22 Vintage Photos Showing How Children Celebrated Christmas in the Early 20th Century

From lighting a real candle on the branch of an indoor Christmas tree, to a well-dressed family singing carols on a stairwell in the home, this lovely collection of nostalgic photos reveal how children from a bygone era celebrated the festive season.

A little girl and her Saint Bernard deliver Christmas, ca. 1910s
An American Christmas, 1900
Babies on Christmas, 1908
The boy and Christmas tree, 1904
Boy and his sister on Christmas Morning, ca. early 1900s
Brothers on Christmas, 1910
Children around a Christmas tree, 1900
Children carrying holly and mistletoe, London, December 1915
Children on Christmas, 1900
Children playing with dolls while their mother lighting the Christmas Tree, 1907
Children with gifts near Christmas tree, 1900
Children with their new dolls on Christmas, 1916
Christmas smiles, 1912
Christmas, 1904
Christmas, 1909
Christmas, 1910
Christmas, Harney County, Oregon, 1900
Kids on Christmas, 1910
Little boy with a Christmas tree, 1900
Little girls with their dolls in sleighs, 1909
The Christmas dolls, ca. early 1900s
The Christmas haul, 1900

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