In January, the festive season moves smoothly and without pause from New Years day hang-over to pre-Chinese-New-Year. It then builds up to the Chinese New Year day on 10-Feb and the New Year / Spring Festival which runs for 15 days.
So in Hong Kong the festive season runs from from late Nov to the end of February, just over 3 months.
Parkview
At Parkview the christmas decorations were adapted or replaced with Chinese New Year messages in January
There were further added to through February in the build-up to the Lunar New Year on 10-Feb.
The clubhouse entrance is decorated with 'golden fruit' trees and fire-crackers. The firecrackers were traditionally set off to ... but these days real crackers are banned for safety reasons, and we didn't hear any at all.
A wishing tree in the clubhouse
New years gifts on sale.
Ming Yuen Resturant
At Elements mall in the ICC, the christmas display was replaced with a Chinese New Year one featuring chinese lions and balls.
Illuminations
The christmas lights in the buildings around the harbor continued without interruption.
There are basically 2 types of illuminations. The fixed lights are a mix of christmas and chinese new year motifs and remain unchanged. These ones on Harbor City featured Santa Claus from Nov to Feb.
Other buildings like the ICC have massive LED displays, so they can switch from Christmas images and messages to Chinese New Year ones.
These 2 buildings below features carp swimming.
Then New Years Greetings and spring flowers...
Video: LED Illuminations, shot from the sky lobby at ICC.
Video: Illuminations in Admiralty and Wan Chai from the Parkview bus. Note the two Santa Clauss.
Shopping
Note the union jack sweater. A digression: I thought Id see how many I could photograph in the next 15 min...
2 union jack caps...
...then 2 union jack t-shirts which I couldn't get photos of...
And 2 union jack jumpers near Windsor House
But I digresss...
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