Decorating Your Christmas Kid

Whenever I go to Atria Shopping Gallery, mum and I usually end up spending some time watching events that happen at the center court. At the final Sunday of December, they had a kids Christmas pageant that saw the participation of more than fifty kids of various ages. We were impressed by the enthusiasm of their parents piling up all sorts of Christmas baubles on their children (or even turning their child into a giant bauble). Extra effort by their parents included handmade props and even wiring their kids with Christmas lights.





Some were practically transformed into walking Christmas trees. Other kids were made to look like a toadstool, a gingerbread house, a giant Christmas bauble, and a Christmas present. The more conventional parents dressed their children up as Christmas princesses, angels and elves. One little girl of five impressed me with her showmanship. She actually had a rehearsed entrance and routine routine. And she knew how to work the crowd, pose, and move from position to position, making the best out of her costume (her dress had a special train that could flip up like a peacock's train). She definitely has a future on stage. Some weren't so comfortable being paraded around. Even the whole dressing up and extensive make up made some of the kids stressed out.





Interestingly, the pageant attracted the participation of several Malay families, and the champion was actually a pretty Malay girl with an extravagant headdress. And I was actually impressed thatAtria used proper Christmas carols, where one can actually hear about Mary, Christ, and Israel, not just the generic Jingle Bells, etc.



P.S.: The Christmas decorations at Atria aren't very impressive. My mother actually commented that the igloo looked like a traditional Chinese tomb. Imagine the Butterfly Lovers emerging from it. Lol. They also have fake snow which looks like foam. I tried not to breathe that in. Eee.