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Joanna Wong

Christmas is a time for reflecting, and that’s made easier with our look back at how the streets of Hong Kong have changed the way they spread the holiday cheer over the years.
Starting with the dazzling light show across Victoria Harbour, we have unearthed the goods from our archives to recall how the streets of this city used to be, and what they are like now.
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Then and now: How Hong Kong’s Christmas decorations have changed from Tsim Sha Tsui to Causeway Bay

This gigantic Santa Claus is clearly going to have trouble going down the air-conditioning shaft of the New World Centre.

The Japanese department store Daimaru in Causeway Bay. 05DEC76

A huge Christmas lighting on the Standard Chartered Bank Building in Central.

Illuminated Christmas decorations at the entrance of the shopping mall, Ocean Centre, in Tsim Sha Tsui.

Victoria Harbour is glowed with extravagant Christmas lighting in Tsim Sha Tsui East.

This picture shows the spectacular Christmas lightings on the walls of commercial buildings in Tsim Sha Shui East.

Mr Arnaldo de Oliveira Sales, Chairman of the Urban Council, officiating at lighting up the Christmas tree in Statue Square.

The Matsuzakaya department store in Causeway Bay.

The spectacular Christmas lighting at Tsim Sha Tsui East attracting crowds night over night.

A six-metre Christmas tree presented to Hong Kong by the people of Canada lights up Chater Garden amid the decorated tall buildings of Central.

This gigantic Santa Claus is clearly going to have trouble going down the air conditioning shaft of the New World Centre in Tsim Sha Tsui. Photo: SCMP Pictures

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Then and now: How Hong Kong’s Christmas decorations have changed from Tsim Sha Tsui to Causeway Bay

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