In Pictures: Christmas light-up in Singapore through the years
Ahead of this Saturday's Christmas light-up in Orchard Road, here's a look back at the colourful and fancy displays over the years.
2016: Christmas lights seen at Orchard Road on Nov 30.The annual light-up brought hues of blue, turquoise and sapphire to the popular city shopping belt. The lights, all 60,620m of them, glittered along the stretch from Tanglin Mall all the way to Plaza Singapura.PHOTO: ST FILE
2015: The Christmas light-up on Orchard Road mixed modern colours with a traditional theme. Themed Christmas On A Great Street, the decorations stretched 3.38km from Tanglin Mall to Plaza Singapura.PHOTO: ST FILE
2014: Crowds thronged the length of Orchard Road, especially in front of Mandarin Gallery, during the Christmas light-up on Nov 15.PHOTO: TNP FILE
2013: The Christmas lights along Orchard Road did not include the colours red, green and amber so as to not mistake them for traffic lights.PHOTO: ST FILE
2012: Shoppers at the junction near Paragon Shopping centre during the festive season.PHOTO: ST FILE
2011: Orchard Road sparkled with wreaths of blue and silver blooms on Nov 19 as the Christmas lights adorning the shopping district were switched on for the first time. That year's Christmas light-up was themed Christmas Blooms in Singapore.PHOTO: ST FILE
2010: More than a million tiny fairy lights and 55,000 icicles adorned a 2.2km stretch of Orchard Road during the annual Christmas light-up.PHOTO: TNP FILE
2009: Hordes of people were at Orchard Road on Dec 23 for some last-minute shopping or just to revel in the Christmas atmosphere at Singapore’s most iconic road.PHOTO: ST FILE
2008: Orchard Road was packed with late night shoppers when Christmas lights were officially switched on. The theme for that year's Christmas in the Tropics Light-Up was, Sweet Christmas in Singapore.PHOTO: ST FILE
2007: Revellers were treated to a light and music spectacle at Suntec City Mall's Fountain of Wealth - done up in lights for the first time to welcome the Christmas festive season.PHOTO: ST FILE
2005: 35,000 lights flashed like stars in the night sky, as rings covered with holographic paper lined lamp posts along Orchard Road during the Christmas light-up back then.PHOTO: ST FILE
2004: Singaporeans took the opportunity to get a closer look at the Christmas light-up along Orchard Road as some of the grandest and most elaborate decorations in the event's history were put up that year.PHOTO: ST FILE
2001: Silver-coated cylinders hung above Orchard Road reflected light in all colours of the prism both during the day and also when illuminated by flood lights at night.PHOTO: ST FILE
1999: Cool blue and winter white were the colours of the Millennium Christmas light-up.PHOTO: ST FILE
1996: Santapoint or Centrepoint? This was how the shopping mall looked like during Christmas.PHOTO: ST FILE
1988: Christmas light-up at Orchard Road.PHOTO: ST FILE
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