Strictly Come Dancing star Craig Revel Horwood switches on Stamford's Christmas lights

The Stamford local pushed the plunger in Red Lion Square to illuminate the town for the festive season

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00:00and welcome to the christmas light switch on for 2024 and just a brief note after the lights have

00:07switched on we have got a number of school choirs here so please do stay to listen to them but it

00:12gives me a great privilege and honor to introduce somebody far more fabulous than me to switch on

00:17the lights which is Craig Revel Horwood. Hello welcome everybody to this gorgeous gorgeous city

00:27we love it don't we yes because i've just moved here well three years ago darling and i absolutely

00:33adore it i'm very excited about plunging this baby so out of darkness is into glamour

00:43oh yes so how are y'all feeling fabulous come on what are we feeling

00:50five

00:53we're going to do a countdown aren't we Callum thank you for reminding me about that email i

00:58got this morning okay let's set up for the photograph okay we're going to do a gorgeous

01:05countdown from 10 and i'm hoping that everyone here in stanford is going to join us oh yes

01:14are we ready 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 yay

01:29oh look some of them lit up someone's pulled out

01:37oh yeah it was me it was me it was me we didn't push it down enough

01:44ah congratulations that is beautiful Callum