Light there be magic. Taking a more unusual look from a slightly different perspective at the glorious Christmas Lights.

December eh? For it is a month in which things change, the Winter arrives, the afternoons that lead into the evening and subsequently the night, well they are longer and darker, but hold on? Is that "Christmas" that also arrives on the 25th? It sure is - but despite the afternoons and evenings and nights being darker, there is also light, a magical kind of light that can be found and they are the shining lights of Christmas, and over the past few days, well I have been fortunate to capture some amazing scenes of Christmas Lights, and it was just the other day when I was visiting Giltbrook, and a road within the Giltbrook estate called Brackenfield Drive, well it is a location that always seems to put on a truly glorious light display, all in the aid of Charity, and in the past I have photographed it from the ground, but this year, just the other day I was fortunate enough to capture it from a truly different and unique perspective, and that was from a metaphorical flying tripod in the sky with a camera attached to it, and below are the following photos that I managed to capture. 

"Floating above the Christmas Lights of Suburbia." - (This Photo was shown on ITV Central for The East Midlands, on Tuesday the 2nd of December 2025.)

"A portrait of Giltbrook Christmas Lights, the magical Glow."

And it was just yesterday afternoon on the afternoon of Friday the 5th of December 2025, that another opportunity arose, and that was something that I had in the back of the mind and that was to capture a location that I have always captured from on the ground, and that of course happens to be the fantastic Nuthall Christmas Lights, that this year is sadly their last year. However though on Friday the 5th of December, thankfully a break in the afternoon rain that had lashed down, prior meant that I could again get the metaphorical flying tripod into the sky yet again, and below is what I had managed to capture. 

"The Portrait of Christmas, a Nuthall Kind of Glow."

""Floating above a Nuthall kind of Christmas."

Now of course I must also give a huge shout out to, Wendy, Tony and Family, who for the past 20 or so years have been running and putting on a display of Christmas Lights at Nuthall, which throughout the year has been beautiful to see. Sadly it is the last year that Nuthall Christmas Lights will be on, but please, please make sure you donate to Nuthall Christmas Lights and the amazing charities that they support, to find out more about Nuthall Christmas Lights, then please visit their Facebook Page which can be found here: facebook.com/nuthallchristmaslights14 - and it is just a thought, to the residents of Laurel Crescent and Larkfields, maybe for next year a Christmas Light Display could be done? With more properties lighting up for Christmas and brining a bit of festive cheer. 

And again a big shout out to the people on Brackenfield Drive at Giltbrook - again they are also raising money for charity, and please do make sure to visit their fantastic display of Christmas lights as well.