Blake--with Assist from Lea Salonga--ushers in Christmas With... Kumukutikutitap!

Yes, the tongue-twisting Filipino Christmas carol, which Lea and Blake (the chart-topping British classical-crossover boy band) performed as the encore of the concert they headlined just an hour or so ago at the activity center of the newly reopened Glorietta 2. They were joined in the concert by the Consortium of Voices choir and the glorious-sounding ABS-CBN Orchestra under the baton of Gerard Salonga. Before Kumukutikutitap, Lea had to unveil her seldom heard soprano voice in a duet with Blake on Time to Say Goodbye, so in return, she said, she had to make the good-looking Brit foursome sweat, too--with a Pinoy Christmas carol. The crowd lapped it up. Here: