Sunday, 22 December 2024

With Christmas Almost Here,

High Street Christmas lights around the country are being switched on, 


photography by Poppy McKenzie Smith @GTOpoppy, but in the small town of Newburgh in southern Scotland, instead of a designer team taking months to design and produce the lights, the residents and council have taken a novel approach to the lights design, 

 school children were asked to produce designs for the lights, 

once a winner is chosen, the artwork is sent to Blachere Illumination to be translated into LED before it’s unveiled at a ceremony held at Lamppost 15, where the new work is hung each year,

the winning artist gets the honour of turning on the light, illuminating the 2,000-plus residents to enjoy, and in a neat move the runner-up’s art is featured on the town’s Christmas card, all by the people for the people, the full story is here, Merry Christmas!


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