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In Singapore, are any of the following likely to be open on Christmas Day? What about Christmas Eve? Does it depend on the area of the city?

  • Neighborhood coffee shops
  • Malls
  • Hawker centres
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Almost everything will be open. Some small businesses might take the opportunity to take a break. But shopping centres, etc. will certainly be open.

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Singapore businesses, unlike European countries / US states, doesn't treat Christmas a a "family gathering" season. So most malls, coffee shops and hawker centres will be opened.

Singapore is more like the other Asian countries (China, Japan, Korea, Vietnam, Malaysia, etc.) that have the lunar new year as the "family gathering" season. Most shops and food places will most probably be closed during

  • the evening of the eve of lunar new year,
  • lunar new year itself and
  • possibly 1-2 days after lunar new year depending on whether lunar new year falls near the weekend.
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