Christmas in Singapore 2017
As a lover of lights, colours, decorations, kitsch and camp, Christmas time is right up my alley. Lucky for me, street decorations during Christmas time are a big deal in Singapore.
I would call the theme of the decorations at Orchard Central “Parisian romance with a whiff of Britain”. Lots of photo-opps.
Amour.
Now I’m always in Holland during Christmas, so you would think I would miss out on the pretty decorations in Singapore. BUT….they start -ridiculously- early with Christmas in Singapore. This year as early as beginning of october! Which suits me fine, since that means that I get to enjoy the decorations before taking off to the Netherlands. Yay!
They build everything up for weeks, but the official light up is much later.
One of the best areas to enjoy Christmas decorations in Singapore is along Orchard Road.
Christmas on a Great Street is always Orchard Road’s slogan for Christmas.
Along a stretch of a few kilometers there’s lights and trees everywhere, both on the street as well as inside the many malls.
By day and by night.
Christmas along Orchard this year disappoints
I don’t know what’s going on, but the decorations this year are disappointing.
The Pandora tree at ION Orchard; sweet, but boring.
Centrepoint Mall’s theme is Star Wars. A bit far-fetched, but okay, at least it’s different.
Somerset 313 has flamingos made from christmas balls. I love flamingos, so this mall sure scores points in my book for their theme.
The mall with this year’s best decorations is clearly Orchard Gateway, as far as I’m concerned. Santa from Space; hilarious!
I loooove Orchard Gateway’s Santa-from-space-theme!!
That face! Ha ha ha…
Driving my reindeer.
Santa and his spaceship, by day and by night.
Better next year?!
Since the mid-autumn lights at Gardens by the Bay were also disappointing this year, it makes one wonder what is the matter.
Is there an economic crisis in Singapore that I’m not aware of? Do the government and the entrepreneurs have a different policy regarding spending money on these events?
I really hope that both events - mid-autumn in Gardens by the Bay and Christmas on a Great Street- return all improved in 2018!
Marvel at the decorations of past years
If you like to see some of the highlights of previous years, check out these articles:
- a post about Christmas in Gardens by the Bay 2014
- pictures of Christmas in Singapore 2014
- Christmas in Singapore 2016
Soon I’m going to put up my oh so pink Christmas tree and decorate it with all my gorgeous ornaments. Exciting!
How about you? Are you putting up a tree? A real one?
No real trees here. We gave those up years ago. Plus it would be too hard for me to manage it on my own.
I’m trying to kick myself in the butt to get the holiday decorating done before Robert comes home. It’ll take a full day for sure. It’s lots of work for one person. Normally I love doing it but in the past few years it has felt a bit more like work. Hopefully once I get into the swing of it I’ll change my mind.
I totally understand where you’re coming from. It IS a lot of work and I was dreading doing it all alone as well. But having a fake tree makes it so much easier!
A wonderland. Can’t wait to go back. But it must be Christmas time, to enjoy all those amazing decorations. Thanks for sharing.
Good plan, Helen. I enjoy the Christmas decorations in Singapore a lot!