Christmas Cultures

Christmas in Hong Kong

In Hong Kong, Chinese Christians celebrate Christmas with Church services in Chinese. At the Anglican Cathedral, some services are held in English, because Europeans who live and work in Hong Kong attend them as well as people from Hong Kong.

In Hong Kong, people also send Christmas cards, many of which are home made using Chinese craft techniques.

Poinsettias flowers and Nativity scenes decorate homes, churches and public places, as well as big red and gold letters from the Chinese alphabet decorated streamers and paper chains.

Father Christmas, is known as Lan Khoong (Nice Old Father) or Dun Che Lao Ren (Christmas Old Man) in Hong Kong.