{"id":52826,"date":"2025-10-17T12:43:44","date_gmt":"2025-10-17T11:43:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/?p=52826"},"modified":"2025-10-17T12:43:44","modified_gmt":"2025-10-17T11:43:44","slug":"christmas-decorations-are-already-up-on-londons-oxford-street","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/christmas-decorations-are-already-up-on-londons-oxford-street\/","title":{"rendered":"Christmas decorations are already up on London&#8217;s Oxford Street"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"52827\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/christmas-decorations-are-already-up-on-londons-oxford-street\/oxford-st-2025-01\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/oxford-st-2025-01.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"735,508\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;2.8&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;Pixel 9 Pro XL&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1760291788&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;17.906&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;45&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.002&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"oxford-st-2025-01\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/oxford-st-2025-01.jpg\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-52827\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/oxford-st-2025-01.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"735\" height=\"508\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/oxford-st-2025-01.jpg 735w, https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/oxford-st-2025-01-300x207.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/oxford-st-2025-01-135x93.jpg 135w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 735px) 100vw, 735px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>It wouldn&#8217;t be autumn without me moaning about the Oxford Street Christmas decorations going up ridiculously early.<\/p>\n<p>That said, they do look rather lovely at sunset.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"52830\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/christmas-decorations-are-already-up-on-londons-oxford-street\/oxford-st-2025-04\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/oxford-st-2025-04.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"735,553\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;2.8&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;Pixel 9 Pro 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decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"52828\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/christmas-decorations-are-already-up-on-londons-oxford-street\/oxford-st-2025-02\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/oxford-st-2025-02.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"735,416\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;2.8&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;Pixel 9 Pro XL&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1760291798&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;17.906&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;47&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.001009&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"oxford-st-2025-02\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/oxford-st-2025-02.jpg\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-52828\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/oxford-st-2025-02.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"735\" height=\"416\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/oxford-st-2025-02.jpg 735w, https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/oxford-st-2025-02-300x170.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 735px) 100vw, 735px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"52829\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/christmas-decorations-are-already-up-on-londons-oxford-street\/oxford-st-2025-03\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/oxford-st-2025-03.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"735,490\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;2.8&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;Pixel 9 Pro 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