PRESIDENT Benigno Aquino 3rd on Friday said his Christmas wish this year is for all Filipinos is to have “peaceful family time,” unlike last year when the holidays were bleak because of a number of tragedies.

“The wish really is that we have that peaceful moment where we are not confronted with very severe challenges like last year, and that we are focused on really just pausing and enjoying something that is so intrinsically part of the Filipino culture, which is having that family time,” the President said during the annual Bulong Pulungan Christmas Party and Forum at Hotel Sofitel in Pasay City (Metro Manila).

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