As a metropolis that blends Eastern and Western cultures, Hong Kong hosts a variety of celebrations every Christmas. A series of events, led by the Hong Kong WinterFest, will kick off on Christmas Eve. With its brilliant lights, crazy sales, theme parks, and large-scale mall activities, the entire city of Hong Kong is buzzing during the Christmas season. Take a look at where you can go and what you can explore in Hong Kong this Christmas!
1. Hong Kong WinterFest
Date: December 5, 2014 to January 1, 2015
A colorful winter, a romantic Hong Kong! Magnificent Christmas trees and festive decorations shimmer among the skyscrapers; dazzling New Year's Eve fireworks light up the night sky over Victoria Harbour. These charming scenes serve as beautiful holiday backdrops, gently embracing you into a warm and dreamy atmosphere. Come here to taste delicious food, pick out great gifts, and fall in love with the "Hong Kong WinterFest".
2. Hong Kong Winter Shopping Festival
The "12th Hong Kong Winter Shopping Festival", Hong Kong's largest indoor Christmas carnival, will be held from December 25 to 28 at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre. The event includes a super car model competition, star chef classrooms, a super car model photography competition, and Hong Kong Creative Unlimited workshops, bringing multiple surprises to the audience.
This year's Hong Kong Winter Food Festival will be extended until the 29th. In addition to the traditional promotional activities like "ten-dollar abalone" and "ten-cent lobster", the food festival has also set up new programs, such as the on-site star chef classroom, where master chefs and experts will demonstrate how to make wonderful delicacies on the spot. Furthermore, in the ten major exhibition halls, foodies can taste Japanese and Korean trendy snacks, Spanish-style ham, global fine wines, and bird's nest, abalone, and shark fin, with over 1,000 booths offering a gourmet feast. Domestic travelers who participate in the event with valid documents will receive extra gifts.
3. "Pulse Light Show" 3D Projection Mapping
A double shock of light, shadow, and rhythm! Come and watch the multimedia show presented in line with the "Hong Kong WinterFest" festive theme!
Date: December 17 to 29, 2014
Time: 8:30 PM, 9:00 PM, 9:30 PM, and 10:00 PM
Address: Hong Kong Cultural Centre Open Piazza, 10 Salisbury Road, Tsim Sha Tsui, Kowloon
4. Hong Kong Disneyland
Date: Starting from November 13, 2014
Website: www.hongkongdisneyland.com
A feast of light and shadow is staged at Hong Kong Disneyland! The brand-new "Disney Paint the Night" night parade, with melodious music, changing colors, and sparkling lights, tells familiar Disney stories one by one, creating a bright Christmas for you.
Immersed in the dazzling and moving scenery, under the falling snow, the "Christmas Light-up" combines light, shadow, and Christmas music to illuminate a beautiful Christmas night for you. Queen Elsa and Princess Anna from "Frozen" will even extend their magical kingdom to Hong Kong Disneyland to celebrate Christmas with little fans. There are also the "Toy Story Land" "Toy Soldier Boot Camp" and "Grizzly Gulch" "Gift of Friendship". This Christmas, the park also has Christmas-themed snacks and dining, making you uncontrollably excited.
5. Ocean Park Christmas Sensation
Date: December 13, 2014 to January 4, 2015
Website: www.oceanpark.com.hk
Step into Ocean Park and enjoy the dreamy sea of lights illuminated by colorful eco-friendly lamps. Doraemon and many friends will also change into Christmas outfits to take group photos with you and host a big Christmas party!
6. The Great European Carnival
Address: Central Harbourfront, Hong Kong
Date: December 2014 to February 2015
Organized by The Great European Carnival, this year's carnival cost 130 million Hong Kong dollars. It has gathered the most exciting rides from the Netherlands, Germany, Belgium, Switzerland, and the UK, and moved them to Hong Kong for a large-scale carnival.
More than 30 types of rides have arrived in Hong Kong, and the carnival will continue until mid-February next year on the open space opposite Pier 9 in Central. Many of the rides have never landed in Hong Kong before, including world-class roller coasters, drop towers, and other rides. The carnival also features various themed game booths with over 500,000 toys and gifts, including licensed Disney cartoon characters.
7. Lan Kwai Fong Christmas Party
Time: 8:00 PM to late night on December 24 and 31, 2013
From Christmas Eve to New Year's Day, Hong Kong's Christmas celebration hotspot—Lan Kwai Fong—will host large-scale parties every night, keeping you going! Join the grand street party and have a blast! During the period from Christmas to New Year's Day, various restaurants and bars will launch festive activities and holiday set menus.
8. Harbour City Transforms into a Christmas Train Station
Date: November 6, 2014 - January 4, 2015
Address: Harbour City, Tsim Sha Tsui
Harbour City's Christmas decorations are one of the photography hotspots every December, and this year is no exception. The open piazza has been transformed into a Christmas train station, featuring a 30-meter-long glittering Christmas steam train, as well as 3-meter-tall snowmen, teddy bears, and Christmas ball carriages. Inside the plaza, there are several large display windows themed around Ferris wheels, teddy bears, snow-capped mountains, and fashion. The ceiling of the grand staircase is also densely covered with large hexagonal stars and star-shaped lights, and hung with giant sparkling star-shaped frames.
9. Lee Gardens Christmas Promotion Season
The Lee Gardens Shopping Area in Causeway Bay, Hong Kong, is definitely your top choice for Christmas travel this year. A one-stop elegant and fashionable shopping experience, a collection of top jewelry, watches, and famous brands, a beauty world with over 100 cosmetic brands, and flagship stores of trendy clothing will surely make your Christmas trip and gift shopping journey extraordinary! Spend HK$1,200 or more on the same day to receive supermarket shopping vouchers; spend HK$10,000 or more to redeem a Lee Gardens gorgeous Christmas hamper, with surprises one after another!
Lee Gardens includes: Chanel, LOUIS VUITTON, HERMÈS, Dior, and the recently opened Ralph Lauren men's and women's flagship store and other prestigious famous shops; Gucci, Bottega Veneta, Moncler, and many other spacious and gorgeous specialty stores occupying two floors; jewelry brands such as Cartier, Van Cleef & Arpels, BVLGARI, and Piaget, providing customers with the most comfortable and luxurious shopping experience. Lee Theatre and Hysan Place have many makeup and trendy clothing flagship stores, including: SaSa Supreme, the first concept store of SaSa in the Asia-Pacific region covering 20,000 square feet; T Galleria by DFS beauty and watch plaza; the largest flagship stores in Hong Kong for UNIQLO, MUJI, I.T, and ALAND; plus the largest Apple Store in Hong Kong and Taiwan's Eslite Bookstore, allowing you to experience unprecedented one-stop shopping pleasure!
10. Pikachu Airship Lands at The ONE
Date: November 9, 2014 - January 4, 2015
Address: The ONE Mall, Tsim Sha Tsui
The world's largest 3D Pikachu airship has safely landed at The ONE in Tsim Sha Tsui, and over 700 Pokémon will appear in the mall for the first time! 5 large Christmas-edition 3D Pikachus will also be at The ONE open piazza with several Pokémon angels, accompanying the theme song of the brand-new animation "Pokémon XY" to present a dancing performance and give hugs; the site also features a special NDS themed game zone and a limited-time boutique store, selling many brand-new Japanese goods for the first time!
11. Jimmy Liao's Christmas Train Drives into Telford Plaza
Date: November 8, 2014 - January 4, 2015
Address: Telford Plaza, Kowloon Bay
Jimmy Liao's masterpiece "The Subway" transforms into the "Jimmy Christmas Train" and drives into Telford Plaza! The train not only carries a series of fairy tale characters such as Little Red Riding Hood, the Tin Man, and Little Penguin, but also has a Christmas tree house over 20 feet tall and Cinderella's romantic carriage, embarking on a happy Christmas journey with everyone!
