christmas

[carang]

no, not everyone gets such large trees. i think there would be a good market for cheaper, smaller trees. flats here are very small and to tell the truth, we NEVER had a real tree until we had kids.

[mmlsea]

hmmm, interesting... its been a long time since I visited HK for any extended period- are there neighborhoods with more families and ones with more single people like here in Seattle?

And I'm also curious to know how early people start to pre-order? do you do it online or at a location in person?

again thanks SO much! you have given us a lot to think about...

[carang]

usually you need to pre-order in person and pay up front.

i think that the best places for families would be:
mid-levels
southside
pok fu lam
discovery bay
tung chung
gold coast
sai kung
kowloon tong
clear water bay
the peak
jardine's lookout
happy valley

[PDLM]

Those would be the best places for expat families, but surely that is a tiny fraction of the Xmas tree market here? I'd be surprised if the total market for Xmas trees to expats exceeds a couple of thousand given that most single expats won't bother, many families go home/away for Xmas and so on.

[carang]

i know very few chinese that buy real trees. in all my years of private teaching and going into homes, i can only think of maybe 5 students that had a real tree. many didn't even have a fake one...