So excited to share with you this super nice news from SM Supermalls, making our Christmas more festive! Super nice because they partnered with Disney, bringing our favorite characters/ Disney movies closer to us. It’s a Magical Christmas At SM Supermalls this Christmas 2017. 

Magical Christmas in SM City East Ortigas

SM Supermalls let us experience a magical Christmas through dazzling Disney centerpieces that the whole family will love.

“As we usher the joyful spirit of Christmas, allow us to thank you for celebrating this season with us and for choosing SM to create these special moments with your loved ones,” said Steven Tan, SM Supermalls senior vice president. “From our SM family to yours, we wish you a memorable and meaningful Christmas filled with love and wonderful cheers.”

Here’s a complete list of SM Supermalls with Disney Centerpiece:

Olaf’s Frozen Adventure Winter Magic: 

• SM City Baliwag
• SM City BF Paranaque
• SM City Cabanatuan
• SM City Calamba
• SM City Cebu
• SM City Clark
• SM City Consolacion
• SM CityDavao
• SM City East Ortigas
• SM City Fairview
• SM City Lipa
• SM City Manila
• SM City Rosario
• SM City Molino
• SM City Muntinlupa

Sofia the First Enchanted Holiday

• SM Center Las Pinas
• SM Center Pasig
• SM City CDO
• SM City Novaliches
• SM City San Mateo

Mickey Mouse and Friends Making Holiday Magic 

• SM City Bacolod
• SM City Baguio
• SM City Batangas
• SM City Batangas
• SM City Cauayan
• SM City Dasmarinas
• SM City General Santos
• SM City Iloilo
• SM City Marilao
• SM City Naga
• SM City Olongapo
• SM City Pampanga
• SM City Puerto Princesa
• SM City Rosales
• SM City San Jose Del Monte
• SM City San Lazaro
• SM City Sta Mesa

Tsum- Tsum Tsum- Tacular Christmas

• SM Center Angono
• SM City North EDSA

Disney Princess

• SM City Bacoor
• SM City Bicutan
• SM City Masinag
• SM City San Fernando Downtown
• SM City Santa Rosa
• SM City Cabanatuan
• SM City Valenzuela

Image from Ruth dela Cruz

Cars Speeding To Christmas Fun

• SM City Lucena
• SM City Marikina
• SM City San Pablo
• SM City Sucat
• SM City Tarlac
• SM City Taytay
• SM City Trece Martires
• SM City Sangandaan

On the other hand, SM Megamall features a Royal Holiday wonderland complete with a 45-feet tall Christmas tree centerpiece. Image from Erica Yu B. 

At SM Aura Premier, experience an enchanting Christmas under the sea. Visit SM’s first-ever digital underwater adventure and capture magical moments with larger-than-life sea creatures on display. Feast your eyes on the mall’s 30-feet tall Christmas tree decked with mermaids, starfish and jellyfish.

Meet Santa and celebrate a Very Merry MOA Christmas at SM Mall of Asia (MOA). Take a photo with Leo the lion, Hannah the panda, Gerry the giraffe, Hailey the hippo, Macky the monkey, Benny the bunny, Cyril the squirrel, and Ellie the elephant in front of the majestic 50-feet Christmas tree centerpiece.

SM Supermalls also features Bears of Joy, an annual advocacy campaign dedicated to making more children happy every Christmas. This enables the customers to buy a pair of bears for PhP200 – one bear for the customer to keep while the other bear is donated to charities, such as the Nayon ng Kabataan orphanage.

Ballet Philippines (BP), the country’s flagship dance company, presents the timeless Christmas ballet in full Filipino splendor in Edna Vida and Alice Reyes’ The Nutcracker. Nobuo Fujino (formerly a Senior Artist at the Australian Ballet and Principal Dancer with Hong Kong Ballet) returns to BP as guest artist courtesy of Japan Foundation and Tan Yan Kee Foundation, and the ABS-CBN Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Gerard Salonga, plays Tchaikovsky’s iconic music live on select performances.

A ballet for the whole family, The Nutcracker is a holiday tradition all over the world, with professional dance companies and schools doing their own version of the beloved full-length ballet. BP sets itself apart by adding its own Filipino flavor to the time and tested ballet.

Set in the Philippines in the 1920s, The Nutcracker follows our young heroine Clara on a fantastic journey. At her family’s Noche Buena, Clara receives an enchanted Nutcracker Doll from her godfather, the toymaker Don Alfonso Quintero. Her sister gets the Sugar Plum Fairy Doll and her brother, the Rat King Doll. As midnight strikes, all the toys including her beloved Nutcracker, the Sugar Plum Fairy and the Rat King come to life, and a battle between Rats and Toy Soldiers ensues. Her Nutcracker valiantly leads the soldiers, but is soon overpowered by the evil Rat King. Just as the Rat King delivers his final blow, Clara comes to the Nutcracker’s rescue and the Rat King falls.

As the rats scurry off with their king, Don Alfonso appears and reveals the true identity of her doll—he is the Nutcracker Prince! He and the Sugar Plum Fairy have been trapped in a spell which only a person pure of heart can break.

In gratitude for Clara’s act of courage, the Nutcracker Prince whisks her away to the Kingdom of the Dolls. A feast is celebrated in her honor as she is surrounded by dolls from all over the world, dancing flowers, and the beautiful Sugar Plum Fairy.

What makes this Nutcracker unique is how the late National Artist for Theater Design Salvador Bernal incorporated Filipino design elements into the sets. The turn-of-the-century grand ballroom showcases art nouveau arches with anahaw leaves and framed capiz shells. The Nutcracker is the perfect holiday treat for children.

Fujino will partner BP’s Denise Parungao as the Sugar Plum Fairy. Alternating with Parungao is resident guest artist Candice Adea and company member Jemima Reyes. They will be partnered by Lester Reguindin and Victor Maguad, respectively.

Catch us on December 1-10, 2017 at the CCP Main Theater. For tickets, call Ballet Philippines at (+632) 551-1003, the CCP Box Office at (+632) 832-3704, or Ticketworld at (+632) 891-9999 or Ticketworld.com.ph.

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