Christmas - Singapore Style

Well, I can report that Santa came here and was pretty generous! I trust he will be the same as he moves westwards across the planet!

I can also report that Christmas Day is like every other day here. It is a public holiday, so people are off work, but that's the only difference that I've noticed so far. They try to talk it up on TV, but the locals don't seem to be that bothered about the festive season. Why would they, when most of them aren't Christians, I suppose? According to the CIA handbook, only about 14.6% of the population here is Christian. There is roughly the same number of Muslims and atheists, but all three groups are way behind the runaway leader (Buddhism) which has an impressive flock (42.5%).

The weather is very overcast, so it's not particularly hot today either. I don't think that there's much chance of snow though!