Singapore may not have a Christian majority, but it doesn't stop people from celebrating the secular, consumer-oriented aspect of it. Shops and hotels decorate for it, people buy and give one another gifts, and Christmas music is substituted for the standard Muzak. Essentially, it's an excuse to do yet more shopping!
New Year's Eve is a major excuse for partying. Street celebrations take place at various venues around town; we went to Suntec Plaza, which is a huge square surrounded on three sides by 40+ storey skyscrapers with a gigantic fountain in the center. A soundstage was set up, a Malaysian rock band provided the entertainment, and 80,000-odd people crammed into the spac
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