Christmas in London

London is pretty magical at Christmas.

As I've been told many times, it was Charles Dickens that defined our modern perceptions of what is a traditional British Christmas.









His tale, "A Christmas Carole", set the standard in regards to serving Christmas Goose, and Christmas Pudding, and cold snowy Christmas Nights singing carols around a fire.



In modern London, it is the street faires and the twinkling "fairy" lights that illuminate the streets and the faces of families.

The idealized notions of John Lennon also pervade the nation as one of its most favored sons.

There is a dark side to the British and their view of Christmas however as the tv talent show, "X-Factor" has presented the song that has gone on to be the #1 Christmas song each year for the past few years.





In response to this new "tradition", the people running Facebook in London started a campaign to have the #1 Christmas song be "Killing in the Name of" by Rage against the Machine.








And it was. . .