Who is switching on your towns xmas lights this year?

[Denver]

The Vamps, Fluer East and Union J are turning the lights on at Intu Merry Hill my local shopping centre

[Fetch The Bolt Cutters]

union j for us too :skull:

along with gifty louise and amy childs

[Marsh.]

Remember when Sharleen Spiteri switched them on? :love:

[Fetch The Bolt Cutters]

Remember when Sharleen Spiteri switched them on? :love:

when?

[Daniel-X]

Ours usually only get announced like the week before because it's usually one of the bottom placers from that year's TXF (see: 2011 was The Risk, 2012 was Kye Sones etc.)

[Fetch The Bolt Cutters]

i remember a few years ago when it was so packed in mcdonalds my claustrophobia was triggered and i legit had a nervous breakdown just outside the disable toilet entrance and i haven’t been to the switch on since

[Marsh.]

when?

About 12 years ago. :skull:

2005. :love:

[LukeB]

Fleur East

[Cal.]

Ours usually only get announced like the week before because it's usually one of the bottom placers from that year's TXF (see: 2011 was The Risk, 2012 was Kye Sones etc.)

I thought your's is always Luke Marsden from Big Brother?

[Cal.]

But a Wayne Woodward from BGT apparently is doing it this year for us?

[Daniel-X]

I thought your's is always Luke Marsden from Big Brother?

He always presents it but doesn't actually perform/headline

[Jodie.]

None idk because my town is **** x

Liscards Xmas tree a couple of years ago was the worst one in Britain, so they decided to build one in MARCH the year after to make up for it:conf:

http://news.images.itv.com/image/file/652834/stream_img.jpg

[Morgan.]

Yeah our towns not big enough for a celebrity so it'll be the mayor probably

[Morgan.]

The only famous people who've ever been to our town are Tom Hardy (came for a motorcycle lesson but got hassled by mums on the school run) and Carl King from Emmerdale who opened the new Poundland, have a photo with him somewhere!

[Oliver_W]

My town got a bit of media attention last year because Lindsey Lohan said she'd switch our lights on via Twitter, but we ended up with ... Heather from Eastenders.


This year I think we have James Acaster,who's from here and went to my school and is a standup comedian who ends up on the odd comedy panel show.

[Niamh.]

I don't know about this year but last year it was Gary and Paul O'Donovan, those rowers from Cork that got a silver medal at the Olympics

http://corkchristmascelebration.ie/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/lights-2016-1-605x300.jpg

[Oliver_W]

I don't about this year but last year it was Gary and Paul O'Donovan, those rowers from Cork that got a silver medal at the Olympics

http://corkchristmascelebration.ie/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/lights-2016-1-605x300.jpg
That's cool, silver medalists have done more to earn acclaim than the Gemma Collins type people or XFactor losers.

(also, I often wonder if those big switches actually do anything, or if they're symbolic and someone pushes the real button when the guest pushes theirs)

[Amy Jade]

I'm pretty sure nobody switches ours on, the only name I can find connected to Chester lights is Gary Glitter :laugh:

[Niamh.]

That's cool, silver medalists have done more to earn acclaim than the Gemma Collins type people or XFactor losers.

They're also hilarious, Graham Norton even had them on his show last year :hee:

[Niamh.]

I'm pretty sure nobody switches ours on, the only name I can find connected to Chester lights is Gary Glitter :laugh:

Oh Dear, best forget that year :worry:

[caprimint]

London's are yet to be announced, it says there will be VIP guests and live entertainment though

[Amy Jade]

I always think it'd be much nicer to have a kid turn them on, like a little boy or girl whos not well from a local hospital. Imagine how much it would mean to them to be switching on the lights - Celebs only do it for attention and money

[Niamh.]

I always think it'd be much nicer to have a kid turn them on, like a little boy or girl whos not well from a local hospital. Imagine how much it would mean to them to be switching on the lights - Celebs only do it for attention and money

Yeah that would be much better, kids actually get excited about that kind of thing

[Calderyon]

Probably the mayor etc.

[Crimson Dynamo]

Kevin spacey

:flutter:

[Jessica.]

I don't really think it's a thing in my city in Portugal, but Paw Patrol is doing it in the city I'm from in Ireland. :skull:

[BigSister]

Blackburn its Sam Thomson from MIC and Accrington I don't know yet.

[Black Dagger]

Only bloody Lucy Spraggan and S Club 3 (the racist, the pointless bloke and legend Tina)

[bots]

The electrician