Collection of Christmas Lights From My Travels and Home

I really like Christmas time. Here, we head into our summer holidays where we are forced to not work (for once!), Christmas lights adorn the city centre and shopping centres and I look forward to lunches complete with fresh prawns, cold ham and summer fruits. I think I’m drawn to all the lights, it’s a shame we don’t do that normally in winter here.

I’d much prefer a winter Christmas, but it seems I’m in the wrong hemisphere. So instead, I’ve picked out some photos from Christmas travel’s past and have also shared what Christmas is looking like in Sydney this year.

Happiness can be found, even in the darkest of times, if one only remembers to turn on the light- Dumbledore

Christmas markets in Basel
Christmas markets in Paris
Street in Lund, Sweden
Market Square in Wroclaw, Poland
Christmas Markets outside Cologne Catherdral, Germany

Christmas in Sydney 2020

Last jacarandas at the Sydney Town Hall. Spot the Christmas tree!
Lights up in Pitt St Mall
Stars ontop of the tram poles
The 3 storey tree in the Queen Victoria Building

What is Christmas looking like in your part of the world? If you’ve written a post already or are inspired to post one, please link me in the comments below. I’d love to armchair travel this December.

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15 responses to “Collection of Christmas Lights From My Travels and Home”

  1. Forestwood Avatar

    Gorgeous to see Wroclaw in its Xmas garb.

  2. ThingsHelenLoves Avatar
    ThingsHelenLoves

    Lovely images, have to say it took me a beat to spot the Christmas tree. Those beautiful blooms capture the eye.

  3. octaviahelena Avatar

    This brought back memories of a Christmas in Sydney a few years ago, so different to the European ones. I love the jacaranda trees and the Christmas tree in the Queen Victoria building. I wrote a blog on last Christmas in Europe a little while ago: https://wattleandmimosa.wordpress.com/2020/07/06/christmas-in-europe/

    1. Lingo in Transit Avatar

      Thank you for sharing!

  4. Len Kagami Avatar

    The Christmas tree in Cologne looks magnificent! Here in South East Asia, we also don’t have white Christmas. But that doesn’t stop us from celebrating this festival. Lots of decorations and events for this season 🙂

    1. Lingo in Transit Avatar

      Hope you get some good pics Len! Would love to see what’s happening in that part of the world this month.

  5. Juliette Avatar

    I love Christmas for all the light and festive atmosphere – a few years ago I spent it in Brazil (on the beach!!) and it definitely didn’t have the same vibe, but I loved it nonetheless! Your pictures bring back so many nice memories! 😊

    1. Lingo in Transit Avatar

      Oh how different it must have been! I guess we’re all so use to our own seasonal Christmas’s. Thank you!

  6. Maria Holm Avatar

    Beautiful collection of Christmas decoration pictures from many places

  7. PurplePumpernickel Avatar

    Ah, lovely. Out little family also prefer the cold for this season. We would have been in London if not for …. But never mind, we will enjoy what we can. Here’s a peek at what the streets are looking like for us in Singapore:

    running in the season

    happy place, happy space: Christmas Trees

  8. Swankie Avatar

    Visited Wroclaw 5 years ago, beautiful place!

    1. Lingo in Transit Avatar

      It is! I think I was also there around 5 years ago- how time flies.

      1. Swankie Avatar

        Flies a bit too fast, even in 2020 haha!

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