Finally its “this time” of the year and everybody is getting ready for Christmas. Singapore transforms into one big artificial snow dome (minus the snow), and the shopping machinery gets up to full speed.
Some people avoid Orchard road completely during these days, some people avoid Christmas completely these days and some people long to their common home customs, when usually they would go out in the cold, putting lights on the big trees in the snowy garden and having hot chocolate inside, next to the fireplace.
(Read: The 5 Best Places To Have A Cold Christmas In Singapore)
Well, I am certainly sorry to say that 90% of what i just mentioned wont be possible here, but there are still things you can get, which will bring you “your” Christmas closer to Singapore then you thought it could be. And since there are only five days left till Christmas eve, hurry up!
Christmas Tree
Certainly the Christmas tree is “the” symbol for the Christmas time, as soon as December arrives they jump out of nowhere and nearly outnumber the palm trees here. But where can i buy one?
REAL CHRISTMAS TREES
- IKEA (How To Get There)
- Far East Flora / Nurserie shops along Thompson Road (How To Get There)
- Carrefour Suntec City (How To Get There)
FAKE CHRISTMAS TREES
- GIANT in IMM (How To Get There)
- Spotlight in Orchard Road (How To Get There)
- Tangs ( How To Get There)
- Robinsons (How To Get There)
- Tangs (How To Get There)
Turkey / Typical Food
What would a nice Christmas Eve be without a juicy crispy turkey, lots of sweets and stollen? Correct, if you dont want to do without it, here is where you get your delicatessen.
TURKEY
Luckily turkey is quite famous in Singapore, its another part of the western culture that got adopted quickly. Therefore its not really difficult to find turkeys of all sizes in Singapore, just check if your freezer is big enough.
- ColdStorage (How To Get There)
- NTUC/Fair Price (How To Get There)
- Carrefour (How To Get There)
- Swiss Butchery (How To Get There)
TURKEY EQUIPMENT
Once you have the turkey, you also need a big oven and of course all the equipment to prepare your feast, a very good tip is to check out the kitchen stores at Temple Street in Chinatown (How To Get There), you will find almost everything there you need to prepare the perfect turkey.
LEBKUCHEN – STOLLEN
The famous German Christmas food, yes you will of course find it in Singapore as well, in fact especially Stollen is very famous here and almost all the bakeries offer them around Christmas time.
- Gourmet Supermarkets, for example “Market Place” at Raffles City (How To Get There)
- Bakery Bread Talk (How To Get There)
- Bakery Cedele (How To Get There)
- Bakery The Patessier (How To Get There)
COOKIE CUTTER
- Bake It Yourself (How To Get There)
- Phoon Huat (How To Get There)
- Pantry Magic (How To Get There)
- Daiso (How To Get There)
- Spotlight in Orchard Road (How To Get There)
- Tangs(How To Get There)
- Robinsons (How To Get There)
- Tangs(How To Get There)
- “Market Place” at Raffles City (next to the Shampoo section) (How To Get There)
- Watsons (only selling it as a pack together with wrapping paper) (How To Get There)
- Christmas Cards – at every mall (How To Get There)
- “Wrapping Paper – again at every mall, but if you want something “different” then my favorites are from “Prints” (How To Get There)
Decoration / Candles
You will find everything to decorate your home or your tree at the same places you will find your christmas tree, namely the big department stores. However, the insider tip is “Daiso” with their “2$ For 1 Item” cocept, you might be able to safe a lot of money here, if the items you are looking for arent sold out yet.
Christmas Cards / Ribbons / Wrappings
It took me ages to find the normal “thin” wrapping ribbon you usually use in Europe to wrap your presents, i found everything and any kind of ribbon that got sold by the meter but not these 5m packs you usually buy back “home”. Here is where to find it.
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