There’s so much tradition to pack into December that it’s no wonder Christmas seems to start before autumn does these days. London has always been crazy for Christmas, though – just check out the gallery below, which shows the city in festive trim from the past.
A children’s Christmas party at the Hoxton Mission, London, 18th November 1933A family look at the sparkling lights on the Christmas tree at St. Paul’s Cathedral, London, 16th November 1938Christmas at night on Regent Street, 1960Christmas atmosphere on Electric Avenue, Brixton, London, 1908Christmas decorations on Electric Avenue, Brixton, 1911Christmas lights on Regent Street, 1955Christmas shopping on Oxford Street, London, 1937Christmas trees in Covent Garden Market, 1952Crowds of Christmas shoppers on Oxford Street, London, December 1936Father Christmas delivering presents to the Children’s Aid and Adoption Society at Leytonstone, 20th November 1931Father Christmas hands out presents to children at the Aid And Adoption Society home at Leytonstone, 1938Father Christmas walks on the streets of wartime London, 23rd December 1940Mod Christmas decorations on London’s Carnaby Street, 1967Sandbags are placed outside the shop window at Selfridges to protect it during the first Christmas of World War II, 1939Santa Claus drives a motorcycle past a bus through Oxford Street, London using the sidecar to hold his toys, 1949Taking the Christmas tree home, Chelsea, London, 1915The Regent Street Christmas lights on evening, London, 1960
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