The Great Big List: December

1. Wait for the buzz to die down, then hit Mongkok for the world’s cheapest Michelin-starred feed at Tim Ho Wan. 

2. Put that Christmas bonus on black at Macau's best casinos. 

3. Pimp your pushcart, or look at how other's did up theirs, at Detour, the two-week art and design extravaganza.

4. It's barbecue weather! Head to Obama's half-brother's Cabin BBQ in Shenzhen. 

5. Take the kids, girlfriend or your inner child to Disneyland’s Sparkling Christmas Winter Wonderland. 

6. Get My Little Airport and Chochukmo's debut album at White Noise Records to find out why these guys are Hong Kong’s most talked about bands right now.  

7. Head to Aqua Bar, one of the seediest dive bars in Mongkok, and have a Nothing cocktail to compensate for that overly polite Christmas office party.  

8. Buy a last-minute gift for your HR manager at Roger Chan’s Vero Chocolate lounge.

9. Watch French flicks at the 38th French Cinepanorama. 

10. Year-end blockbusters not to be missed: "Mulan" starts December 3, "The Storm Warriors" December 10, "The Twilight Saga: New Moon" and "Avatar" December 17, "Bodyguards and Assassins" December 18, Sherlock Holmes on Christmas Eve.     

11. Spend a weekend on Cheung Chau and miss the last ferry -- deliberately, just to check out the secret night market. 

12. Get a last-minute ticket to an event at the East Asian Games. Or at least watch the fireworks on opening night, December 5.

13. Bid for art at Asian Art Archive's "Digitalizing the Future" annual fundraising auction. 

14. Join Asia's first kiteboarding tour. The entry fee is just US$50. (Watching's free.)

15. See the Hong Kong & Shenzhen Bi-city Biennale of Urbanism/Architecture.

16. Catch an incredible lineup this coming Saturday night at "We Love Live" at HITEC: Hong Kong GOBOB winners Qiu Hong, Jun Kun, 22 Cats, local favorite Dear Jane, and Beijing "It" band Carsick Cars.

17. Work up an appetite for those monster holiday meals by running the Macau Galaxy Entertainment International Marathon. 

18. Over 30 crafters in Hong Kong will be setting up shop at the year's last outdoor crafts market at Cyberport. See some highlights of Hong Kong's crafting scene here.  

19. Asia Adult Expo 2009 will be held at the Venetian in Macau and features the world's most expensive gilded vibrator. How very Venetian. 

20. Digitalism will play their catchy Euro techno for dance-crazy fans of Volar for the club's fifth birthday party.