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Old Posted Dec 4, 2020, 1:50 PM
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A lot of the usual festive fayre in London has been deflated a bit due to lockdowns and restrictions on large groups that we are all experiencing worldwide. Happy times!

Regent St



Source: Secret LDN: https://secretldn.com/regent-street-christmas-lights/

Oxford St
27 LED curtains along the length of Oxford St which shows various messages of goodwill, NHS workers and volunteers and a Poem To London With Love.





Source: Londonist: https://londonist.com/london/christm...ghts-2020-hero

New Bond St

Source: Secret LDN: https://secretldn.com/bond-street-christmas-lights/


Source: : https://theglossarymagazine.com/arts.../#.X8oOArOnyZQ

Carnaby St

Source: The Glossary Magazine: https://theglossarymagazine.com/arts.../#.X8oSjLOnyZR

Strand

Source: Secret LDN: https://secretldn.com/londons-christ...hts-switch-on/

King’s Cross
King’s Cross has opted for a 28-feet terrarium centrepiece which is filled with 70 smaller terrariums, each filled with miniature gardens.



Source: Secret LDN: https://secretldn.com/east-london-ic...light-wapping/

Seven Dials

Source: Nashbond: https://www.nashbond.co.uk/projects/...-dials-estate/

Canary Wharf
Canary Wharf normally hosts a winter light festival, but with how things have panned out this has been drastically cut back, but there are still some nice light shows.
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Hampton Court Palace
Most of the pop-up ice rinks that normally proliferate across the capital are not making an appearance due to Covid-19.

Source: Hampton Court Palace: https://www.hrp.org.uk/hampton-court...lace-ice-rink/

Royal Maritime Greenwich

Source: Royal Maritime Greenwich: https://www.rmg.co.uk/see-do/we-reco...house-ice-rink

Kew Gardens
Always a big draw, Kew Gardens put on a vast one-million light display across its gardens and woodlands[/I]






Somerset House
Replacing the traditional ice skate rink are a selection of igloos

Source: The Glossary Magazine: https://theglossarymagazine.com/arts.../#.X8oQ8bOnyZQ

Wembley Park

Source: : https://tempusmagazine.co.uk/news/lo...n-wembley-park

Covent Garden



Source: Secret LDN: https://secretldn.com/covent-garden-christmas-lights/

Trafalgar Square
The traditional focus of Christmas celebrations in London, the idea for a tree here is courteous of Norway, who have since 1948 donated a tree every year in recognition of support during WWII.

Source: Secret LDN: https://secretldn.com/trafalgar-square-christmas-tree/

Tate Britain
Chila Kumari Singh Burman’s Diwali-Christmas installation titled A Brave New World

Source: Dezzen: https://www.dezeen.com/2020/11/16/ch...ave-new-world/

St Pancras



Source: Secret LDN: https://secretldn.com/st-pancras-sta...hristmas-tree/

Television Centre

Source: The Glossary Magazine: https://theglossarymagazine.com/arts.../#.X8oOArOnyZQ

Churchill Arms Pub
Quite possibly the most OTT pub in London; the Churchill Arms covered by some 90-odd Christmas trees

Source: Twitter: https://twitter.com/kewdad/status/13...742272/photo/1
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