happened during the reign of Don Jose Sanchez as Capitan Mayor.