Christmas lights Melbourne and City Celebrations

If you are looking for Christmas lights Melbourne won’t display a lot of them, we are saving energy.

At Santa’s Post Box Children can post their Christmas wish list to the North Pole. All major city streets are covered with stars.

There are Melbourne choir performances at Federation Square and a giant advent calendar counting down the days to Christmas. Each day a window opens with a visually stunning performance combining projected animation, multimedia shows and live aerial acts.


Then there is the tradition of the Myer Christmas Windows , which began in 1956, the year of the Melbourne Olympics. Each year they tell another story: one time a Fairy Tale, another a story of a famous Children’s book or a theme from Ballet or opera – each with original puppetry and decorations.
These window displays are popular and some times of the day you have to queue up to see them – but well worth the wait. They are launched every year with a spectacular Christmas parade through the city.


Christmas decorations also extend into the Docklands, with a nautical-themed Christmas tree made from red and green buoys. There is weekend entertainment throughout December and a Waterfront Twilight market every second Friday night. (Nov 23, Dec 7 & 21)

Then there are distinctive Spanish-designed Christmas lights in Hardware Lane, similar to those found in Barcelona and some South and Central American cities.

Italian Christmas comes to life in Carlton’s Lygon Street on January 6. La Befana, the legendary good witch beloved by Italian children will be flying in for a day of children’s activities and a performance of the La Befana family play at 6.00pm.

In the suburbs many homes used to be decorated with an abundance of Christmas lights Melbourne was famous for, especially in the ethnic areas. They are still there but are suffering now with growing environmental awareness.


Around Christmas Melbourne can be bursting with shoppers. If you want to escape the Christmas stress, have a look at the Christmas windows early one morning and then head off to any of the Melbourne markets that specialize in art and original Christmas crafts and toys – they are more relaxed and you are bound to find something special there.

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