The highlight this year is 1,000 km of LED lights, double the amount of last year. Along the roof tiles are many motifs such as globes, stars, bells.
On the two bell towers, LED lights are added to create the shape of Christmas trees.
On the evening of Dec. 5, in the lobby of the upper floor of a nearby shopping mall, many people showed up an hour early to wait for the moment when the Notre Dame Cathedral lit up.
At 6:45 p.m., bells tolled and lights swept up from the bell tower to the roof as a sea of people using their smartphones recorded the moment.
The lighting system uses LED bulbs that do not emit heat, avoiding the impact on trees and the structure of the building under renovation.
Inside the church grounds, there is a grotto and miniatures recreating the Nativity scenes.
Le Vy arrived nearly an hour early, waiting for the moment the church lights came on.
She said the whole space was bright and magical with thousands of lights.
