RESIDENTS across Bolton have been decorating their homes with festive lights in time for Christmas.

Thousands of pounds and hundreds of man-hours have been spent putting up an array of dazzling lights which have been thrilling chiildren and passers-by.

Among them is Sean Holden, of Firwood Lane, Tonge Moor, who spent the day in the freezing cold and with snow on the ground enxuring his home was suitably lit up.

The Bolton News visited him on that day to capture the day on film.

And, as our video shows, it seemed to have an effect on some other areas of Bolton...