President Halimah Yacob officially opens this year’s Orchard Road's Christmas light-up
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President Halimah Yacob officially opens this year's Orchard Route'southward Christmas low-cal-upward
The festivities volition run all the style till Jan 1 with Santas, food trucks, rides and 3 Christmas villages.
President Halimah Yacob officiates the 2022 Christmas light-upwards ceremony at Ngee Ann City Civic Plaza. (Photo: Joyee Koo)
Orchard Road was all aglow Saturday nighttime (Nov 16) as the 2022 Christmas lights were turned on in a calorie-free-upwards ceremony officiated by President Halimah Yacob.
The annual consequence held at Ngee Ann City Civic Plaza is function of the Customs Breast'south twelvemonth-end fund-raising and community engagement efforts, organised in collaboration with the Orchard Road Business concern Clan (ORBA).
"The theme of this year's light-up, from the carefully curated plan to the decorative set pieces, underscores the true spirit of Christmas," said ORBA chairman Marking Shaw. "Nosotros hope to create joyful memories for all residents and visitors as they bask their time on Orchard Road this festive flavor."
This year's Christmas street décor is in a new showcase format designed to provide a more than immersive experience for pedestrians as they walk along the precinct this festive season.
Singapore'southward famous shopping belt has been divided into three zones: Tanglin, Orchard and Somerset, with each featuring gift boxes, snowflakes or this year'southward icon – picayune Santas. Accompanying them along the street are more than 30 glass shards dressed to look like giant-sized festive greeting cards. The lamp-postal service decorations that line Tanglin Mall to Plaza Singapura volition also consist of piffling Santas hanging from the arches.
Also new to this year's street decorations is a welcome arch framing the junction of Tanglin and Grange Road. The wearing apparel-upwards is also extended towards Grange Road and Orchard Link for the first time in the upshot'south 36-year history.
Other Insta-worthy sights include interactive set pieces on the pavements of Orchard Road similar a giant Santa riding on his reindeer; a 4m-alpine tunnel made up of large Christmas icons, and a station where one can assist to pull Santa's reindeer.
THREE CHRISTMAS VILLAGES
Another highlight of the festivities, The Great Christmas Hamlet returns for the third year and will run from Nov 23 to Dec 26. Just instead of basing the marquee event at the Ngee Ann City Civic Plaza, it will be spread over iii venues this year: *SCAPE, Grange Road Auto Park and Shaw House Urban Plaza.
With a combined area of 7796 sq ft (more than than double the size of the previous venue at Ngee Ann City Civic Plaza), visitors can expect forrard to more thirty entertainment rides and game booths, up from the previous four.
The villages at *SCAPE and Shaw House Urban Plaza will host family-friendly rides such as the popular duplex carousel, pirate ship and London train. The more thrilling rides similar the bumper cars and Turbo, a ride that spins horizontally tin be found at the Grange Road Motorcar Park.
Ride credits can be pre-bought on the result'south website with an early bird promotion from Oct 22, or at ticketing counters at the three locations as well as online when the villages open up. Kiddy rides go from five credits each and each ride credit costs S$ane. Mastercard cardholders can savour greater value, with an additional 10 ride credits for every 50 ride credits purchased with their Mastercard credit or debit cards at the Great Christmas Village. They tin can also skip the queues and take the express lane to bask the rides.
Two thematic pop-ups are the new additions to this year'due south Great Christmas Hamlet. The first is Nom Nom Nom, where revellers tin can dig into street nutrient from fourteen food truck vendors that will be shuttling between the Christmas villages at *SCAPE and Shaw Business firm Urban Plaza. The second pop-upwards is Mini TOYBOX, which will feature Hasbro toys, My Petty Pony makeovers and a NERF obstacle grade.
Adding to the festive atmosphere are nightly performances at *SCAPE past singers such as Estelle Fly, Shye and Charlene Su, leading up to the Christmas Eve Countdown Concert. Multimedia performances, interactive activities and Christmas carolling will greet shoppers forth the pedestrian walkway from ION Orchard to Wisma Atria from Dec 16 to 23.
The Greatest Gift will run from Nov 16 to Jan ane. For details, visit christmas.orchardroad.org.
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