Here's a Look Back at Our 2018 Christmas Shindig!

By Urban Family, December 12, 2018

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201711/originally-uf.jpgThis article originally appeared on our sister website, Urban Family Shanghai.


By Urban Family

Over the weekend of Dec 8-9, we hosted our 2018 Christmas Shindig at Shanghai Archwalk. The event coincided with the first snow of the year in Shanghai, and many families braved the cold outside to join our merry fair.

Here’s a look back at the event highlights.

Greetings from Santa

We had the fortune to receive many jolly faces over the weekened, and hiding amongst our guests is Santa himself! He took some time out to take photos with kids - and even hopped on a miniature train for a ride around the shopping mall.

He even went on a miniature train ride to meet kids and families around the mall

Festive Market

Our event was backed by a number of vendors selling food, drinks, cosmetic products and more seasonal goodies. In the spirit of Christmas, many vendors decorated their booths with tinsels, baubles and festive wreaths. Visitors wandered around the market for gift ideas and warming drinks.

Vendors adorned their shopfronts with Christmassy baubles, wreaths and fairy lights

Many warmed up over Crimson Pangolin's 'Warm Crimson' at the event 

Lu Ming Tang brought their festive editions of cosmetic products to the fair 

Jiahui International Hospital's festive booth at our Christmas Shindig  

Waxy Sud and their natural soaps and candles handmade using materials from Canada and Thailand 

iMandarin with their traditional Chinese stationery and souvenirs

Entertaining performances and games

Throughout the weekend, we also welcomed local bands from all over Shanghai to light up the center stage. Among those who performed are Emma Music Family, Predestined, Liaoyuan International School, iStage Academy, and Team Wang. Between shows, children enjoyed playing aim games and accolading rewards from the vendors and Santa himself. 

Lovely Christmas carol by the singers at Emma Music Family 

A solo piano recital by this young talent from Emma Music Family

Wonderful singers from iStage

Audience participated throughout the musical performances

Band performance by students from Liaoyuan International School

Spanish and English carol performed by Predestined

Visitors enjoyed the carols and musical performances

Children also enjoyed playing aim games and winning prizes 

As well as taking photo with our adorable elephant mascot 

We would like to take this opportunity to thank our sponsors and all the families who joined us at our Christmas Shindig. See you in 2019!

[All images via That's Shanghai]


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This article was originally published by our sister magazine Urban Family Shanghai. For more articles like this, visit the Urban Family website, or follow the Urban Family WeChat account (ID: urbanfamilyshanghai).

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