So many people decorate the outside of their house’s now with colored lights that the big London Christmas displays like oxford street or Regents street It don’t seem such a big deal now.
But
when they first began it was a different story.
They
came about after an article in the daily telegraph commented that during
Christmas London looked so drab and grey.
As
a result, in 1954 the Regent Street association decided to take decisive action
and organized themselves to decorate the buildings with electric lights.
These
became so popular that people would travel for miles to see them and turning
the lights on became such an event that thousands of people would turn up to
see a celebrity flick the switch.