| When it comes to traveling to Hong Kong for | | | | Chinese New Year in Hong Kong last for three |
| winter vacations, it is more likely that traditional | | | | days and it is coming next February 18, 2007. |
| celebrations of this season run away with your | | | | The new moon comes to end for the Year of |
| mind, bringing images of the Chinese New Year's | | | | the Dog and welcomes the Year of the Boar, |
| Parade, which is in fact, one of the main seasonal | | | | which is the twelfth animal of the Chinese |
| attractions in the city. However, Hong Kong | | | | horoscope that. |
| became a British colony in 1842, and the Opium | | | | Even though Christmas is celebrated much like |
| War of 1860 left the city as a British Protectorate | | | | any other big city of the world there is also a |
| until the year 2000, when Hong Kong returned to | | | | Western-like New Year's parade with fireworks. |
| China's hands. History made this place a | | | | Dragon dancers are the main attraction of the |
| cosmopolitan city where visitors can enjoy a | | | | New Year Parade, going from one point to |
| traditional Christmas pudding cake, or a New | | | | another on the island, spreading the good wishes |
| Year's dinner with a Cantonese touch. | | | | and scaring away the evil spirits that were left |
| Many hotels in Hong Kong offer special packages | | | | from the previous year. Christmas celebrations |
| from late November to mid-February to cover all | | | | not only attract many international visitors to |
| the seasonal events, including the Chinese New | | | | Hong Kong to see how the Orient celebrates |
| Year. On the island side, some of the most | | | | holidays, but it also attracts performers from all |
| popular hotels include the Charterhouse Empire, | | | | over the world who meet in Hong Kong. |
| Hotel Causeway Bay, South Pacific Hotel, Novotel | | | | Hotels in Hong Kong decorate Christmas trees |
| Century, Grand Hyatt. JW Marriott Hotel, Ritz | | | | and are dressed in colorful decorations throughout |
| Carlton Hong Kong and Harbour Plaza North Point. | | | | December, but many other decorated floats |
| Hong Kong's Kowloon area has many other | | | | remain until the Chinese new year, when music, |
| reputable hotels, including the YMCA International | | | | dance and street entertainers take over all the |
| House, The Imperial Hotel, Ramada Hotel | | | | streets, starting from the Harbour front. |
| Kowloon, Royal Pacific Tower, and the Nikko hotel | | | | Christmas lights are substituted by paper lanterns |
| Inter-Continental Hong Kong. | | | | that hang between buildings. Candles are placed |
| Whether booking your lodging in the traditional | | | | inside the lantern to create a colorful glow through |
| district, in Kowloon, the new territories or the | | | | out Hong Kong streets. They are usually made |
| outlaying island, Christmas and New Years | | | | from red paper and golden ink, symbolizing |
| celebrations in Hong Kong are seasonal events. | | | | happiness, prosperity, healing, and good fortune. |