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
- Date
- December 3, 1958
- Period
- Cold War
- Made by
- U.S. Information Agency (predecessor: State Department International Information and Educational Exchange Program), Propaganda Posters Distributed in Asia, Latin America and the Middle East series
- Region
- North America
- Country
- United States
- Medium
- Poster
- Issuer type
- State
- Regime
- Eisenhower Administration
- Leader
- Dwight D. Eisenhower
- Audience
- Foreign public
- Purpose
- Commemorate
- Theme
- Religion
- Event
- Cold War
- Source
- Unidentified Source blurred: contractors, cutouts, buried disclosure
- Source
- U.S. National Archives (NARA), RG 306, Propaganda Posters Distributed in Asia, Latin America and the Middle East, retrieved October 4, 2026
- Rights
- Public domain (U.S. government work; NARA RG 306)
U.S. Information Agency / Department of State, December 3, 1958. National Archives, Record Group 306 (NAID 6949010, 306-PPB-138).
Text on the object
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
'Maligayang Pasko' is Tagalog for 'Merry Christmas'; the rest is English.
Issue number in the corner label is too small to read.
