There were clothes, boxes of candy and lots of cash.

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These days, the candy bags may be fancier than pillowcases, and the costumes may come from the store, but the orange boxes remain the same.

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Some people scoff that the boxes often contain items that can be found easily in the Philippines: bags of rice, sneakers, candy and cans of Spam a delicacy introduced to the islands by American soldiers stationed here for decades.

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