104083 Christmas in the Tropics is a month-long festival that takes the carnival to the streets in Singapore’s all-year round balmy, summer heat.
104084 Feast your eyes on visual panoply of seasonal decorations, and we’re not just talking about the annual Christmas light up along shopping strip Orchard Road.
104085 Shopping centres like Tangs and Takashimaya compete with each other every year with illuminating decorations that seem to creep magically from the ground level all the way up to the rooftop, while other major malls like Wisma Atria, Orchard Central and ION put on quite a show too.
104086 Street performers also go wild in the city, especially on the streets of Orchard Road, with their capers and feats of gravity defying acrobatics.
104087 Choirs of cherubic children can also be seen and heard angelically carolling, human statues roam around freely and interacting with the crowds and stilt-walkers skip about, always game for a picture or two.
104088 So it’s just not about taking photographs with men in bright red fat suits and white beards impersonating Santa Claus.
104089 This is one place where you can watch a fashion show outdoors without getting frostbitten.
104090 And for fashion fans, look out for the colourful make-shift stages which are decked out in glittering lights and decorative baubles, all ready for local and regional models to strut across them in the season’s trendiest style offerings — adding to the already bustling festival vibe in the city.
104091 Dates to note: 20 November 2010 to 02 January 2011
104094 Rarely seen without a bustling crowd of customers, Mustafa Centre is set in the Little India district.
104095 A cult favourite in the Singaporean shopping scene, it’s the best place to go if you’re after a bargain or enjoy shopping late into the twilight hours.
104096 Mustafa may not be as fancy as some of Singapore’s other malls, but it has a great range of items, and good prices to match.
104097 Here, you’ll get a bargain on just about everything, from clothes, perfume, souvenirs, electronics, makeup, confectionery and even food and groceries.