MALACCA: It’s brisk business for shops selling Christmas decorations ahead of the national Christmas celebration at the Portuguese Settlement here on Sunday. Residents have been snapping up decorative pieces and lights to deck their homes in preparation for the weekend festivity in their village. Wholesaler Abby Gan Siew Bee said sales of Christmas accessories and lights were up between 20% and 30% over the past month, compared with the corresponding period last year. “Many residents from the settlement come to my shop to buy lighting and other Christmas frills for their homes. “They want to make their homes impressive with colourful trimmings to welcome the grand celebration,” she said yesterday.
Gan, whose family has been in the decor business for 20 years at Jalan Bunga Raya, said their shop stocked up a large variety of items to ensure their regular customers were able to find what they needed for the Yuletide season. “We offer more than 200 varieties of Christmas-themed decorations. “Sales have been good despite customers being more thrifty,” she said, adding that Christmas tree decorations, lighting and soft toys were among the hot items. Tan Kia Boon, 33, who runs a shop, also in Jalan Bunga Raya, said his business picked up about a week ago with shoppers making final preparations for the celebration.
Meanwhile, village Regedor (headman) Peter Thomas Gomes said the 1,200-strong community in Ujong Pasir were all excited to welcome the grand celebration on Sunday. He also said the village development and security committee spent some RM20,000 to deck the village for the celebrations, adding that Chief Minister Datuk Seri Mohd Ali Rustam presented RM10,000 from the state government for the festive preparations.
Gomes said that more than 20,000 visitors, including foreign tourists, had come to the village to view the Christmas decorations and lighting.
-thestar online.
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