Last year we were traveling for Christmas. This will be our last Christmas in KL, and the girls really wanted to spend Christmas at home, so we decided to do it up right, KL style. Of course, that means going to check out the Christmas decorations in all the malls.
For some reason, Great Eastern, our next door mall, went with an underwater theme for Christmas. Both of the girls decided this required a mermaid pose in the photo spot.
Pavilion, which always spends the most on Christmas decorations, had a much more elaborate set up.
Elena made sure to try out the merry go round.
Whoever designed the display did have a sense of humor though.
No visit to Pavilion is complete without stopping by TWG. They have special holiday flavors every year.
We also found life size versions of Elena's favorite doll house toys outside the toy store.
Christmas for Elena started with Pixie appearing and a visit to Santa at the embassy.
Vivian discovered a dress she loved at Balmain while doing holiday window shopping.
Luckily, it didn't quite fit, so I didn't have to have the discussion about why I am absolutely not buying her a $3,000 dress that looks like it's been attacked by a paper shredder. She was most enamoured with the buttons though, and at another mall, we found her a dress with knock off versions of the buttons for $30, which I did buy her.
Viv and I also had a holiday free dress day the Friday before school ended for the year, so we got a holiday picture before heading out.
Jeff and I got our holiday weekend started with drinks out with some of our friends. We brought hats back for the girls.
Our true family Christmas though started on Christmas Eve with a special Sunday dinner at the Ritz.
They had a great spread and live music.
Although, I'm not sure who decided the Christmas tree should be blue.
Still, we had a great time lounging, nibbling, and listening to the music.
Then we went home, got into our matching Christmas pajamas and had some fun taking pictures before putting on Christmas movies.
Christmas morning, Jeff and Elena were up with the sun and enjoyed some balcony time before coming and getting me and Vivian out of bed.
Once everyone was awake and had coffee and tea, the girls collected their stockings, bags, and boxes, and the great opening began.
Elena got so distracted by a book from her stocking that she had to be reminded to continue opening her presents.
Jeff got special holiday TWG tea and a silk durian shirt, so that he will always have a reminder of the king of fruits in Southeast Asia.
But the big Christmas present was a Nintendo Switch, which the girls have been wanting for quite a while now. Pixie most have told Santa that it would be the perfect present.
After presents, we popped our Christmas crackers and ate pancakes. We were so hungry that we ate them all before we remembered to take a picture.
The rest of Christmas was spent racing on Mario Kart, reading books, and playing with new games and toys. It was a great Christmas.
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