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| Display in Pacific Place (shopping mall), Admiralty |
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| Marks & Spencer window display, Central |
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| Taxis parked outside decorated trees & shopping mall, Central |
Tuesday, 4 December 2012
Christmas in Hong Kong (part 1)
British people celebrate Christmas in a big way! It's interesting to see to what extent Christmas is celebrated in places where Christmas is not part of a centuries-old tradition. I'm living in Hong Kong and obviously this part of the East was under British rule until 1997, so it's logical that Christmas is celebrated a little. Last year I stayed here for Christmas and went out for Christmas lunch and all the shops were still open and it seemed that on Christmas Day local Hong Kongers were mainly shopping! I thought you might be interested in some of the photos of Hong Kong around Christmas time, so here you are...
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Same in Amman, Jordan! Christmas everywhere! I went grocery shopping and could hear Band Aid!!!
ReplyDeleteCan't believe there's Christmas in Amman! That's crazy!!
DeleteBah humbug to all those people that say Bah humbug to Christmas!!!
ReplyDeleteIndeed! :)
DeleteBeautiful pics! I love seeing how other countries celebrate Christmas! (I just wish the US would wait until AFTER Thanksgiving!)
ReplyDeleteThey seems to have it sorted here - the decorations start going up after Haloween (which is really BIG here!) and then the lights are turned on around December 1st. Makes sense. In England they always go up way too early too!
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