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On the evening of Tuesday, November 12 hundreds of Newcastle residents took Grey Street and Grey's Monument to celebrate the start of the festive season on Tyneside.

After children's entertainment and appearances from Joe McElderry, Santa Claus and the Lord Mayor of Newcastle Rob Higgins the lights were turned on just after 7pm, signalling the start of Christmas.
Transcript
00:00Get in guys, get in, everybody.
00:02Programme.
00:03Right, right, right.
00:04Don't judge, don't judge.
00:05Show them how we're ignoring this.
00:07Okay, are you ready, Newcastle?
00:09You're going to help us switch on the lights tonight.
00:11Christmas 2024 in
00:1310,
00:149,
00:158,
00:167,
00:176,
00:185,
00:194,
00:203,
00:212,
00:221.
00:24It's Christmas!
00:31It's Christmas!
00:36It's Christmas!

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