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6 unusual facts about Christmas lights


Celebration of Lights

The Celebration of Lights was a winter holiday season Christmas lights show in Pittsburgh.

Eliza Taylor

Taylor travelled to the United Kingdom in late November 2007, and on 1 December 2007 she turned on the Weymouth Christmas lights.

Lauren Scruggs

On December 3, 2011 Scruggs walked into an airplane's spinning propeller, losing her left eye and severing her left hand after exiting the plane in the dark, following a flight to view Christmas lights in the Dallas area.

Light Up Night

The city is decorated with Christmas lights, trees, and other holiday decorations.

Pre-lit tree

A prelit tree is a convergent product of Christmas lights and Artificial Christmas tree.

Union Street, Aberdeen

In the run up to Christmas elaborate Christmas lights are displayed on gantries above and across the street.


Jeff Pope

Among Pope's television writing credits are Fool's Gold: The Story of the Brink's-Mat Robbery (1992), The Place Of The Dead (1997), Essex Boys (2000), Bob Martin (2000), Dirty Filthy Love (2004), Christmas Lights (2004), Pierrepoint (2005), Northern Lights (2006), City Lights (2007), and The Fattest Man in Britain (2009).

Merry Christmas from the Family

Fred and Rita—whose relationship to the narrator appears to have been forgotten—arrive from Harlingen in a motor home, which when plugged in, overloads the electrical system and knocks out the family's Christmas lights.

Winterval

The programme of events in 1997 included theatre and arts events; marking of Diwali; candlelit tours of Aston Hall; an outdoor ice rink; a German-style Christmas market; Christmas lights in the streets; and a New Year's Eve Party.


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Christmas lights in Medellín

Christmas lights in Medellín, also known as the Lighting of Medellín (El Alumbrado), is a traditional seasonal event in Medellín, Colombia where the city hangs millions of Christmas lights, especially on and around the Medellín River, and holds light shows and other cultural events.

Great Hanshin earthquake

The Kobe Luminarie, a small city of Christmas lights, is set up in the middle of Kobe City, as well as near Shin-Kobe Station every December in commemoration of the earthquake.

My Heart Takes Over

However, on 1 November 2011, the band performed the track in the center of Oxford Street during the Christmas Lights Switch On.

One More Sleep

On 9 November 2013, Lewis performed "One More Sleep" and "White Christmas" for the first time at the Regent Street Christmas lights switch-on event in London, England.

Peakhurst Heights, New South Wales

Houses are adorned with Christmas lights and decorations and the streets are lined with candles as inspired by the Spanish tradition of Noche Buena.

Someone Wake Me Up

McElderry performed "Someone Wake Me Up" for the first time at the annual Christmas Lights turn-on in Sheffield.