Christmas Lights in October? WTF!!
Written by Yes you are right. Your eyes have not fooled you. The rumours are true! And it’s not even Halloween yet.
We at DublinTown have started preparations for #DublinAtChristmas 2019 and as part of that process we have begun the process of installing the Christmas lights for this year. But please note, they are going up but ARE NOT going on!
Why so early you ask? Here are two main reasons:
- Volume – We light up over 30 streets in the city centre!
- Testing – Every single light and fixture is tested to make sure it is ready to go come the official lighting ceremonies
Christmas isn’t coming early but DublinTown are busy making sure Dublin looks magical for all to enjoy in time for the Christmas season.
Over the next 4 weeks the busy DublinTown teams will hang and individually test over 1,000,000 lightbulbs and fixtures. With 30 streets to decorate and stretching across 5 kilometres of Dublin’s city centre, it takes the DublinTown lighting teams of 30 people, working throughout the night, over 200 hours to completely erect the lights over the city for the festive season.
DUBLINTOWN – FESTIVE LIGHTS – FACTS AND FIGURES:
- 30 streets in Dublin will be decorated with Christmas lights, stretching over 4.5 kilometres
- It takes 30 people working through the night, over 4 weeks and over 200 hours to completely erect all the lights
- Each and every single bulb and fixture will be tested by DublinTown’s lighting teams
- The lights will be illuminated for over 1,000 hours from November – January
- There are 47,350 individual light bulbs on Grafton Street alone
- There are over 1,000,000 individual light bulbs hung across the city
- Almost 20 of Dublin City Trees will be decorated with lights across Parnell Street, Liffey Street and Chatham Street.
- Over 10,000 light bulbs will decorate 2 trees on Liffey Street
- 160 crossovers and 26 wall mounts will be used
- Over 150,000 light bulbs will adorn the 3 spectacular light curtains on on Wicklow Street, Andrew Street and Johnson Court
- 25 million people will walk under the Christmas Lights in Dublin City Centre this year alone
Bare with us, as this takes a lot of time to prepare for but you can be confident this year’s Christmas lights are one’s not to be missed! For all you need to know about Christmas in #DublinTown, keep an eye on DublinAtChristmas.ie and @DublinTown on twitter and make sure to use #DublinAtChristmas on social media!
