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| Happy Birthday, baby Jesus, from your favorite brand names at United Square. |
It's Christmastime, even here in Singapore. It's 31 C (87 F) outside, but the festive spirit is in the air. OK, even if the holiday spirit isn't outside, it's definitely thriving inside the malls. Singapore is the the land of malls, and right now they are all filled with outrageous Christmas décor and canned holiday music. Here's a selection from our local bulwarks of commerce
United Square and
Velocity.
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| Inside United Square. |
The kid-oriented mall United Square has a very large high voltage Christmas tree outside, and every day last week they hosted a show of carols sung by no one's favorite purple dinosaur. I happened to walk through one afternoon while the performance was in progress. The big, purple protagonist was accompanied by spritely adults wearing headset mics and bright, bright clothing. Additional, smaller dinosaurs also participated, and I suspect the overly cushioned costumes were staffed by midgets. the whole thing ended with a confetti cannon
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| Outside Velocity. The parcel on the right simply reads "Glitz." |
Across the street we have the sports-themed mall Velocity, home to our local gym
California Fitness Jackie Chan Sport. Seriously, Jackie Chan Sport. The venue has gone with a "white Christmas" sort of theme, mostly using purple. More on their festivities after the jump; click the link below left.
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| White is the Colour of Christmas |
The decorating theme includes lots of silvery icicles, purple trim, and strange stocky white elks elands gnus reindeer. Honestly, the plastic cervid statuettes are like cheap lawn ornaments without a lawn or an accompanying gnome jockey. However, the overall snowy theme fits well with the air conditioning set to about 18 C (64 F).
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| A close look at one of the oddly proportioned plastic cervids. |
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| It kinda looks like a reindeer next to some kinda tree. |
In keeping with the sports theme throughout the mall, there is a tiny ice rink inside. It's barely large enough to turn around on a pair of skates, but it does have an ersatz castle. Spend enough (S$60) in Velocity, your small child, under 1.4m, can have a free thirty-minute session on the ice. The mall has even hired professional figure skaters from the great snow-bound nation of Australia to put on regular shows for shoppers.
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| The ice rink in Velocity, seen from above. Don't wait to fulfill that dream to show off your sow-cow in front of Colonel Sanders and Kenny Rogers. KFC is below left. Kenny Rogers Roasters is on the top level at the other end of the concourse. |
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| Click on the image. It really does say "Ice Ice Baby" on the castle. |
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1 comment:
Oh my goodness gracious mercy. This post has made my day. I had no idea that this is the sort of Christmas magic that you would be blessed with. Nothing says yuletide festivities like purple! And GTFO that is not a reindeer.
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