Christmas Lights in Belfast

On Tuesday Belfast City turned on the Christmas lights!  I met Kev after work and we went in town to see the show.  There was Scooby-Doo, Hollyoaks (a soap show) actor Gerard McCarthy, Olympic medalists Wendy Houvenaghel (I googled her, she is a cyclist) and medal winner Paddy Barnes (boxing), as well as X-Factor finalists Same Difference from last years X-Factor.  It also marked the opening of the Christmas Continental Market which has sprung up on City Hall's front lawn.  The market has food, crafts and all kinds of goodies from everywhere.  There were loads of people downtown for this.  I wasn't a big fan of Same Difference, but the kids that were out seemed to like them. X-Factor is Simon Cowell's brain child here, like our American Idol, Leona Lewis was last years winner.   I don't have any pictures, will get some soon.  But below is a clip I found on YouTube from CityBeat (a radio station here) of the countdown and lights getting turned on.