---
title: "Viral photo of Christmas lights resembling male genitals purportedly in Orchard Road is fake news "
url: "/singapore-seen/viral-photo-of-christmas-lights-resembling-male-genitals-purportedly-in-orchard-road"
published: "2023-11-24T03:33:39.000Z"
updated: "2023-11-24T03:33:39.000Z"
section: "Singapore Seen"
authors: ["Ong Su Mann"]
tags: ["Christmas decorations","Orchard Road","fake news","Stomp fights fake news"]
---

# Viral photo of Christmas lights resembling male genitals purportedly in Orchard Road is fake news 

*They were meant to represent a candle and holly berries with leaves but ended up looking like something else. *

They were meant to represent a candle and holly berries with leaves but ended up looking like something else.

A photo of Christmas lights resembling male genitals circulating online recently was not taken at Orchard Road as it is purported to be.

![](https://cassette.sphdigital.com.sg/image/stomp/cbde61ce27aa0a1f85ddb31be0d77f10d064cdb4bfeff4f43267359199e95c2d)

The earliest appearance of the photo found on Reddit, posted in 2015 with the caption: "So my city just got decorated with Christmas d***s."

It is believed but unconfirmed that the photo was taken in Greece.

The photo shows the phallic Christmas lights hanging on a row of street lamps above people wearing cold-weather clothing in a location that is decidedly not Singapore.

![](https://cassette.sphdigital.com.sg/image/stomp/8d2491e599f334ebed4668fadc8f9a868f735364465cd93b61f30730769d6b50)

A heavily cropped version of the photo was claimed to be taken at Orchard Road and many seemed to believe it.

One netizen commented albeit jokingly: "Must be Naughty Girl night club from Orchard Towers sponsored this decoration for this Christmas season party."

Below is what the Orchard Road Christmas lights actually look like this year.

![](https://cassette.sphdigital.com.sg/image/stomp/b078efb722be03f3b318b790767c30321133c691ef60519e2dcae78f897de3a1)

There is another photo of the same penis lights along a dark road, which appeared online in 2014.

![](https://cassette.sphdigital.com.sg/image/stomp/2a764d14903b21257919bdd8326d0d6191945d8e039f93b2346ed0300e635ccb)