The Christmas lights from Kirton in Lindsey, North Lincolnshire are to be sold as the town council can no longer afford the cost of displaying them.
The decision, a result of a new code of conduct brought in by North Lincolnshire Council, has angered many residents seeing it as further interference and red tape from higher authorities.
The town council came to the decision as the cost of checking the lights and their fixings to comply with public liability insurance had sky rocketed to over £10,000.
It was seen as too much of an expense when the money could be used for other local community projects.
It is not the first council to abandon its Christmas cheer due to spiralling public liability costs, such as Barton-Upon-Humber last year due to a bill running into the thousands.
Many organisations are finding that their public liability costs have soared in recent years, due to an increase in health and safety legislation and some high profile costly liability claims.
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