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Hindsight is 2020. And as we can see all too clearly now - as we reel from tear gas, toilet paper runs, social media addiction and existential fear - if 2020 didn’t kill you, it made you stronger.

This issue is all about reflecting on the past, and looking forward with optimism to the future.

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For our cover story we invited Nury Vittachi, Hong Kong’s greatest English language writer (and our back page columnist), to rewrite A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens. Check out his story (page 14). We might all feel a bit Scrood by 2020, but as Nury points out, things can only get better.

We also pay tribute to that hardest hit sector - Hong Kong’s bars and restaurants - in a picture special on the second Hong Kong Dining Awards which was held at The Grounds last month. And for those wishing to say goodbye to 2020 in style, we list out the very best places to celebrate Christmas (page 19).

Finally, we would like to thank everyone who has supported us this last year and wish you all a great 2021. It can only get better.

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Chocolate advent calendars

A little piece of chocolate is the best way to start the day. Countdown to christmas with the most classy calendars in town, including La Maison Du Chocolat’s cracker advent calendar $720 and Peninsula Boutique’s Wonder Trove calendar $890.

bb cakes

Locally-based instagram bakery bb cakes offers a delicious selection of homemade basque burnt cheesecakes, the perfect treat after a big Christmas dinner. The cakes come in five original flavours including salted caramel and earl grey.

Instagram: bbcakes.hk

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Eloy Sanchez-Vizcaino

Our award-winning cover illustrator lives in Catalonia, Spain. He studied design and sculpture at the University of Fine Arts of Barcelona. He works as a freelance illustrator for agencies and has published covers and several children’s books in local publishers.

Nury Vittachi

Nury Vittachi is the award-winning Hong Kongbased author of more than 40 books, several of which have been published internationally in multiple languages. His journalism has appeared in more than a dozen publications, including The New York Times and Reader’s Digest. He tells the tale of Scrood, a Hong Kong property developer in this year’s Christmas story. nury@vittachi.com

Valentina Tudose

Certified relationship coach and clinical hypnotherapist Valentina Tudose, shares four questions to ask yourself when setting healthy boundaries for a relationship, in our monthly dating column.

Lorenzo Coppola

Zuma’s newly-appointed bar manager Lorenzo Coppola, is shaking things up in the restaurant and launched an entire cocktail series in a few short months. Coppola shares his thoughts on moving to the city during a pandemic and curbing his wanderlust in our five minutes with interview.

Sun Leung

After studying photography in California, Sun Leung moved back to Hong Kong in 2010 and started a career as portrait photographer. He ventured over to The Grounds this month to snap our sociallydistanced Hong Kong Dining Awards. Check out his images on our people page.

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