Celebrities as turn-ons?<\/p>
Grab yourself a mince pie and a dram of sherry as we tuck into some Christmas light-flicking action.
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Downtown Los Angeles manages to bag Britney Spears to do the honours this year.<\/p>","url":"2008/12/5/Britney-Spears-1208.jpg","width":385,"height":420,"alt":"Britney Spears "},{"captionHeading":"Stars Switch On The Crimbo Lights","caption":"
Kelly Brook does the honours at this year's Bond Street light up.<\/p>","url":"2008/12/4/Kelly-Brook-1108-8.jpg","width":385,"height":540,"alt":"Kelly Brook "},{"captionHeading":"Stars Switch On The Crimbo Lights","caption":"
Emma Bunton gives it her all at the Covent Garden illuminations 2006.<\/p>","url":"2008/12/4/Emma-Bunton-1106.jpg","width":385,"height":540,"alt":"Emma Bunton 11.06"},{"captionHeading":"Stars Switch On The Crimbo Lights","caption":"
Could Myleene Klass be any more excited about flicking the switch on South Molton Street lights in London in 2007?<\/p>","url":"2008/12/4/Myleene-Klass-1107.jpg","width":385,"height":540,"alt":"Myleene Klass 11.07"},{"captionHeading":"Stars Switch On The Crimbo Lights","caption":"
Cat Deeley gets a thrill out of flicking the Bond Street bulbs in 2003.<\/p>","url":"2008/12/4/Cat-Deeley-1203.jpg","width":385,"height":540,"alt":"Cat Deeley 12.03"},{"captionHeading":"Stars Switch On The Crimbo Lights","caption":"
Bless, back in 2001 Charlotte Church flicked the Oxford Street lights on.<\/p>","url":"2008/12/4/Charlotte-Church-1100.jpg","width":385,"height":540,"alt":"Charlotte Church 11.00"},{"captionHeading":"Stars Switch On The Crimbo Lights","caption":"
We're not too sure that Vanessa Paradis is really in the Christmas spirit at the Champs Elysee switch-on in 2007.<\/p>","url":"2008/12/4/Vanessa-Paradis-1107.jpg","width":385,"height":540,"alt":"Vanessa Paradis 11.07"},{"captionHeading":"Stars Switch On The Crimbo Lights","caption":"
Peter Andre and Jordan get in the festive mood as they do the big turn-on along Oxford Street in 2006.<\/p>","url":"2008/12/4/Peter-Andre-and-Jordan-1106.jpg","width":385,"height":540,"alt":"Peter Andre and Jordan 11.06"},{"captionHeading":"Stars Switch On The Crimbo Lights","caption":"
The Sugababes are keen beans to flip the switch on Oxford Street in 2008.<\/p>","url":"2008/11/13/Heidi-Range-Keisha-Buchanan-and-Amelle-Berrabah-1108.jpg","width":385,"height":420,"alt":"Sugababes"},{"captionHeading":"Stars Switch On The Crimbo Lights","caption":"
Wowsers, Denise Van Outen is chuffed to be turning on the bulbs on Marylebone High Street in London in 2003.<\/p>","url":"2008/12/4/Denise-Van-Outen-1103.jpg","width":385,"height":540,"alt":"Denise Van Outen 11.03"},{"captionHeading":"Stars Switch On The Crimbo Lights","caption":"
It looks like Kerry Katona's not only turning on the Crimbo lights in Warrington in 2005...<\/p>","url":"2008/12/4/Kerry-Katona-1105.jpg","width":320,"height":540,"alt":"Kerry Katona 11.05"},{"captionHeading":"Stars Switch On The Crimbo Lights","caption":"
Liz Hurley comes as Mrs Santa to do the deed in Cirencester in 2003.<\/p>","url":"2008/12/4/Liz-Hurley-1103.jpg","width":385,"height":540,"alt":"Liz Hurley 11.03"},{"captionHeading":"Stars Switch On The Crimbo Lights","caption":"
You can see Tara Palmer-Tomkinson's handiwork behind her at the Renaissance Chancery Court Hotel in 2003.<\/p>","url":"2008/12/4/Tara-Palmer-Tomkinson-1103.jpg","width":385,"height":540,"alt":"Tara Palmer-Tomkinson 11.03"},{"captionHeading":"Stars Switch On The Crimbo Lights","caption":"
S Club 7 begin the countdown... five... four... three... two... for the Oxford Street illuminations of 2001.<\/p>","url":"2008/12/4/S-Club-Seven-1101.jpg","width":385,"height":420,"alt":"S Club Seven 11.01"},{"captionHeading":"Stars Switch On The Crimbo Lights","caption":"
Nikki Sanderson lights up the Christmas display at Lakeside Shopping Centre in Essex in 2005.<\/p>","url":"2008/12/4/Nikki-Sanderson-1105.jpg","width":320,"height":540,"alt":"Nikki Sanderson 11.05"},{"captionHeading":"Stars Switch On The Crimbo Lights","caption":"
Richard Fleeshman gets the help of a kidlet to unfold the festive frolics at Lowry Outlet Mall in Salford in 2008.<\/p>","url":"2008/12/4/Richard-Fleeshman-and-Kirsty-1108.jpg","width":385,"height":420,"alt":"Richard Fleeshman and Kirsty 11.08"},{"captionHeading":"Stars Switch On The Crimbo Lights","caption":"
Over on Bond Street in 2007, Sophie Dahl takes on the important job of light-switching.<\/p>","url":"2008/12/4/Sophie-Dahl-1107.jpg","width":320,"height":540,"alt":"Sophie Dahl 11.07"},{"captionHeading":"Stars Switch On The Crimbo Lights","caption":"
Electricity suppliers all over the world must be rubbing their hands in glee, not that Tracey Emin seems to care as she adds to the load at Spitalfields Market in 2004.<\/p>","url":"2008/12/4/Tracy-Emin-1104.jpg","width":385,"height":540,"alt":"Tracy Emin 11.04"},{"captionHeading":"Stars Switch On The Crimbo Lights","caption":"
Joss Stone helps to rack up the bulb bill in Barnstaple in 2007.<\/p>","url":"2008/12/4/Joss-Stone-1107.jpg","width":385,"height":420,"alt":"Joss Stone 11.07"},{"captionHeading":"Stars Switch On The Crimbo Lights","caption":"
Keanu Reeves lights up downtown Los Angeles in 2000 with both the lights and his starryness.<\/p>","url":"2008/12/4/Keanu-Reeves-1100.jpg","width":385,"height":420,"alt":"Keanu Reeves 11.00"},{"captionHeading":"Stars Switch On The Crimbo Lights","caption":"
The 'leccy bill for the street must be sky-high with the number of bulbs lit up on Oxford Street and the All Saints lasses are responsible in 2006.<\/p>","url":"2008/12/4/Melanie-Blatt-Nicole-Appleton-1106.jpg","width":385,"height":420,"alt":"Melanie Blatt, Nicole Appleton 11.06"},{"captionHeading":"Stars Switch On The Crimbo Lights","caption":"
They're good at this... it's Heidi Range, Keisha Buchanan and Amelle Berrabah sharing the task at Birmingham's bonanza in 2007.<\/p>","url":"2008/12/4/Sugababes-1107.jpg","width":385,"height":420,"alt":"Sugababes 11.07"},{"captionHeading":"Stars Switch On The Crimbo Lights","caption":"
Back in 2002 it was Mutya Buena who joined the Sugababes at Regent Street.<\/p>","url":"2008/12/4/Sugababes-1002.jpg","width":385,"height":420,"alt":"Sugababes 10.02"},{"captionHeading":"Stars Switch On The Crimbo Lights","caption":"
Rihanna wraps up to do her bit in 2008 at the Unicef Snowflake Lighting Ceremony in New York - what a mouthful, eh?<\/p>","url":"2008/11/20/Rihanna-1108-7.jpg","width":385,"height":420,"alt":"Rihanna"},{"captionHeading":"Stars Switch On The Crimbo Lights","caption":"
We wonder if Monica Bellucci feels a little crowded as she joins in at the Champs Elysees switch-on in Paris in 2004.<\/p>","url":"2008/12/4/MONICA-BELLUCCI-1104.jpg","width":385,"height":420,"alt":"MONICA BELLUCCI 11.04"},{"captionHeading":"Stars Switch On The Crimbo Lights","caption":"
We're sure George Sampson and Natasha Hamilton pull in the crowds to see the Birchwood Shopping Centre in Cheshire in 2008.<\/p>","url":"2008/12/4/Natasha-Hamilton-and-George-Sampson-1108.jpg","width":385,"height":540,"alt":"Natasha Hamilton and George Sampson 11.08"},{"captionHeading":"Stars Switch On The Crimbo Lights","caption":"
What a busy boy, he then heads off to the Trafford Centre, Manchester that's just plain greedy.<\/p>","url":"2008/12/4/George-Sampson-1008.jpg","width":385,"height":420,"alt":"George Sampson 10.08"},{"captionHeading":"Stars Switch On The Crimbo Lights","caption":"
Martine McCutcheon entertains at the Burlington Arcade in London in 2004.<\/p>","url":"2008/12/4/Martine-McCutcheon-1104.jpg","width":385,"height":540,"alt":"Martine McCutcheon 11.04"},{"captionHeading":"Stars Switch On The Crimbo Lights","caption":"
Natasha Bedingfield doesn't seem to be putting much effort into the Hard Rock Cafe's do in London back in 2007.<\/p>","url":"2008/12/4/Natasha-Bedingfield-1107.jpg","width":320,"height":540,"alt":"Natasha Bedingfield 11.07"},{"captionHeading":"Stars Switch On The Crimbo Lights","caption":"
Gordon Ramsay and his daughter Megan get up in front of the crowds on Bond Street in 2001.<\/p>","url":"2008/12/4/Gordon-Ramsay-and-Megan-1101.jpg","width":385,"height":420,"alt":"Gordon Ramsay and Megan 11.01"},{"captionHeading":"Stars Switch On The Crimbo Lights","caption":"
The Cheeky Girls take switching on the Banbury Christmas lights v seriously indeed in 2008.<\/p>","url":"2008/12/4/Cheeky-Girls-1108.jpg","width":320,"height":540,"alt":"Cheeky Girls 11.08"},{"captionHeading":"Stars Switch On The Crimbo Lights","caption":"
Bryan Adams grabs on tight to the switch on South Molton Street in 2001.<\/p>","url":"2008/12/4/Bryan-Adams-1201.jpg","width":385,"height":540,"alt":"Bryan Adams 12.01"},{"captionHeading":"Stars Switch On The Crimbo Lights","caption":"
\"Get outta my way girly,\" says Kym Marsh back in 2002 at Lakeside Shopping Centre in Essex.<\/p>","url":"2008/12/4/Kym-Marsh-1102.jpg","width":385,"height":540,"alt":"Kym Marsh 11.02"},{"captionHeading":"Stars Switch On The Crimbo Lights","caption":"
Daniel Bedingfield tries to be the first to push Regent Street's bulbs in 2003.<\/p>","url":"2008/12/4/DANIEL-BEDINGFIELD-1103.jpg","width":385,"height":420,"alt":"DANIEL BEDINGFIELD 11.03"},{"captionHeading":"Stars Switch On The Crimbo Lights","caption":"
A far gentler Simon Webbe shares the task with a fan at Millennium Point in Birmingham back in 2006.<\/p>","url":"2008/12/4/Simon-Webbe-1106.jpg","width":385,"height":540,"alt":"Simon Webbe 11.06"},{"captionHeading":"Stars Switch On The Crimbo Lights","caption":"
John Altman, who's heading back to 'Enders as Nasty Nick Cotton on Christmas Day this year, relishes the honour of flipping the switch at Broad Street Mall in 2008.<\/p>","url":"2008/12/4/John-Altman-1108.jpg","width":385,"height":540,"alt":"John Altman 11.08"},{"captionHeading":"Stars Switch On The Crimbo Lights","caption":"
In 2008 Shayne Ward twiddles with his tinsel at the Cheshire Oaks Outlet.<\/p>","url":"2008/12/4/Shayne-Ward-1108.jpg","width":385,"height":540,"alt":"Shayne Ward 11.08"},{"captionHeading":"Stars Switch On The Crimbo Lights","caption":"
Hhhheeeyyy... Henry Winkler, aka the Fonze, gives a gift-wrapped switch a tug at the O2 Arena in 2007.<\/p>","url":"2008/12/4/Henry-Winkler-1107.jpg","width":320,"height":540,"alt":"Henry Winkler 11.07"},{"captionHeading":"Stars Switch On The Crimbo Lights","caption":"
Has Emmanuelle Beart had a shock as she pushes on the knob at the Galleries Lafayette store in Paris in 2006.<\/p>","url":"2008/12/4/Emmanuelle-Beart-1106.jpg","width":385,"height":540,"alt":"Emmanuelle Beart 11.06"},{"captionHeading":"Stars Switch On The Crimbo Lights","caption":"
Banbury owes their lights to Adam Woodyatt in 2007 and doesn't he look happy about it?<\/p>","url":"2008/12/4/Adam-Woodyatt-1107.jpg","width":385,"height":540,"alt":"Adam Woodyatt 11.07"},{"captionHeading":"Stars Switch On The Crimbo Lights","caption":"
In 2008 Marion Cotillard outshines the sparklies on the Champs Elysees.<\/p>","url":"2008/12/4/Marion-Cotillard-1108.jpg","width":385,"height":540,"alt":"Marion Cotillard 11.08"},{"captionHeading":"Stars Switch On The Crimbo Lights","caption":"
Over on Regent Street, Lee Ryan is on button-pressing duties in 2005.<\/p>","url":"2008/12/4/Lee-Ryan-1105.jpg","width":385,"height":540,"alt":"Lee Ryan 11.05"},{"captionHeading":"Stars Switch On The Crimbo Lights","caption":"
Ooohh the expectation - Rob Brydon and Ruth Jones turn on Cardiff twinkles in 2008.<\/p>","url":"2008/12/4/Rob-Brydon-and-Ruth-Jones-1108.jpg","width":385,"height":420,"alt":"Rob Brydon and Ruth Jones 11.08"},{"captionHeading":"Stars Switch On The Crimbo Lights","caption":"
We'd be a little disappointed to be a shopper at Merseyway Shopping Centre in Stockport - their 2008 festive illuminations were flipped by Same Difference.<\/p>","url":"2008/12/4/Same-Difference-1108.jpg","width":385,"height":420,"alt":"Same Difference 11.08"},{"captionHeading":"Stars Switch On The Crimbo Lights","caption":"
Busted do Regent Street in 2004... it seems some are having more fun than others.<\/p>","url":"2008/12/4/Busted-1104.jpg","width":385,"height":540,"alt":"Busted 11.04"},{"captionHeading":"Stars Switch On The Crimbo Lights","caption":"
We love this one... Paul Potts brings in the crowds as he whacks on the fairy lights in 2008 at the Carphone Warehouse where he used to work.<\/p>","url":"2008/12/4/Paul-Potts-1108.jpg","width":385,"height":420,"alt":"Paul Potts 11.08"}];