{"id":336,"date":"2013-12-23T12:44:57","date_gmt":"2013-12-23T12:44:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.championtutor.com\/blog\/?p=336"},"modified":"2013-12-23T12:44:57","modified_gmt":"2013-12-23T12:44:57","slug":"singapores-six-week-christmas-celebration","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.championtutor.com\/blog\/singapores-six-week-christmas-celebration\/","title":{"rendered":"Singapore&#8217;s Six-Week Christmas Celebration"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Christmas in Singapore is celebrated as a temporal festival. The celebrations here are marked by decorating the entire place with heavy Christmas lights followed by substantial shopping, full entertainment. Though Singapore is situated in the tropics, you will still see Santa all dressed in full furs to brighten up your Christmas spirit.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\" wp-image-337 aligncenter\" title=\"Christmas in Singapore\" src=\"https:\/\/www.championtutor.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/singapore_xmas_lightup.jpg\" alt=\"Christmas in Singapore\" width=\"408\" height=\"271\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.championtutor.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/singapore_xmas_lightup.jpg 510w, https:\/\/www.championtutor.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/singapore_xmas_lightup-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 408px) 100vw, 408px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s what Singapore has in store for you this Christmas!<\/p>\n<p><b>Living Singapore\u2019s Christmas Spirit<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Christmas is the time when Singapore is decorated with outstanding light shows, displayed at the city\u2019s prime entertainment and shopping districts. The very famous Orchard Road and the streets of Marina Bay are much tromped by the crowds, where they can enjoy some mesmerizing light show visuals. The adjoining malls and shopping centers on the other hand are kept opened for extended hours offering special deals to attract its tourist visitors.<\/p>\n<p><b>Singapore Christmas Light-Up<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Orchard Road Christmas Light-Up:<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\"><b><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-338 aligncenter\" title=\"Orchard Road Christmas Light-U\" src=\"https:\/\/www.championtutor.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/Orchard-Road-Christmas-Light-up-and-Switch-on-Ceremony.jpg\" alt=\"Orchard Road Christmas Light-U\" width=\"404\" height=\"270\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.championtutor.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/Orchard-Road-Christmas-Light-up-and-Switch-on-Ceremony.jpg 505w, https:\/\/www.championtutor.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/Orchard-Road-Christmas-Light-up-and-Switch-on-Ceremony-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 404px) 100vw, 404px\" \/><\/b><\/p>\n<p>This is a mesmerizing light up show that extends from over Tanglin to Concorde Hotel. This year the light up starts off from 23<sup>rd<\/sup> November till 5<sup>th<\/sup> January 2014.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Marina Bay Christmas Light-Up: <\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\"><b><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-339 aligncenter\" title=\"Marina Bay Christmas Light-Up\" src=\"https:\/\/www.championtutor.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/marina-bay.jpg\" alt=\"Marina Bay Christmas Light-Up\" width=\"393\" height=\"314\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.championtutor.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/marina-bay.jpg 1002w, https:\/\/www.championtutor.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/marina-bay-300x239.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 393px) 100vw, 393px\" \/>\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<p>The main features of this light up includes about 30 fully decorated \u201cChaiTrees,\u201d which sparkle and glow with full d\u00e9cor and illuminate the Promenade at the Marina Bay Waterfront right after 7pm. This year the light up starts on 15<sup>th<\/sup> November and ends on 27<sup>th<\/sup> December, 2013.<\/p>\n<p><b>Christmas events In Singapore<\/b><\/p>\n<p>The nights of Singapore will rock form 17<sup>th<\/sup> December to 25<sup>th<\/sup> December with the nightly performances for all enthusiastic crowds out in the streets of merry making. Majority of these performances are set to take place at different places\u2013 the first one right in front of the Tong Building, second near the Wism Atria and the third at the Mandarian Gallery.<\/p>\n<p><b>Tourist Promotions and Shopping in Singapore<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Shopping is one of the prime activities in Singapore during the Christmas season. The shopping malls in Singapore offer great deals and discounts, designed to elevate the Christmas spirit. Tourists are specifically lured into tax free shopping in Singapore as they get benefited by redeeming of paying shopping at the time they leave the country.<\/p>\n<p>As part of the Global Blue Promotion, tourists who shop in Singapore between 23<sup>rd<\/sup> November and 5<sup>th<\/sup> January can request for a refund on their taxes on shopping purchases. Also, if you are lucky enough, you may win a trip back to Singapore again. To qualify for this scheme, you are required to shop for at least SGD 100 by utilizing either MasterCard, or shop for about SGD 200 by making use of any other mode of payment. Thereafter by using Global Blue eTRS ticket gets your tax refund.<\/p>\n<p><b>The Christmas New Year Parties at Singapore<\/b><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-340 aligncenter\" title=\" New Year and Christmas Singapore\" src=\"https:\/\/www.championtutor.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/christmas_singapore_08.jpg\" alt=\" New Year and Christmas Singapore\" width=\"392\" height=\"261\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.championtutor.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/christmas_singapore_08.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.championtutor.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/christmas_singapore_08-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 392px) 100vw, 392px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Singapore celebrates New Year and Christmas by holding various parties, one at the Esplanade waterfront and Marina Bay and two others on Sentosa Island. ZoukOut is Singapore\u2019s most awaited and longest running musical dance festival which is to be held on the Siloso Beach, Sentosa in between 13<sup>th<\/sup> and 14<sup>th<\/sup> December.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Festive treats and colorful lights all over and the Singapore River is all set to celebrate its inaugural light-up festival starting from November 15 to January 2, 2014. Come celebrate Christmas in Singapore and live up to the Christmas spirit in \u201cChristmas by the River\u201d.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[95],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v20.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Singapore&#039;s Six-Week Christmas Celebration<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Updates about Singapore&#039;s Six-Week Christmas Celebration | Best Tutor Agency Singapore - ChampionTutor\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.championtutor.com\/blog\/singapores-six-week-christmas-celebration\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Singapore&#039;s Six-Week Christmas Celebration\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Updates about Singapore&#039;s Six-Week Christmas Celebration | Best Tutor Agency Singapore - 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