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In Pictures: Dazzling displays spread Christmas joy

Across the UK, people celebrated the festive season by decorating Christmas trees and putting up beautiful lights.

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A Christmas light display on a house in Kempsey, Worcestershire
The owners of a house in Kempsey, Worcestershire, spent hours creating a spectacular display (David Davies/PA)

Christmas is synonymous with the twinkling of lights – and trees, homes and other landmarks have been lit up across the nation.

Photographers from the PA news agency have been snapping some of the most impressive Christmas lights this festive season.

Here are some of the big, bright and unusual displays celebrating Christmas 2024 around the UK.

A tree at Legoland Windsor Resort
Model makers created a 33ft tall Christmas tree at the Legoland Windsor Resort in Berkshire (Jordan Pettitt/PA)
Myleene Klass at the Covent Garden Christmas Lights
Singer and presenter Myleene Klass switched on the Covent Garden lights this year (Matt Crossick Media Assignments/PA)
Covent Garden Christmas Lights
Visitors to the famous street clearly enjoyed the spectacular display (Jack Hall Media Assignments/PA)
Poppy Avison-Fell dressed as the Mad Hatter at the unveiling of a 27ft Christmas tree in Castle Howard’s Great Hall in North Yorkshire
Poppy Avison-Fell dressed as the Mad Hatter at the unveiling of a 27ft Christmas tree in Castle Howard’s Great Hall in North Yorkshire (Danny Lawson/PA)

One of the most prominent Christmas trees in the UK made the long journey from the North East to London.

Forestry workers felled the 40ft Sitka spruce tree in Northumberland’s Kielder Forest before it made the 330-mile journey south to Westminster
Forestry workers felled the 40ft Sitka spruce tree in Northumberland’s Kielder Forest before it made the 330-mile journey south to Westminster (Owen Humphreys/PA)
The Palace of Westminster Christmas tree in London
A month later, it took pride of place outside Parliament (Lucy North/PA)
A Neapolitan Nativity scene in Bishop Auckland
An 18th-century Neapolitan nativity scene made up of more than 400 individual pieces was unveiled as part of the Christmas At The Palace’ experience at Auckland Palace in Bishop Auckland (Owen Humphreys/PA)

Various celebrities were involved in switching on Christmas lights.

Gareth Malone at the Shard Christmas lights switch-on
Famous choirmaster Gareth Malone conducted a special carol performance at the top of The Shard to switch on its lights show (Matt Alexander/PA)
Jazzie B at Camden Market’s Christmas lights
Soul II Soul founder, British DJ and music producer Jazzie B, launched Camden Market’s Christmas tree and lights display (David Parry/PA)
Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer and his wife Lady Victoria Starmer in Downing Street next to a Christmas tree
Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer and his wife Lady Victoria Starmer switched on the Downing Street Christmas lights (Lucy North/PA)

Members of the royal family also got in the Christmas spirit.

Royal Collection Trust staff using ladders to decorate a Christmas treet in St George’s Hall, Windsor Castle
Royal Collection Trust staff used ladders to add the finishing touches to a tree in St George’s Hall, Windsor Castle (Andrew Matthews/PA)
Tunnels of fairy lights during Luminate Sandringham
Tunnels of fairy lights were created for Luminate Sandringham (Joe Giddens/PA)
Aerial view of Christmas lights on Regent Street and S James’s Market
The spectacular Spirit Of Christmas in London’s West End marked the 70th anniversary of Regent Street’s festive displays (Jack Hall/PA)
Merry Marylebone Christmas Lights
The Merry Marylebone Christmas Lights event in London drew large crowds (David Parry/PA)
A woman decorating a Christmas tree at Warwick Castle
Val Goldman put the finishing touches to the Christmas trees in the Blue Boudoir at Warwick Castle (Jacob King/PA)

However, you do not need a palace or a castle to create an impression as the owners of a house in central Scotland showed.

Christmas lights on a home in Larbert, Scotland
The Christmas lights on a home in Larbert looked fantastic (PA)
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