This is for all our Filipino readers shipping Christmas gifts back to the Phillipines in a Balikbayan Box. For those unfamiliar with the box, a balikbayan box (literally returnee’s to one’s homeland box) is a ubiquitous cardboard box containing any number of small items (like a care package) sent by overseas Filipino workers, immigrants, and citizens to family members in the Philippines. Apparently, Happyslip likes to pack MORE PROCESSED MEAT in her Balikbayan Box.

Christmas Balikbayan Box

Lyrics:

In this big box for Christmas,

my family sent to me

A lot of instant coffee

In this big box for Christmas,

my family sent to me

Lots of Chocolate

And a ton of corned beef

And in this big box for Christmas

My family sent to me

Medicine for the old ones

Sugar substitutes &

cookies that are sugar free

In this big box for Christmas

my family sent to me

Lots of toothpaste

Towels and bedsheets

All kinds of shoes

That exactly fit my feet

In this big box for Christmas

my family sent to me

MORE PROCESSED MEAT

Dont forget cologne

Yes bar soap

Multivitamins

And a truckload of candy

In this big box for Christmas

my family sent to me

Leftover soy sauce packets

MORE PROCESSED MEAT

Quaker oatmeal

Lots of chips

Dont forget sardines

And toys from happy meals

In this big box for Christmas

my family sent to me

All these instant noodles

Peanuts, Butter cookies

MORE PROCESSED MEAT

Dont forget old clothes,

And flip flops

Wallets and bags

And last years magazines

In this big box for Christmas

My family sent to me

A bag of chicharon

Coloring books & crayons,

Bulk toilet paper,

MORE PROCESSED MEAT

Panty and brief

Deodorant

Lots of lotion

But the best gift is money