Simbang Gabi is a nine day novena mass held yearly by Filipino Catholics during Christmas season. The Simbang Gabi is a dawn mass held on the sixteenth day of December and ends on the twenty-fourth, a day before Christmas day; it is a time to pray and prepare for the birth of Jesus Christ. (Marlo Cueto/NPPA Images)
Simbang Gabi is a nine day novena mass held yearly by Filipino Catholics during Christmas season. The Simbang Gabi is a dawn mass held on the sixteenth day of December and ends on the twenty-fourth, a day before Christmas day; it is a time to pray and prepare for the birth of Jesus Christ. (Marlo Cueto/NPPA Images)