It’s beginning to feel a lot like Christmas in Hong Kong. To celebrate the season, several malls and districts have organised Christmas displays that feature everything from gigantic trees and life-size sleighs with reindeer, to snow shows and meet-and-greet sessions with Santa Claus. Here’s our list of places where you can make winter memories and get picture-perfect clicks of them.
Pacific Place — Admiralty
Pacific Place has one of the most sought-after Christmas festivities in Hong Kong, and this year they’re bringing back their meet-and-greet with Santa Claus. As part of their Christmas on Parade event, there will also be floats, Santa’s sleigh, and even a DJ in the house. Visitors will also get a chance to hang out with Santa’s Christmas Squad, which includes Rudolph and all the reindeers, MC Polar the bear, and Horatio the rabbit. Remember, you’ll need to register before you can attend the event.
88 Queensway, Admiralty, Hong Kong | +852 2844 8988
Lee Tung Avenue — Wan Chai
Lee Tung Avenue is well-known for its festive displays. This year’s end-of-year theme is disco and they’ve set up a seven-meter-diameter disco ball — reportedly the largest in Asia — in the Central Piazza. There will also be a charity bazaar until December 12, as well as snow displays at 6 pm, 7pm, and 8pm between December 24 and January 1, so you can get that IG-worthy Christmas click.
200 Queen’s Road East, Wan Chai, Hong Kong | +852 3791 2304
1881 Heritage — Tsim Sha Tsui
Famously the former Marine Police Headquarters, 1881 Heritage is now a landmark in the TST area and is known for being a retail and fine-dining space. This holiday season, there is a massive Christmas tree in the Grand Piazza where you can make a wish with a loved one against a backdrop of sparkling lights and heart-shaped wreaths.
2A Canton Road, Tsim Sha Tsui, Hong Kong | +852 2926 8000
IFC Mall — Central
Santa and his team are heading to Hong Kong, and will set up camp at the Santa Claus Village in IFC. The highlights are the almost daily meet-and-greet sessions in December, where you can pose with Saint Nick in his office for a great photo op. While you’re there, visit the Elf Workshop, make a gingerbread man at the Mrs Claus Bakery, and send a card to Santa’s home in Finland.
8 Finance Street, Central, Hong Kong | +852 2295 3308
New Town Plaza — Sha Tin
Want your Christmas to be lit? New Town Plaza’s Christmas display aims to be just that, with its galaxy-like tunnels comprising one million LED lights, a golden field of lights where you can get some real ’Gram-worthy pics, and a sea of flowers made up of three-metre-high roses.
18-19 Sha Tin Centre St, Sha Tin, Hong Kong | +852 2608 9329
Elements — Kowloon
As part of Element’s year-end festivities, visitors can walk through an enchanted Christmas village. Check out the reindeer and the six-metre-high Christmas tree, complete with gingerbread house and snow embellishments. There is also a snow show every half an hour, between 12pm and 9.30pm.
1 Austin Road West, Kowloon, Hong Kong | +852 2735 5234
Harbour City — Tsim Sha Tsui
Love unicorns? Love Christmas? Harbour City is combining these magical elements into a holiday extravaganza called UniChristmas. The 10-metre-tall iridescent Christmas tree and a unicorn named Jolly Trinity stationed at the mall entrance will give you just a taste of what awaits inside. There are six specially designed unicorn merry-go-rounds and more than 40 Christmas trees in various sizes, as well as several other installations in different parts of the mall. Don’t miss the outdoor snowflake-shaped Dior installation strategically positioned in front of Victoria Harbour.
3-27 Canton Road, Tsim Sha Tsui, Kowloon, Hong Kong | + 852 2118 8666
Discovery Bay Plaza — Discovery Bay
The commercial centres of the suburb of Discovery Bay have been transformed into a European-style Christmas Wonderland. The clock tower in the North Plaza has been reimagined as a 10-metre-high Christmas tree. There will also be snow shows every weekend in December, as well as the chance to meet Santa Claus on December 24 and 25.
Discovery Bay, Lantau, Hong Kong | + 852 2987 4242
Langham Place — Mong Kok
Do you get that warm and fuzzy feeling around the holidays? Then Langham Place’s Fluffy Festival is perfect for you. Catch Sulley and Art from the Monsters, Inc. franchise, Bing Bong from Inside Out, and a bunch of other fluffy Pixar characters as you stroll through the mall. There is a six-metre-tall Fluffy Christmas Tree bang in the middle of the atrium and loads of photo spots dotted across Langham Place.
8 Argyle Street, Mong Kok, Kowloon, Hong Kong | +852 3520 2800
Harbour North — North Point
Harbour North’s dinosaur-themed Christmas celebrations feature 12 dinosaurs dressed up in red-and-white cloaks and hats that you can check out for free. If you want to take part in other activities, such as feeding a triceratops, you need to spend more than HK$200 at the mall first.
Phase 2, 123 Java Road, North Point, Hong Kong | +852 2805 6605
Festival Walk — Kowloon Tong
If you’re in love with Christmas, then the Christmas décor at Festival Walk will set your heart racing. The mall’s A Hearty Christmas display includes a massive tree, a reindeer and sleigh, and a larger-than-life present. In December, you can also meet Santa Claus every weekend in the runup to and during Christmas for HK$98.
80 Tat Chee Avenue, Kowloon Tong, Hong Kong | +852 2844 2222
Tsuen Wan Plaza — Tsuen Wan
Tsuen Wan Plaza has Disney princess-themed displays this festive season. Get a picture with Belle and the rose from Beauty and the Beast, Snow White in an apple-shaped photo booth, or Cinderella in her pumpkin carriage. Other characters like Bambi and Dumbo have their own little corners that make for cute photo ops.
4-30 Tai Pa St, Tsuen Wan, Hong Kong | +852 2498 8343
Landmark — Central
If you want a sweet ride for Christmas, Landmark may have just the thing. Their Mrs Claus Bakery features a gingerbread house, a cookie Christmas tree, a giant teapot house trampoline, a turning teacup ride, and a cookie-made seesaw, among other attractions.
15 Queen’s Road Central, Central, Hong Kong | +852 2500 0555
West Kowloon Cultural District
Chances are, you would’ve seen the 20-metre-tall Christmas tree, which is the main feature of the West Kowloon Cultural District’s end-of-year displays, towering over Victoria Harbour. There are several smaller trees, reindeer and vintage-style lampposts spread across the district’s Art Park as part of its coastal European-style Christmas Town setup. There will also be a Christmas Wonderland between December 23 and 27 where visitors can check out lodges that include a snow-clad kingdom, a candy house, and a childhood home.
West Kowloon, Tsim Sha Tsui, Hong Kong | +852 2200 0217
Moko Mall — Mong Kok
Hang out with Disney bear Duffy and his pals ShellieMay, Gelatoni, StellaLou, CookieAnn, ’Olu Mel and LinaBell at Moko Mall. Each character has different Christmas-themed nooks where you can pose with them and take pictures, whether it’s LinaBell’s cosy cabin or Gelatoni’s art studio.
193 Prince Edward Rd W, Mong Kok, Hong Kong | +852 2397 0790
Yoho Mall — Yuen Long
Step into a fantasy land at Yoho Mall. The main attractions are at Phase 1, where there are innovative lighting displays, a cosy corner around a little ‘fire’, and a pine cone-adorned tree. Phase 2 has a smaller white-and-gold themed setup that includes wooden snowmen, a Christmas tree, and life-size Christmas ornaments.
8 LongYat Road, Yuen Long, Hong Kong | +852 2554 0023
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