From spooky to cosy: Residents deck Sembawang HDB corridor with Christmas lights

Christmas trees, presents, and a fireplace — these are what you'd normally expect in homes during the festive season.

But in Sembawang, a group of residents got creative and decked their common corridor to spread some Christmas joy.

This caught the eye of a neighbour who was amazed by the effort put into the decorations.

TikTok user Rynaaa1701 posted a video of the spruced-up space on Dec 19, garnering over 151,000 views and 200 comments. 

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She took her followers on a quick tour of the Canberra Street common corridor. It had everything you'd associate with the holiday – twinkling lights, Christmas trees with presents as well as stockings hanging by a 'fireplace'.

Even The Grinch made a cameo appearance in the video.

If this space looked familiar, it's because you've probably seen it before.

In October, the same group of residents transformed the common corridor into a mini Halloween horror attraction with ghouls and spooky movie characters greeting unsuspecting visitors.

Rest assured, there's no hint of those spine-chilling stuff as it's all love and peace this time around.

The comments section can attest to that, with a number of TikTok users applauding the neighbours for being so supportive of each other.

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The decorations once again won praise from Sembawang MP Ong Ye Kung, who wrote in a Facebook post: "Through these efforts, they share the joy and meaning of the festivities, as neighbours.

"This has brought so much cheer and community togetherness to the corridors of our estates!"

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