Hang Ma Street, Hoan Kiem District, Hanoi is a famous street selling many decorative items every Christmas season. These days, Hang Ma Street is covered with the brilliant colors of Christmas trees, bells, dried flowers, snowmen, laurel wreaths...
Bustling atmosphere on Hang Ma Street in the days leading up to Christmas
Entering the peak season, traders have to work from early morning to late at night.
Hang Ma Street is known as one of the most popular tourist attractions in Hanoi for sightseeing and shopping. In particular, this place is often crowded on occasions such as Lunar New Year, Mid-Autumn Festival, Halloween... Each festival season will have its own goods, Tet will have apricot blossoms, peach blossoms, wishes, and brilliant firecrackers. Mid-Autumn Festival is when lanterns light up a street corner. And Christmas season is when snowflakes, pine trees, colorful glitter...
The main colors of Christmas such as red, green, white, and gold of Christmas decorations are all displayed eye-catchingly in stores.
For nearly a month now, many tourists have flocked to Hang Ma Street, especially young people, to take photos to preserve the impressive moments of the Christmas season. The festive atmosphere combined with the cold winter weather in Hanoi means that visitors here all wear very eye-catching and Christmas-appropriate costumes.
Small decorations such as round blocks, pine cones, bows, letters, etc. are classified into baskets and placed directly on the floor for customers to choose from.
Sharing with Travellive, Nhu Quynh (24 years old) said: "I am very excited by the sparkling lights of Hang Ma Street. Every year at this time, I come here to check-in to take eye-catching souvenir photos, but the closer the date gets, the more people flock here."
The shops are always crowded with buyers and sellers.
Many young people went to Hang Ma Street to celebrate Christmas very early, all of them wanted to save for themselves the most beautiful photos of the Christmas season.
Nhu Quynh eagerly checked in and experienced shopping in the bustling atmosphere here.
Hoai Thu and her boyfriend happily pose and take souvenir photos before Christmas.
Many shops selling Christmas decorations are located close together, when it gets dark the whole street lights up, making it shimmering. In addition to the industrial goods that the traders import for business, the handicrafts sold here are equally beautiful and have cheaper prices. The main colors on the shops are Christmas colors including red, white, and green.
Although not a traditional holiday in Vietnam, in recent years, Christmas has been celebrated very elaborately and solemnly.
This year, decorative items are also more diverse in design.
Merchants on Hang Ma Street also said that this year the prices of Christmas decorations are stable compared to previous years. The designs are also more diverse and are prepared for sale several months in advance. Many sellers still hope that this Christmas will improve after a long period of being affected by the Covid-19 pandemic.
The reindeer antler headband priced at 40,000 VND is said to be the best-selling item this year.
Eye-catching red fruit cluster decoration
Christmas, also known as Christmas, Noel or Christmas, is a holiday commemorating the birth of Jesus Christ, according to most Christians. The holiday is officially celebrated on December 25 but is usually celebrated from the evening of December 24 because according to the Jewish calendar, the time to start a day is at sunset, not midnight.
This Christmas, many sellers still hope to prosper after a long period of being affected by the Covid-19 pandemic.
Christmas is also a day for families to reunite, gather together, have fun parties with friends and personally prepare house decorations, hang gifts on the Christmas tree...
