About 80 residents on Wrenbury Drive in Rochdale are preparing for the street's own Christmas lights switch-on later. Thousands of people each year visit the road to see the illuminations ...

We tend to think of Christmas ... joy of these lights has been co-opted orange at Halloween and red at Valentine’s Day, it all started with Johnson’s miracle on 36th Street.

One city council member cautioned against the city council becoming "Grinches" on the issue of Christmas light displays.