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title: 'Joy to the World poster (14): Christmas in America and the Philippines (English-Tagalog, Manila)'
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/joy-to-the-world-poster-14-christmas-manila-1958/
description: 'An illustrated English-Tagalog Christmas poster. The top shows Philippine village scenes: a boy making a star lantern, a church.'
section: Collection
---

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# Joy to the World poster (14): Christmas in America and the Philippines (English-Tagalog, Manila)

An illustrated English-Tagalog Christmas poster. The top shows Philippine village scenes: a boy making a star lantern, a church, a carabao cart and families. The bottom shows American scenes: a snowy house with carollers, a child on Santa's knee, a church, a tall tree and reindeer. The text names the 'Yuletide spirit of brotherhood' and goodwill as the theme of Christmas in both countries. The tell is glittering-generalities ('brotherhood', 'goodwill') and plain-folks family scenes.

## Propaganda techniques used in this poster

[Glittering generalities](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/glittering-generalities/) [Plain folks](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/plain-folks/)

## Text on the object

Original (English and Tagalog) · read from the image, not independently checked

```
Maligayang Pasko

JOY TO THE WORLD!

YULETIDE SPIRIT OF BROTHERHOOD AND THE EXPRESSION OF GOODWILL TOWARD MEN HIGHLIGHT CHRISTMAS CELEBRATION IN AMERICA AND IN THE PHILIPPINES.

Merry Christmas

SUPPLEMENT TO Free World VOLUME VII Nº [illegible] DECEMBER 1958
```

English translation (machine translation by Claude, not verified by a fluent reader)

```
'Maligayang Pasko' is Tagalog for 'Merry Christmas'; the rest is English.
```

Issue number in the corner label is too small to read.

[← CARE milk gift poster, 15,000 tons (English poster distributed in Manila)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/care-milk-gift-15000-tons-english-manila-1958/) [Sports in the USA poster, Series No. 15 (English poster distributed in Manila) →](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/sports-in-the-usa-no-15-manila-1958/)

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