After coping with the coronavirus pandemic, residents have gone all out to bring some additional festive cheer by decorating their homes with Christmas lights and there are some spectacular displays on show already.

In some areas residents are getting together so they can coordinate their illuminations.

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And while some homeowners are opting to make their homes glow in the dark, others are choosing to create Christmas windows instead.

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Lots of residents have also chosen to create festive displays in their gardens.

It all helps to give passersby and drivers a boost following such a traumatic year.

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In Kidlington, in a bid to spread a bit of festive cheer, people are being encouraged to follow a Christmas trail of brightly decorated houses.

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More than 50 houses will be dressed in lights for the Christmas Lights Trail starting on Saturday. People can walk or drive around spotting the decorations and finding hidden characters.

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A home lit up in Kidlington

A map of participating houses is available for a donation of £1 and all funds raised will go to North Kidlington School.

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The Crafters Emporium and Morgan Optometry are two of the six local businesses sponsoring the event and maps can be bought here too.

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Helen Clarke, an organiser, said: "I felt that for many of us 2020 has been a hard year and knew Christmas would be different so decided to try and get the community together to light up Kidlington and make Christmas a time to 'safely' remind ourselves of what is important."