Lights turned on for Brisbane's Christmas celebrations

By Lucy Smith
Updated November 29 2014 - 9:08am, first published 1:00am
Christmas comes to Brisbane with the lighting of the solar-powered tree with 16,000 lights. Thousands turned out for the celebration. Photo: Robert Shakespeare
Christmas comes to Brisbane with the lighting of the solar-powered tree with 16,000 lights. Thousands turned out for the celebration. Photo: Robert Shakespeare

After a stormy Thursday night brought dozens of trees down, one special tree came alight last night to brighten the mood and usher in the festive season.