coronavirus pandemic. Councils have pulled the plug on events in East Lothian, North and South Lanarkshire, Perth and Kinross, South Ayrshire, Renfrewshire and Highland.
It's not just switch-ons that have been axed. Popular festive events for Scots punters, such as Winter Festival in Perth and the Santa's Grotto in Coatbridge will not get the green light this Christmas.
While Ayr, Paisley and Inverness will still go ahead with adorning their main streets with Christmas lights, official ceremonies to turn them on are off the cards.In Edinburgh, the world famous Christmas market is planned to open, but on a much smaller scale.The same applies to the capital's iconic Hogmanay Street party.
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