A family trip to see the festive lights and jolly Christmas windows in town is surely just what we all need to cheer us up.

Its festive lights and sweet-faced angel ornaments were smashed, its boughs snapped.

Each Christmas Oxford Street is decorated with festive lights.

So it was exciting to see the festive star-shaped lights in the windows of what had been a sandwich place.

During the holiday season, festive lights illuminate the trees and shrubs of the boulevard.

Some of it I battered down backwards, having had visions of leaving and eyeball dangling on a branch like a festive light.

He said the idea for the grand display grew out of a request by his daughter eight years ago for a few festive lights for the house.

The Sabah house was ablaze with festive lights.

But imagine these festive lights given a grander canvas - among woodlands or set against craggy castle walls with an inky-black sky as background.

Illuminations - Every evening at 5.30pm, Moscow's streets come alive with spectacular displays of festive lights.