Gardens by the Bay opens its Christmas Train Show in the Flower Dome on Friday, 20 November, one day before primary and secondary pupils start their year-end school holidays. The show runs daily from 9am to 9pm until Sunday, 3 January 2027.
A free Christmas village opens at Sands Expo from 27 to 29 November, and the Supertree Grove switches to a Christmas light show on 29 November.
School holidays from 21 November
MOE’s 2026 calendar ends Term IV on Friday, 20 November, for MOE kindergartens, primary schools and secondary schools. The year-end holidays run from Saturday, 21 November, to Thursday, 31 December.
Junior college Year 1 and Millennia Institute Years 1 and 2 students break later, from Saturday, 28 November. For JC Year 2 and Millennia Institute Year 3 students, the holidays start when their GCE A-Level papers end, and also run to 31 December.
Christmas Day falls on Friday, 25 December, a public holiday.
Christmas Train Show at the Flower Dome
This is the show’s third edition. Model trains run through miniature scenes inspired by the United States, Singapore and Finland, passing botanical models of railway stations on America’s West Coast, East Coast and heartlands.
The Singapore section is bigger this year. Two SMRT trains run alongside reimagined MRT stations designed by architecture students from the National University of Singapore.
The last stop is a snowy Rovaniemi, the Finnish town known as Santa Claus’s official hometown, with his toy factory, post office, reindeer sleigh and a traditional Finnish sauna. Christmas trees, conifers and poinsettias fill the rest of the dome.
Entry is with a Flower Dome ticket. For Singapore residents, that is S$12 for an adult and S$8 for a child aged 3 to 12 or a senior aged 60 and above. Last admission to the Flower Dome is 8.30pm, and the nearest MRT station is Bayfront.
Christmas Together at Sands Expo, 27 to 29 November
Christmas Together, a 70,000 sq ft Christmas village in Hall F of the Sands Expo and Convention Centre, is free with registration and opens from 10am to 9pm on all three days. Children and teens under 18 go under one accompanying adult’s registration, and the event supports Singapore Red Cross Young Hearts.
Garden Rhapsody Christmas Special from 29 November
The Supertree Grove’s nightly light and sound show switches to its Christmas edition from 29 November to 1 January 2027. The Supertree lights are set to Christmas classics, with songs sung by local artists.
Shows run daily at 7.45pm and 8.45pm, and admission is free. Before that, the Garden Waltz edition plays from 1 to 28 November.
