Mass-goers stop by a roadside stall selling native rice cakes near St. Peter Parish: Shrine of Leaders in Commonwealth Avenue, Quezon City on Monday (Dec. 16, 2024). The nine-day Simbang Gabi (Dawn Mass) has started and part of the Filipino Catholics’ tradition is partaking of bibingka and bamboo tube-steamed puto bumbong after the mass. (PNA photo by Joan Bondoc)