Each year, Carnaby Street in London hangs new Christmas lights with last year's popular piece being a tribute to musician Queen's "Bohemian Rhapsody" song and a display of props used in the film that came out last year. Carnaby's lights are the only lights in London that change each year, although Seven Dials seem to be changing their lights every year now for the past three or four years, but these are not nearly on the same scale as Carnaby Street. This year, Carnaby Street has gone with an environmental theme: One Ocean, One Planet. This theme, dubbed Project Zero, is about protecting the planet's oceans.
Over 1,500 plastic bottles and old fishing nets have been used in this year's Christmas lights in Carnaby Street. The seascape features a sea turtle, dolphin, whale, seahorses, coral, starfish, a shoal of fish, seaweed, and much more.
In addition to keeping with the sea theme, many illuminated jellyfish have been hung on the side streets around Carnaby Street.
Ganton Street's giant plug artwork has its own sea creature, albiet a fictional one.
Also, the lightbulb art is still hanging proud down by Kingley Court. This isn't a Christmas installation, however. These lights are displayed all year.
To see previous Carnaby Street Christmas lights in my blog, see the below posts:
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