Location: Singapore, Singapore
NP: Inon Zur - Dragon Age 2 Main Theme
Mood: Indifferent
Hot (31 C), dry and bathed in sunlight... That is the Singaporean Christmas. There is quite a difference between this and home where it's -20 C, the days are 3.5 hours long and the ground covered with snow.
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| Chinatown celebrates Christmas with a tree. |
They celebrate Christmas here. Obviously. But it mostly shows in increased shopping on Orchard and a few Christmas decorations here and there. It is like the plastic Christmas tree in front of a neon sign saying "Xmas sale. 15% off". With a dollar sign on top. Singaporean dollar.
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| Christmas at a mall in Marina Bay. |
What is lacking is the feeling of serenity, of silence, the candles in the dark, and the snow that all combines to create an atmosphere of Christmas spirit, described by the silly Finnish word of "joulumieli". On Christmas, family here seems less important than in the West, while for the rest of the year it is the other way around.
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| Christmas decor on Orchard. |
Two days ago, on the 25th, I spotted a cheery Santa downtown at Cafe Mosaic. Santa was prancing among the customers and handing out presents. I think it may have been a woman.
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| My Christmas dinner - Chicken curry with rice. And Tiger beer. |
How different it is here, nearly half a world away from home, especially during this time of the year.
So in a nutshell, if you eat a snowman it will turn into reindeer?
ReplyDeleteThis series of pictures shows the crime and the culprit. It goes, to be precise, that the Singaporean snowman was eaten by a Finnish reindeer (see the feet and the text "Finland" on the shirt).
ReplyDeleteBut you were close, Mon Ami.