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Christmas Decoration at Portuguese Settlement

December 15th, 2006

Christmas celebration is approaching. Do you know that Melaka has a small but famous settlement known for its attractive Christmas atmosphere?

Some of you might have guessed it right that I’m referring to Portuguese Settlement in Melaka. The Portuguese Settlement in Melaka is a preserved land for descendents of Portuguese, situated along the coast, and accessing from Ujong Pasir.

Every year, when Christmas is around the corner, residents in Portuguese Settlement will spend some efforts decorating their houses and streets, to create Christmas ambiance within the square. In December, this is also the time when Portuguese Settlement experiences congested traffic in the evening.

In order to avoid the crowded Christmas eve, I’ve visited Portuguese Settlement on last Saturday to enjoy Christmas decorations readied for this year.

Street lightings in the settlement.

This house is generous. The family must have spent a few thousand Ringgits in the decorations and settings. The above 4 pictures are all taken within the same house. I was surprised and impressed with the air-bloated Santa Clause.

If you would like to take picture, I would advise not to go there too late. I was there at 10:30PM, and having difficulty coping with the relatively long exposure on my camera, as I wanted to capture the ambient lights.

This is the Christmas tree set-up at Portuguese Square.

Have you been to Portuguese Settlement for this coming Christmas? This coming weekend is a perfect time to visit, if you’re like me who just want to take pictures in less crowded day.

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10 Comments Add your own

1. Gallivanter | December 15th, 2006 at 5:06 pm

Actually, that’s just the tip of the iceberg, come Xmas eve, all houses are lavishly decorated. It’s magical!
2. KeL | December 19th, 2006 at 12:38 pm

Simply amazing…!!!
3. boon | May 10th, 2007 at 10:33 pm

this is the most lausy service in melaka !!!
the waitress sent a wrong drink and yet want us to pay for it without drinking ! i wont step in agian !
sorry to inform that i will tell all my frens NOT to go even they are not in malacca !
LAUSY LAUSY LAUSY LAUSY LAUSY LAUSY LAUSY LAUSY!!
#$!@%@&%$&%$%$%&$
4. Administrator | May 11th, 2007 at 9:38 am

Boon:
Are you refering to one of the restaurants in Portuguese Settlement, or the whole settlement itself hehe
5. Juniot | July 25th, 2007 at 10:51 am

hey…u may say its lausy…bt im living in da portuguese settlement…and its da best place ive live my life 4…so it is u tht is lausy…its juz a drink…and those pictures taken up there wit da big santa-clause n all is my house…:)
6. Administrator | July 25th, 2007 at 11:19 am

Juniot:
Wow…. the owner of my favourite Christmas-decoration-house visited this site

Juniot, I really love the big Santa Clause. Thumbs up! But too bad when I visited the 2nd time with my colleagues from KL, it was blown down, probably due to stormy day.
7. Mui | August 22nd, 2007 at 5:50 pm

May I have the map to there?
8. Administrator | August 26th, 2007 at 12:47 pm

Mui:
You may refer to this map for direction to Portuguese Settlement. Take note on the landmark labeled “Portuguese Settlement”
9. Anne | February 6th, 2008 at 12:55 am

Portuguese settlement is the BOMB! i sort of grew up there and i go back every month or so…. if there’s one place you wanna party and have fun, portuguese settlement is surely the place!!
ROCK ON!!
CHEERS!
10. lover dove | August 18th, 2008 at 10:08 am

well the x’mas mood in portuguese settlement really makes me remember for my whole entire life

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