My lights get switched on on 1st
December! If I'm going to the bother of putting them up I want my
Money's worth out of my time! (Only lights, no other decs.)
Saw the decorations on Tuesday evening in Atlantico Centre - wasn't over impressed, looked a bit dull and dingy, perhaps they needed dusting!
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(17-11-2018, 12:59 AM)TamaraEnLaPlaya Wrote: My lights get switched on on 1st December! If I'm going to the bother of putting them up I want my money's worth out of my time! (Only lights, no other decs.)
Saw the decorations on Tuesday evening in Atlantico Centre - wasn't over impressed, looked a bit dull and dingy, perhaps they needed dusting!
Ditto
December 1st for lights.
When I was in the Atlantico Wednesday the spark was up ladders connecting the lights so may be that is why they looked dull Tuesday
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When we first moved here 15 years ago, there weren't any christmas decorations to be seen until the beginning of
December.
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May be different there but when I lived in Ireland (catholic country) the day was the 8th
December as it has some saint/holy significance. Is the 8th a fiesta day out there ? May be the same
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Not sure when town / street lights get turned on.
The Atlantico lights are on which brighten up the displays -
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(17-11-2018, 12:11 PM)Sam Wrote: Give it a few years Ron, you'll get used to it. I honestly can't imagine Christmas without the sunshine.
You're not wrong. We did Christmas in the Canaries an awful lot when I was a child, and I don't think I've ever gotten over it! Christmas at home has never felt right to me— cold
Weather means misery and hibernation, not celebration and fun. This is our first year back since I was a lot younger, but it feels completely natural and proper to me.
With the sun shining all day, I actually feel quite jolly and festive, whereas back home I was a right Grinch!
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A couple of photos from the Atlantico Centre last evening -
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Black Friday and Christmas at the Atlantico Center 2019 -
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