{"id":19795,"date":"2020-12-01T11:00:10","date_gmt":"2020-12-01T11:00:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/?p=19795"},"modified":"2020-11-30T17:46:02","modified_gmt":"2020-11-30T17:46:02","slug":"the-lovely-christmas-lights-by-tottenham-court-road-fitzrovia-london","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/the-lovely-christmas-lights-by-tottenham-court-road-fitzrovia-london\/","title":{"rendered":"The lovely Christmas lights by Tottenham Court Road, Fitzrovia, London"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/tottenham-court-rd-xmas-lights-01.jpg\" alt=\"The lovely Christmas lights by Tottenham Court Road, London\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Despite a growing cynicism and the sure-fire fact that Christmas 2020 is going to be irredeemably crap for me, I have to admit I liked this little display in Whitfield Gardens, off Tottenham Court Road in Fitzrovia.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/tottenham-court-rd-xmas-lights-06.jpg\" alt=\"The lovely Christmas lights by Tottenham Court Road, London\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Despite its quaint name, Whitfield Gardens is generally quite a bleak place with barely any actual gardens or greenery.<\/p>\n<p>That said, every year sees an eye catching Christmas display going up with little fanfare, so you can enjoy some festive vibes without fear of being jostled or elbowed by a frantic, selfie stick-toting gang of Instagrammers.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s how it looked a couple of nights ago.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/tottenham-court-rd-xmas-lights-03.jpg\" alt=\"The lovely Christmas lights by Tottenham Court Road, London\" \/><\/p>\n<p>In the background you can see that the 1980 Fitzrovia mural has had some much needed restoration.<\/p>\n<p>Find out more about it here: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/the-fitzrovia-mural-whitfield-gardens-off-tottenham-court-road-w1\/\">The Fitzrovia mural, Whitfield Gardens, off Tottenham Court Road, W1.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/tottenham-court-rd-xmas-lights-04.jpg\" alt=\"The lovely Christmas lights by Tottenham Court Road, London\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/tottenham-court-rd-xmas-lights-02.jpg\" alt=\"The lovely Christmas lights by Tottenham Court Road, London\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/tottenham-court-rd-xmas-lights-05.jpg\" alt=\"The lovely Christmas lights by Tottenham Court Road, London\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/tottenham-court-rd-xmas-lights-07.jpg\" alt=\"The lovely Christmas lights by Tottenham Court Road, London\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Despite a growing cynicism and the sure-fire fact that Christmas 2020 is going to be irredeemably crap for me, I have to admit I liked this little display in Whitfield &hellip; 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