Faith, hope and mercy this Christmas


The Tan family: (back row, from left) Faith, Hope, Jooi Long, Mary-Joy, Shillings; (front row, from left) Ike, Jean, Seth and Kate. Photo: Kate Tan

For the Tan clan, Christmas is all about family.

“Before the movement control order, we’d always get together for a meal every week, as well as on special occasions such as birthdays, Father’s and Mother’s day, Christmas, Easter and Chinese New Year, ” says clan patriarch Tan Jooi Long.

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