The last two years had everyone swapping out joyous gatherings with more low-key celebrations and simplified gift-giving for Christmas. This year, however, the holidays are feeling a lot more uplifting with the return of our usual festivities and our favorite things to do around this time – spoiling our loved ones with Christmas gifts, catching up over good food as a common love language, and celebrating a Merry GCash with our favorite e-wallet app!

As families and friends look forward to a more cheerful and colorful celebration this time around, GCash, the undisputed #1 e-wallet app in the country, brings back the Christmas magic to every Filipino. With its #MerryGCash2022 celebration, GCash invites everyone to go all out and feel the magic of Christmas again through a meaningful gifting experience for our family, friends and even ourselves!

Here are the many ways you can use GCash to bring the sparkle back to Christmas celebrations through a thoughtful giving and wais spending, with just a few taps on your phone:

• Send your pamasko wherever you are

Whether you finally get to see your growing inaanak in person or you will have to deal with another virtual catching up, sending your pamasko is now easier than ever, wherever they are in the Philippines or wherever you are in the world.

With just a few taps, you can send money directly to their GCash account for free through Send Money. You can also send it to their bank account through Bank Transfer or allow them to claim their Aguinaldo even if they don’t have a GCash account through over 2,000 partner outlets nationwide with GCash Padala.

With Send With a Clip, you can also attach photos, videos, voice recordings, and themes for that special Christmas touch! 

• Shop and pay for your gifts, however you want it
  

However you want to check off your Christmas shopping list, GCash cuts down the hassle and pain of spending by helping you get a little more out of every payment with rewards, deals, and discounts.

Prefer to choose your gifts in person? Avoid the hassle of carrying around cash during the busiest season of the year because you can simply use the Scan to Pay feature to pay for your purchases in over 70,000 stores nationwide. Want to avoid the dreaded Christmas rush? You can conveniently pay for your online purchases even without a credit card or browse from a curated list of favorite brands on GLife.

Whether you choose to pay now, pay later through GCredit or pay in installment through GGives, you can select the perfect gift and fulfill your loved ones’ wishlist.

• Get exclusive vouchers to make shopping and gifting extra special
  

Make the most out of your money when spending for Christmas gifts and preparing for your noche buena when you snag exclusive vouchers from the GCash Online Bazaar. From Nov. 28 to January 5, 2023, get cashback for your bills, free shipping deals, and discounts from Google One, Apple, Steam, Agoda, Spotify, Shein, foodpanda, Auntie Anne’s, Klook, Metromart, Toy Kingdom, Pet Express, Lazada, edamama, Globe at Home and Metrodeal.

 To get the most out of your Christmas spending, tap ‘Merry GCash’ on the GCash main dashboard. Upon accessing the Merry G Landing page, tap the Merry GCash Bazaar landing page, select your desired voucher, claim it and use it for your next GCash purchase.

• Get a chance to win a Macbook, iPhone, PS5 and other prizes every time you use your e-wallet
  

Aside from spreading the Christmas cheer, the best way to make the holidays a little brighter is turning your hard-earned money into a gift that keeps on giving.

Through the Merry GCash raffle, you can collect as many parols as you can when you use GCash services and light them up for a chance to win PHP 100 million worth of prizes. For a minimum spend of Php 100 using GCash services, fully registered and verified users can get 1 parol per service per day, or earn multiple parols per day when they transact using GLoan, GGives and GCredit.

Enter these parols into the raffle draw by shaking or swiping your phone. Parols entered into the draw will serve as a chance for the user to win a prize during the 1st raffle draw on December 2 and the 2nd raffle draw on December 16, 2022.

GCash will give away five iPhone 14 phones, five Macbook Air M1 laptops and five Sony PS5 Playstations. 65 lucky winners will also take home P10,000 worth of e-fuel cards from Petron, P10,000 worth of Mercury Drugstore gift certificates, P20,000 worth of IKEA gift cards and P30,000 worth of SM Appliances gift cards.

With these enticing prizes at stake, not only can you share the spirit of Christmas with your loved ones, you also get a chance to win something for yourself!

With loads of surprises and exclusive deals, you can make your Christmas celebration more delightful for you and your loved ones when you use GCash. G for more magic this holiday season? #IGCashMo!

No GCash yet? Download the GCash App on the Apple App Store, Google Play Store, or Huawei App Gallery! Register and get verified today, and discover how you can have a merry GCash celebration!