London All Lit Up

London is all dressed up! Lights twinkling at every turn bring a sparkle to the season, especially on those gray, dreary days. The upside of it being dark by 4:30 each day is that you have more time each day to enjoy the lights. Let' s take a whirlwind tour starting with the huge bows overhead on Bond Street.

Oxford Street is one of the brightest streets of all with presents guiding you down the road.

Debenhams, a department store, is especially lovely, shimmering in gold.

Walking down New Bond Street is magical.

Continuing down Oxford Street, you find Selfridge's, another department store which outdid itself on its store windows. Its theme was Pantomime, and you'll recognize some of the characters that were being created.

From Sleeping Beauty, who's the fairest of them all?

Santa pulling two "ugly sisters" to the ball.

Watch our for mice....

Cinderella's coach has turned back into a pumpkin!

From Little Red Riding Hood, Grandmother, what big teeth you have!

Snow White wasn't left out of the action,

nor was Captain Cook.

And who's been sleeping in these bears' beds?

House of Fraser was all decked out in red.

Oxford Street took its theme from the new Disney movie, The Christmas Carol.

We can't leave out Carnaby Street, the seat of action in the early 60's,

as it spreads joy,

and hopes to Make Love, not War.

Hamley's, the hugely popular toy store on Regent Street, chose Bears as its theme, and so cute they were!

Cookie time.

The whole family comes together for dinner, but there are some shenanigans going on, like bears hanging from the chandelier

and a little cub being naughty!

And after an evening walk going from shop to shop, admiring street after street, it's peaceful to head home by way of the Burlington Arcade.

Happy Christmas!