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In Pictures: Festive cheer as country lights up for Christmas

City centres, country parks and private homes are sparkling in the run-up to the big day.

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There is nothing like the twinkle of masses of Christmas lights heralding the festive season to lift the spirits.

Here are some of the biggest and brightest displays celebrating Christmas 2022 around the UK and Ireland.

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A Christmas light display on the home of Helen and John Attlesey in Soham, Cambridgeshire. They have decorated their house to raise money for East Anglia’s Children’s Hospices (Joe Giddens/PA)
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Residents of the Kildavin estate in Co Carlow decorated their street to raise money for the Make A Wish foundation (Niall Carson/PA)
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Christmas lights on the Brailsford family home in Brentry, Bristol, raising money for The Grand Appeal Charity (Ben Birchall/PA)
Seven Dials Christmas lights installation
Performers at the unveiling of this year’s Seven Dials Christmas lights installation at the Winter Warm Up Event in London (Matt Alexander/PA)
Christmas Lights – Edinburgh
Elaborate decorations outside The Dome in George Street, Edinburgh (Jane Barlow/PA)
Stockeld Park light show
The Enchanted Forest Winter Illuminations at Stockeld Park in Wetherby, North Yorkshire. Light effects, a captivating soundscape and animated installations come together in the ancient woodland once a year over the Christmas period (Danny Lawson/PA)
Kew’s Christmas light trail
People walk through a tunnel of lights at Kew’s Christmas light trail (Andrew Matthews/PA)
Bond Street Christmas light switch-on
Alethea Norman-Rhods and Anna Beketov take a selfie in front of a lighting installation honouring the late Queen on Bond Street in London (Ben Queenborough/PA)
Parliament’s 2022 Christmas tree
The Christmas tree in New Palace Yard, on the Parliamentary Estate at Westminster (Kirsty O’Connor/PA)
Christmas at Waddesdon Manor
A light display in front of Waddesdon Manor in Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire (Joe Giddens/PA)
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