My Christmas in Singapore | #SingaporeSignatures

You might not get real snow or reindeers, but Christmas in Singapore is as big as any other celebration during the year.

I have been screaming on my daily social media everywhere how Singapore preps with Christmas decorations 4 months before December. The famous shopping belt on Orchard Road- a region I work- is spectacularly lit up every December to ramp up the festive mood. (On a side note: With Christmas now here and indicating that the lights will soon dim out I’m wondering if my motivation to go to work will still be as high.)

Orchard Street

All Orchard Street calls for is to whip out your cameras and smartphones, and get ready to snap some seriously stunning shots as you experience Christmas on A Great Street.

Majestic arches and millions of glittering lights line the streets for 2.88 kilometres, from Tanglin Mall all the way to Plaza Singapura.

Visitors both young and old get to play games at specially designed booths, with wonderful prizes to be won.

To add to the ambience of “the most wonderful time of the year”, Christmas music is played from speakers between ION Orchard and Takashimaya. The street also turns into a stage with mini-performances by local musicians, Christmas carollers, and jazz bands providing the ultimate ‘live’ soundtrack to get you in the mood for Christmas.

The crowd especially love the ‘snow’ (actually soap foam spray) outside ION Orchard.

Now, I have been absorbing the most of Orchard Street for 6 weeks and I was not really keen to stick solely to that on Christmas eve.

So Angelica, my friend from Dominica Republic and Oumika from Mauritius met up at City Hall MRT Station to initially visit the St Andrew’s Church and the Armenian Church for the Christmas Mass.

From City Hall to Bugis

But little did we know that there was more than just these two places for us to visit in that quartier. City Hall and Bugis are two MRT Stations found on the green North-East line and are just next to each other. What's funny is the number of places of attraction that lay between them within a fairly walkable distance if you have the correct spirit!

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