planner Dec 25
Christmas Day Turkey, pressies and all the trimmings. If you get stuck, play Monopoly.
Dec 23 QUIZ NIGHT Pit your wits in the fortnightly pub quiz. Hebe One O One, Hiram’s Highway, Pak Sha Wan, Sai Kung, 2335 5515.
Dec 24 Midnight Mass Sacred Heart Catholic Church, Sai Kung, 2792 2967, 2792 5089.
Dec 26 Hebe Haven yacht club Treasure Hunt Hebe’s sailors breeze around Port Shelter, hunting down clues. For details, contact HHYC, Hiram’s Highway, Pak Sha Wan, 2719 9682.
Dec 26 Boxing Day Dec 17 Entries for China Coast Marathon Calling all runners: today is your last chance to submit entries for the Sun Hung Kai Properties China Coast Marathon and half-marathon, to be held on January 17. The races start at Pak Tam Chung, Sai Kung Country Park. Entry fee: $250. Enquiries to 9038 5460 (English), or 9168 9412 (Chinese), catherineavohkccm@gmail.com. Details at www.avohk.org.
Dec 18 Last day of term ESF schools’ two-week holiday starts midday.
Dec 19 Air Supply Neverending Love Tour All Out of Love? Nope, not yet it seems. Hong Kong’s neverending love affair with the Aussie balladeers continues. HK Convention & Exhibition Centre, Wan Chai. Tickets $280-$480, www.hkticketing.com.
Dec 19 Magical Mystery Tour Join the Sai Kung Saturday Hash House Harriers for a pub quiz on the hoof. Teams of two will be haring around Sai Kung answering questions, with Rambo and Wimp options. Adults $100, prizes for kids. Bring a pen and water. Proceeds to Operation Santa Claus. 4.45pm, Plod’s Pagoda, Wan King Path, Sai Kung. Details 9307 2041, GunpowderPlod@gmail.com.
Traditionally the day to get out and about to work off yesterday’s dinner.
Dec 31 New Year’s Eve Biggest party night of the year.
Dec 31 Studio 54 Party Dig out your disco pants for Hebe One O One’s New Year’s Eve Party. Dress code: Outrageous. Music: 70s cheese. Work off the five-course set dinner doing the bump on the dance floor, or go for the drinks-only option. Tickets for dinner and open bar (including bubbly) are $688 before Christmas Day, and $788 afterwards. Drinksonly tickets are $388 (7pm-close). Hebe One O One, Hiram’s Highway, Pak Sha Wan, Sai Kung, 2335 5515.
jan 1 New Year’s day Biggest hangover of the year.
Book Now Jan 13-23 Room on the Broom The people who brought The Gruffalo to the stage are back with another children’s favourite. Is there room on the broom for me? You bet! Tickets from HK Ticketing, www.hkticketing.com.
Jan 16 Green Day Who wants to see an “American Idiot”? The kohl-eyed kings of rock, live on Lantau. AsiaWorldExpo Arena. Tickets $350-$750, www.hkticketing.com.
Feb 2-14 Merchants of Bollywood Slicker than a slick thing on a wet night, this musical charts the rise of India’s film industry with plenty of Bollywood dancing and fabby music - but will there be any kissing? Lyric Theatre, HK Academy for Performing Arts, Wan Chai. Tickets $395-$795, www.hkticketing.com.
Dec 18-20, 22-27 The Nutcracker
The Hong Kong Ballet’s annual production - Hong Kong’s answer to The Great Escape. Tickets $120-$1,000, www.urbtix.com. Grand Theatre, Hong Kong Cultural Centre, Tsim Sha Tsui.
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