Christmas in Old Hong Kong.
This illustration is inspired by Hong Kong's signature bamboo scaffolding. This illustration also celebrates the tradition of the amah 媽姐. During the colonial era, these fiercely independent women from the Shunde area were employed as live-in servants in wealthy households.
"...most of them had taken vows of celibacy and were known as “self-combed” women. Unlike their married sisters, self-combed women could work outside the home and were economically independent." - Varsity.com
With her signature braided ponytail but dressed in a Santa inspired outfit, she scales the bamboo wall with a sack full of toys - perhaps for the children she cares for in her daily life.