X'mas

24 December 2004

December is my favourite month of the year... because it is the beginning of winter, my birthday on 11 December, and the 2 festivals that are associated with the white season of winter: Winter Solstice and Christmas (X'mas). I love both Winter Solstice and X'mas. In fact, X'mas is my 2nd most celebrated festival after CNY...

X'mas Choco
Chocolates are a must for a merry x'mas... My favourite chocolate for X'mas are Kit-Kat, Andes Mint Parfait Thins and Storck Mint Chocs.

When I was young, my peranakan neighbours (who is an air stewardess) would always gave my brother and I a packet of nicely wrapped Kit-Kat as X'mas present. Kit-Kat was later substituted by other kinds of chocolates, which were more fanciful (although I still prefer Kit-Kat). Her family continues to give us chocolates, until we moved out of #05-71 in 1998. Glad we still keep in touch with all the neighbours; after all, we only shifted to the next block...

In 2002, my brother introduced Storck Mint Chocs to my family and we got addicted to it instantly. Our addiction to Storck Mint Chocs is partly because we have always loved mint-flavoured ice cream and chocolates...

Orchard X'mas Light Up
When we were young, Papa will drove us to Orchard to look at the Orchard X'mas Light Up. We were always very amazed by the Orchard Light Up then; the Light Up and decorations successfully brought the seasonal ambience and festive mood to the tropics. Our annual drive through the Orchard X'mas Light Up continued till December 1993...

X'mas with friends
In 2004, Shih Jia proposed the idea to gather as many schoolmates as possible for a X'mas gathering. After much discussion, we think it was a good and workable idea, so we decided to implement and titled it as the "Great X'mas melting pot"...


Orchard X'mas Light Up 2004

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