A Social Weather Stations (SWS) survey has shown more Filipinos are hoping to celebrate a “happy” Christmas this year.
The SWS survey released on Christmas Eve has said that 65 percent of Filipinos expect a happy Christmas, which is 15 percentage points higher than in 2020 when only 50 percent of Filipinos expressed such optimism. In 2020, the rate was a record-low since the SWS began the annual survey in 2002.
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According to the survey the number of people who expect a sad Christmas this year decreased, garnering 8 percent, which is seven percentage points lower than the record-high 15 percent in 2020.
Besides that 22 percent considered this year’s Christmas to be neither happy nor sad –” 11 percentage points lower than 2020’s record-high of 33 percent.”
