Noche Buena checklist: a pabili list for the Christmas Eve table
Ham, queso de bola, spaghetti, fruit salad — the Noche Buena table is almost sacred, and forgetting one thing stings. Here is the full pabili checklist so nothing is missed.
Bisaya: Noche Buena: ipapalit sa Hopper ang tanan nga pagkaon sa Pasko.
Tagalog: Noche Buena: ipabili sa Hopper ang lahat ng pagkain sa Pasko.
What is Noche Buena
Noche Buena is the Christmas Eve feast Filipino families share after Misa de Gallo on 24 December. The buying rush fills the palengke and supermarket in the days before — so instead of fighting the crowd, post a pabili and a local Hopper buys the lot and brings it home.
The Noche Buena pabili checklist
A typical list: Christmas ham, queso de bola (Edam cheese), sliced bread or pandesal, spaghetti with sauce and hotdog, fruit salad (fruit cocktail, cream, condensed and all-purpose cream), fruits (apples, grapes, oranges), keso and tsokolate, softdrinks or juice, and dessert like leche flan or fruitcake. Add brands and sizes so the right thing is bought.
How it works
1. Open HazzaHub and choose Buy for me. 2. Paste or type your list, in your own words — the app turns it into a checklist. 3. Set the shopping money (the most it may cost) and your price. 4. A Hopper buys it and brings it to your gate.
What it costs
You set the price. The app suggests ₱20 for an errand inside your own barangay and ₱30 to another barangay, each covering the first 3 km of road, then ₱22 per km by day (₱27 per km from 6 pm to 6 am). Customers pay no booking fee. The groceries are paid at cost from the shopping money.
Good to know
Post it a day or two early in December — stores and the Hopper are busiest right before the 24th. Say what to do if something is out of stock: skip it, or pick a close substitute.
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