First of Dublin's Christmas lights already going up as preparations get underway for festive season

The first of Dublin's Christmas lights have started to go up in the city as preparations get underway for the festive season.

While many may still feel it's too early with Halloween to be dealt with before Christmas comes to town, some will be more than happy to get the cheer underway.

Although the lights are going up, they won't be switched on until mid-November.

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This year 25 streets will have energy efficient spectacular lighting.

DublinTown has been responsible for decorating the city in stunning Christmas lights for the busiest shopping and socialising period for more than 13 years.

Many see the lights as bringing a sense of joy to the city and adding to the buzz and excitement that comes with Christmas.

Christmas lights Dublin (gettyimages.ie)

The lights attract thousands of people who take selfies beneath the iconic displays and are by far the biggest task that DublinTown undertakes for its business members and the people of Dublin.

It takes 30 people working through the night, over four weeks and over 200 hours to completely erect all the lights.

Every single bulb and fixture is tested by DublinTown's lighting contractors in advance.

In line with previous years, there will be no public event this year, but the lights will be officially switched on in November and light up the city each day until early January.

In the time that DublinTown has been responsible for the Christmas lights, the organisation has grown the number of streets that are decorated and supplied them with safe and sustainable electrical infrastructure.

All the lighting used in the DublinTown's Christmas lights are low energy LED lighting, which are regulated by time clocks, so the time the lights are illuminated on each street is controlled.

For example, the Christmas lights display on Grafton Street use just one-third of the electricity used by just one home electric shower.

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