Although this year is supposed to be the time of cheer – a LOT of people were very unhappy.
While teenagers, families and more came out in their hundreds to watch the lights being tunred on – people were left angry when they were left waiting.
While the lights were scheduled to be turned on at 6pm, but it was 7pm before they see Grafton Street lit up.
People took to Twitter to hit out at the fact they were left waiting, while some families actually left Grafton Street to go and get food and stay warm.
From the photos of the night, the only lights that could be seen were from the Brown Thomas windows as well as hundreds of people using their phones as lights.
Robbed this from @Keywestofficial but it worked a treat!!#DublinAtChristmas pic.twitter.com/eyVWmBvzhU
— Luke – 98FM (@FaolainLuke) November 13, 2016
Absolutely NO need to keep families waiting 1hr on chilly Grafton St in preamble to turning lights on. #turnonthelights #dublinatchristmas
— Simon N. Roche esq. (@simonroche) November 13, 2016
Delighted we gave up on the lights a half hour ago and went for a burrito #TimeBetterSpent #dublinatchristmas @toplaff @PabloPicanteIRL
— Brian Carey (@Br1anCarey) November 13, 2016
Please turn on the lights! It’s too cold to wait any longer #dublinatchristmas
— Mel (@crystallizedcth) November 13, 2016
#dublinatchristmas at Brown Thomas waiting for the lights just 20 more minutes 🙂 pic.twitter.com/IojRYTj2Kl
— Niamh (@sniamhine) November 13, 2016
No lights in #graftonstreet , quite boring. #dublinatchristmas pic.twitter.com/krhkNAex06
— Myriam Kuntze (@NamidaMagazin) November 13, 2016
Feck sake lads just turn on the lights, it’s hard for a bald man to wait so long in the cold ? #DublinatChristmas
— Arron O Neill (@Arrononeill) November 13, 2016
Half an hour late and still no lights. Crowd leaving. Don’t blame them. Will do same in 5 minutes. #DublinAtChristmas @DubCityCouncil
— CJ (@Nhocht) November 13, 2016