Orchard Road Xmas lights by Tanglin Mall (right) in December 2019. Photo by Angela Lansbury.
This photo was taken from a moving bus through the closed window. This year's novelty Christmas lights idea is to show piled up parcels forming a triangular tree shape topped by a star.
To the right of the picture is Tanglin Mall.
Where have I seen the best lights?
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SINGAPORE
1 Orchard Road, Singapore, especially the corner of Orchard Road where it meets Scotts Road.
Also see all the
Shopping malls,
Hotels,especially the big hotels. The high atriums are in the hotels around the Suntec fountain.
Community Clubs
Flag of the United Kingdom. Yes, still united in December 2019.
UK
First stop is right in the centre of London.
Regent Street Light. London, England, especially both ends of Regent Street. At one end is Piccadilly Circus. At the other end is Hamleys Department store and Oxford Street at Oxford Circus.
More lights adorn Selfridges department store windows and columns in Oxford Street.
Another must see is the grand Harrods in Knightsbridge.
The out of London shopping malls near London include the famous big malls and the one at Watford.
Previous year's lights in Watford, London, England. Photo by Angela Lansbury. Copyright.
Watford mall interior lights. Photo by Angela Lansbury. Coprytight.
London
Trafalgar Square
See the big tree donated to the UK from Norway every year in gratitude for help in WWII.
USA
New York
In New York and other big cities sometimes an upright oblong skyscraper is decorated like a giant parcel with strings of lights up the centre suggesting ribbon and a bow.New York and Washington DC can be cold in winter (and sweltering in summer).
Xmas tree in front of Rockefeller Centre, New York. From Wikipedia.
Outside the cities in a countryside hotel we took a Xmas sleigh ride on Xmas Day or the day before or after, at the Snowed Inn, Utah.
Florida
Many malls compete to provide selfie spaces. Santa grottoes in the USA and UK malls with photo opportunities and usually for a fee a chance of a photo with Santa and a toy
One year the powers that be in a city in the USA offered a prize for the best prepared Xmas lights. Apparently this is done in many places in the USA. This is a bit like Britain in Bloom, offers prizes for the best summer flowers in gardens in the UK. Local papers take pictures in the lead up.
Finland
Finally, Finland has Santa villages and Elves and you can book a holiday featuring Santa Claus and reindeer, models and real reindeer.
Useful Websites
https://www.snowedinnsleigh.com/
https://www.tripadvisor.com.sg/Attraction_Review-g57097-d11710338-Reviews-Park_City_Sleigh_Rides-Park_City_Utah.html
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Angela Lansbury, travel writer and photographer, author and speaker. Please share links to your favourite posts. If you wish to share any posts or photo or be a guest blogger or to have me as a guest blogger please contact me on annalondon8@gmail.com
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