Christmas lights inaugurated on the Champs-Elysees in Paris

Video. Watch: Christmas lights wow spectators on the Champs-Elysees in Paris

Paris kicks off the holiday season with a colourful lights ceremony on the Champs-Élysées.

Paris kicks off the holiday season with a colourful lights ceremony on the Champs-Élysées.

Paris' mayor Anne Hidalgo and actor Gilles Lellouche inaugurated the Christmas lights on the world-famous boulevard the Champs-Élysées on Sunday where hundreds of people gathered for the occasion.