Christmas in Singapore

Merry Christmas
Merry-Go-Round

As a child, I used to look forward to all the holidays throughout the year, especially the Christmas season. Christmas used to not only mark the end of a wonderful year with lovely memories, but also a great way to greet the New Year with a big bang. I always felt that the main reason everyone would be in a holiday mode for at least a month before the holiday is because the whole nation would be celebrating and enjoying together.

Before I start off, there is something about Singapore that you should know. Singapore is a multi-racial multi-cultural society. This society is well known for their people being from diverse cultural backgrounds that coexist together and live harmoniously as a nation. We in fact have four national languages: English, Chinese, Malay and Tamil. The entire nation celebrates together during the special holidays celebrated by the major cultures found within Singapore.

City Holidays
Christmas Cards

This being said, you can understand that everyone enjoys and celebrates Christmas and New Year together. And the holiday spirit is always in the air. I honestly think that all the lovely decorations that are decked across the streets of the country during the festive season contribute greatly to this feeling and mood. Specifically the streets of the central town, such as Orchard Road, Suntec City and many more regions, are decorated exceptionally well for the whole holiday season. The roads are decked with lightings, decorations and lots of Christmas trees and artificial snow men. The loud music and joyful songs would always keep everyone on an upbeat, staying happy and excited as they celebrate the holiday season together as one people and one nation.

There are always great sales and promotions at all the major retailer stores and they are always filled with people who wanted to go gift shopping and are getting ready for the holiday season. Retailers also decorate the malls and store areas so they can get people get into the holiday mood the entire time.

Winter Wonderland - Box Set of 12 Christmas Greeting Cards and matching patterned envelopes

Winter Wonderland
Box Set of 12
Christmas Greeting Cards
& matching patterned envelopes

In fact, the city is not only wonderfully decorated during the Christmas season. For instance, Little India is beautifully decked with Indian decorations during Deepavali or Diwali, China Town is filled with lanterns and dragons all through the Chinese New Year and festivities like the Moon cake Festival. During Ramadan, the Malay Village called Geylang Serai is lovely made up to have everyone in the mood for celebration and job.

In conclusion, one of the things I love about home is that we celebrate the holiday seasons together and feel like family. We put aside our different cultures, customs and diversity, and join together to celebrate as a society. We in fact fully understand, appreciate, acknowledge and respect these differences. The culture of celebrating together is what makes us all Singaporeans. And what make me proud to be one.

Wish you a Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays and a Happy New Year.

About the author:
Aysha Iqbal is a Singaporean living in the United States. She is a freelance writer who also writes extensively on Squidoo and has her own gifts idea blog, Wonderful Gifts for Wonderful People.

This article is © Aysha Iqbal, you're not allowed to republish it on your website unless you ask her permission to do so through Wonderful Gifts for Wonderful People.

Picture Rights: Merry Christmas Merry-Go-Round by Eustaquio Santimano

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