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<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img alt="Donny Pangilinan and Belle Mariano, more popularly known as DonBelle, in the first-ever Christmas station ID of Netflix Philippines. Facebook/@netflixph" src="https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2023/entertainment/09/18/09182023-donbelle.jpg"/><figcaption>Donny Pangilinan and Belle Mariano, more popularly known as DonBelle, in the first-ever Christmas station ID of Netflix Philippines. <em>Facebook/@netflixph</em></figcaption></figure></div><p>MANILA -- On-screen partners Donny Pangilinan and Belle Mariano join other stars in the first-ever Christmas station ID of Netflix Philippines.</p><p>The video, dubbed &quot;Barangay Netflix,&quot; was released on the streaming platform&#x27;s social media pages moments after it was unveiled in a press event on Monday.</p><div><strong>Watch it below:</strong></div><div><iframe allow="autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="" frameBorder="0" height="429" scrolling="no" src="https://www.facebook.com/plugins/video.php?height=314&amp;href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fnetflixph%2Fvideos%2F1034278337777576%2F&amp;show_text=true&amp;width=560&amp;t=0" style="border:none;overflow:hidden" width="560"></iframe></div><p>Pangilinan and Mariano have a new series &quot;Can&#x27;t Buy Me Love&quot; directed by Mae Cruz Alviar, which will <a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/entertainment/09/15/23/cant-buy-me-love-to-premiere-on-netflix-on-oct-13">premiere on Netflix on October 13</a>.</p><p>Aside from the DonBelle love team, stars of both current and upcoming Filipino shows on Netflix are part of the newly released Christmas station ID. </p><p>These include the soon-to-be-released titles &quot;Keys to the Heart&quot; (Zanjoe Marudo, Elijah Canlas) and &quot;Replacing Chef Chico&quot; (Piolo Pascual, Alessandra de Rossi, Sam Milby); and recent hits &quot;Missed Connections&quot; (Miles Ocampo, Kelvin Miranda, Chie Filomeno) and &quot;What If&quot; (JM de Guzman).</p><p>Lovi Poe and Carlo Aquino of &quot;Seasons&quot; -- another film that recently debuted on Netflix -- also sent their holiday greetings, with easter eggs from the likes of award-winning actress Dolly de Leon (&quot;Keys to the Heart&quot;). </p><p>During the media event, the directors of some of the featured shows expressed their excitement to be part of this year&#x27;s Netflix lineup, and shared why their titles are ideal for the holiday season.</p><p>&quot;Christmas is about family, familial love [and] friends, and it&#x27;s during [this] season when we try to evaluate the life that we had the past year, the milestones, failures, disappointment. Just like in our film,&quot; said &quot;What If&quot; director Manny Palo. </p><p>Kerwin Go, on the other hand, noted that &quot;Keys to the Heart&quot; is a celebration of family. &quot;It could be a family that you adopt and friends who become family, and neighbors who actually become just as important,&quot; he said. </p><p>&quot;Replacing Chef Chico&quot; director Dan Villegas, meanwhile, said their series is perfect for Christmas &quot;because on the top level it&#x27;s about love, friendship, and acceptance.&quot;</p><p>Showrunner Antoinette Jadaone agreed with Villegas, adding that &quot;Replacing Chef Chico&quot; also showcases Filipino food, making it perfect for Christmas. &quot;It&#x27;s about time that Filipino food gets its proper spotlight,&quot; she said. </p><p>&quot;With this series, it&#x27;s a Filipino-produced original Netflix series, it&#x27;s a celebration of not just family, friends, or love, but tayong mga Pinoy will be celebrating the Filipino food that we eat each day. When other countries watch the series, mafi-feel din nila &#x27;yon,&quot; she added. </p>

On-screen partners Donny Pangilinan and Belle Mariano join other stars in the first-ever Christmas station ID of Netflix Philippines. 