You will not be alone. Expect a crowd denser than a tin of Quality Street on Christmas Eve. You will smell mulled wine, wet wool, and desperate human hope.
Pro tip: Stake out your spot by 2 PM. Bring a step ladder (check with the police first). Or, better yet, watch it on a giant screen in Trafalgar Square while eating a £12 hot dog.
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The real action happens when the switch fails. The lights flicker. The crowd gasps. A stagehand runs around with a clipboard. It is live theatre.
The Food Vendors Get Creative
You will find a stall selling candy floss wrapped in bacon. Why? Because it’s London, and capitalism has no limits. It will be deliciously wrong.
There is also the famous “Switch-On Sausage Roll”. Some bakery will claim it’s “limited edition with festive cranberry”. It’s just a normal sausage roll with a red sticker.
That doesn’t matter. You’ll buy it. You’ll love it. You’ll queue for twenty minutes to buy a second one.
