limerick christmas lights,,,do you like them or not

daveob007

Is it just me or do others find the new lights bland,, no colours just white everywhere, the old ones were much nicer, where is the big merry Christmas from limerick gone or the big Santa and sleigh that crossed the junction of O'Connell st and William st.

Sittingpretty

daveob007 wrote: »

Is it just me or do others find the new lights bland,, no colours just white everywhere, the old ones were much nicer, where is the big merry Christmas from limerick gone or the big Santa and sleigh that crossed the junction of O'Connell st and William st.

Totally agree. Took my son to see them last week. Very meh.

vkid

daveob007 wrote:

Is it just me or do others find the new lights bland,, no colours just white everywhere, the old ones were much nicer, where is the big merry Christmas from limerick gone or the big Santa and sleigh that crossed the junction of O'Connell st and William st.

They are really poor IMO. Some of them are nor even working and some of the streets just look grim

Caovyn Lineah

I've always loved the ones at the corner of Denmark st and O'Connell St. Other than that, meh.

Sittingpretty

Caovyn Lineah wrote: »

I've always loved the ones at the corner of Denmark st and O'Connell St. Other than that, meh.

Or the overhead ones that go all the way up Michael St are lovely.

Don't know what they were thinking this year. Those blue white lights just look cold and not at all festive as there just aren't enough of them.

Poxyshamrock

The lights have really got the city talking this year. Personally, I think they're too sparse for a city of this size. The half Christmas trees on Bedford Row are gone too; replaced with lights wrapped around the poles.

daveob007

Brown Thomas and Irwin jewellers look brilliant, much better than the street ones

Cookiemunster

When you see them in day light they're basically just the icicle lights people hang from the front of their house. They look what the are, cheap. They old lights were far nicer.

Poxyshamrock

Cookiemunster wrote: »

When you see them in day light they're basically just the icicle lights people hang from the front of their house. They look what the are, cheap. They old lights were far nicer.

I wonder what they do with the old ones? Could they have kept using them and out these new ones on streets that don't have lights such as Henry Street.

RhubarbCrumble

Cookiemunster wrote: »

They look what the are, cheap.

Absolutely. They look really poor, as if there was no effort at all made.

zulutango

They're pretty bad alright.

johnnyryan89

Must say Denmark street looks nice, have only caught a glimpse of them as passing but they looked well.

Treepole

They look great.

Jofspring

Ya very poor lights. Most don't seem to go from one side of the street to the other but are more in the centre above the road. They look a bit lost. The old lights were far superior and really filled the whole of O'Connell street with colour. Only for Brown Thomas and Keanes town wouldn't look festive at all.

timesnewroman

The lights on O'Connell St. would be fine on a street like Catherine St. or Roches St. - they don't work where they are.

I think (and am open to correction) that the traders on Denmark St/Robert St. purchased the lights that are erected on those streets themselves.

iguana

William St looks much better than it did, as it was terribly sparse last year. The icicle lights might just be the type anyone can have on their house but they are better than the nothing that was going across the street last year. O'Connell St, on the other hand, looks horribly bare and not at all festive. Losing the half trees on Bedford Row-Thomas St was a mistake.

mynameis905

The centre does look pretty grim at the moment. I heard that the lights had gone up but the place doesn't look all that different than usual. Also, what's up with the scumbags hanging out around McDonalds and the start of Cruises street? I was in Costa Coffee the other night and the manager had to lock the doors to keep them out. Doesn't do much for the festive cheer of the place.

Red King

That corner is a blight. McDonalds is like a magnet for them

Caovyn Lineah

Sittingpretty wrote: »

Or the overhead ones that go all the way up Michael St are lovely.

Don't know what they were thinking this year. Those blue white lights just look cold and not at all festive as there just aren't enough of them.

That's the street I was thinking of, couldn't remember the name. I've always liked them lights

whatdoicare

I agree, if it wasn't for the beautiful lights on Brown Thomas and Keanes Jewellers you wouldn't notice it was Christmas at all. Very bad job.

thesimpsons

Love to see BTs going back to the fabulous windows they used to do years ago, etc. it would draw in the crowds just to see it.