Xmas Just Can’t Wait Aka Christmas Just Can’t Wait (1962)

Titles read: “LONDON - XMAS JUST CAN’T WAIT“. Various shots of buskers parading about the streets of Bermondsey, collecting money for a Christmas party for old people. They are dressed in funny costumes (some look at bit like pearly kings and queens) and sing ’My Old Man’ while passers-by drop money in their collection boxes. Several shots of film star actress / dancer Leslie Caron switching on the Oxford Street Christmas lights from inside department store Bourne and Hollingsworth. Leslie looks very glamorous and has a fabulous beehive hairdo. Various shots of the lights at night stretching from Marble Arch to St Giles Circus including those outside Selfridges. Look much more tasteful than some of recent times. The Mayor of Westminster is seen with the Regent Street Traders at the switching on of their Christmas lights. Shots of the Regent Street lights. At the Lyceum we see various shots of dancers twisting on the dance floor in the first (and last?) Twist Championship of Great Britain.