When I was a kid, my parents used to take my brother and me up to central London before Christmas to see the illuminations along Oxford Street and Regent Street.

While some of the magic of Christmas fades as you get older, I’m as spellbound by the lights now as I was when I was 6. So with that in mind, my wife and I took another ‘trip up the bypass’ (astute readers might remember we did this last year too). Anyway, I brought back some photos for you.

There’s also a Christmas tree made of bottles…

…though the dolpins are still popular.

Hearts stand as frames in which to get your portrait taken, though not everyone could be persuaded.

Good fun though, for kids and adults alike.