Tis the season for joy, laughter and innovative Christmas decorations around town! If you're unsure where to visit for some cool mall decor, read on.
There is nothing like twinkling lights, shiny coloured balls and rows and rows of holly, tinsel and berries decorating your favourite retail places to get you in the mood. After all, if we can't go to Lapland and hang with Father Christmas and Rudolph and the elves, we can still soak up the Christmas spirit right here in town.
So we'll do you a favour and give you a sneak peek at some of the glorious, glittering and in some cases, very clever and of course, gorgeous Xmas decor you can find in some of our favourite spots and malls.
Probably the most recognizable and most iconic retail giant in the whole country, Suria KLCC has supplemented its outdoor tree that stands at over three storeys high with a super-adorable Christmas village indoors at the concourse.
While the Christmas tree outside is lovelier to look at after twilight rather than in the day time, kitted out in fuschia, blue and metallic balls from tip to toe and strung with what looks like a thousand fairy light, the indoor Xmas decorations are a sight to behold.
The team at Suria KLCC obviously decided to up the cute factor as the houses are in gorgeous bright primary colours — they look precisely like the kind of homes you hope these round, tubby Santa-snowmen would live in, and there are no less than four Christmas trees dotting the perimeter of this Xmas village.
There is a ferris wheel (A FERRIS WHEEL!) on the edge of the Xmas village, a village that contains multiple Santas, some of whom are sitting cosily wrapped in scarves reading, while others are ice-skating. Snowmen ice-skating. Christmas would not be Christmas if you don't head down and see this glorious display of the Christmas spirit. Here's hoping they leave this adorable village with names like Candy Park and Santa Street, up till January.
Ok, so this one falls in the Clever Category. Pavilion KL has combined Christmas with Star Wars and the effect is stupendous. There are storm troopers and a replica of a Millennium Falcon — really imposing and mind-boggling — crowding the centre court at Pavilion where the trees are pink and green and there's just so many lights winking at you that it's difficult not to get in the mood. This might explain why there are so many shoppers and visitors just sitting on the steps leading to the centre court simply gazing at the amazing display.
In addition to Christmas wreaths dotting every few metres on pillars on every floor, there is holly strung along most of the glass barriers on the first few floors. Some of the retailers, such as Cartier, have taken the Christmas spirit another step and adorned their own shop with holly and fairy lights.