X-Mas lights and Winter Wonderland.

oh yes! they are finally here! at last :) 

As every year London wear his streets around the city with christmas lights of many colors and they came in all shapes and forms. It seems to go up earlier every year but actually walking thoroughout the streets in order to get at your work it becomes easier with this landscape in front of you. 

The lights illuminate most of the streets of the city, specially central London. The main streets you must go are: 

- Regent Street: from my view, the most beautiful lights. Being one of the most importants streets of London, they set up a marvelous chain of lights drawing a gold crown at the middle during all of the huge street.  This 2013, it's has been a breathtaking light display themed on animated film "Mr Peabody and Sherman". 

- Cover Garden: for me, undeniably, the second position in my personal ranking. This year, taking inspiration from the last year's Lego advent calendar. Cover garden, as I've explained in another post previously, is the perfect place to go out one saturday night with your colleagues or one sunday afternoon with your partner. It has a closed-door market  selling all kinds of handicrafts and, of course, x-mas decoration at this season. Moreover, it usually has a street music bands that makes your promenade more pleasant. 

Oxford Street: the shopping street. The lights are created with the goal of motivating and stimulating you to buy presents and clothes. Curiosity: Jessie J, Conor Maynard and X-Fastor winner James Arthur performed live at this year's christmas lights  switch-on. This year, after 5 years, the lights are inspirited by falling snowflakes and the atmospheric christmas lights of Japan, Madrid and Berlin.

Another:  Carnaby with a hundreds of oversized 3D robins lighting up the 13 streets of the area; Kensignton and chelsea with the ice- rink beside the Natural Museum; Knightbridge and the luxury store of Harrods; Trafalgar square christmas tree. Curiosity: since 1947, stately Trafalgar Square receives a majestic Norwegian Christmas Tree as an annual gift from the people of Oslo, thanking Britain for its support and friendship during World War Two. This enormous tree is placed at the middle of the square and is a popular seasonal tourist attraction, specially in the fortnight leading up to Christmas, when each evening (from 9th to 22nd dec) a different choir gathers there to sing carons and raise money for a range of voluntary or charitable organizations. 

…and one unavoidable: Winter Wonderland in Hyde Park. 

I can say nothing about this festival. You must see by yourself. It is just amazing. The best structure created in London to celebrate and join Christmas on a large scale and through the main gate. 

In a little area of the large Hyde Park you can find it: The Winter Wonderland. 

With open doors from 22nd November at 5pm exactly you can join the festival until January, every day (from 10am to 10pm) with the small child or with the grand-parents. You choose the company and the park offers you a large fan of opportunities. 

The entry is free, so you can wander through the park, soaking up the festive atmosphere and enjoy all the free entertainment on offer: ice skating, a visit to The Magical Ice Kingdom, take a ride in the Giant Observation Wheel or see a show at Zippos Circus (buying tickets). 

You can perfectly spend the whole afternoon or even day inside: you have attractions, you have christmas markets to visit and food to taste. What else? 

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web side to get more information: 

http://www.hydeparkwinterwonderland.com 

take care ;)