Mississauga continues its uphill attempt to please all cultures all the time. This sisyphean ordeal is bound to fail (well here's the scoop: it has failed). If you make the Syrian Muslims happy, how about the Egyptian Copts? The Cambodians and Somali will never find a common celebratory ground (naturally!)
And why have the Chinese garnered the prime location in the Square One Shopping Centre (the mall, to use its less fancy name) to showcase their New Year!
It's all about the money. Or so thinks the Square One/Mississauga business committee.
Perhaps this wll attract the rich Chinese/Hong-Kongese to "destination travel" to Mississauga for sightseeing and SHOPPING!
Holt Renfrew, the "high end" Canadian clothing store, has decorated its main entrance flowing into the main entrance of the mall with Chinese New Year's greetings and messages.
Why have the Chinese garnered this prime location, and sponsored by a department store? Well the Chinese are "rich" now and are traveling the world to spend their yuan. Why not invite them to Mississauga to do so?
Some of the messages are in English but the majority are in Chinese with few translations.
So join the festivities and 新年快樂! 恭禧發財!萬事如意!
Square One Shopping Centre, Mississauga
Holt's Chinese New Year 2018
[Photos By: KPA]