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24 Vintage Photos That Capture Christmas Through the Years

Christmas celebration, 1905

Christmas celebration 1905

 

Girl celebrates Christmas in 1955

Girl celebrates Christmas 1955

 

Boys of Ardingly School going home for the Christmas holidays, 1927

Ardingly School Christmas 1927

 

Children celebrate Christmas in an underground bomb shelter, London, 1940

Christmas in bomb shelter 1940

 

Christmas Day dinner at the home of Earl Pauley, Iowa, 1936

Christmas dinner 1936

 

Christmas menu for Canadian troops in England, 1918

Canadian troops Christmas menu 1918

 

After Christmas rush, New York City department store, 1948

After Christmas rush 1948

 

Donated Christmas presents delivered to a home, Detroit, 1932

Donated Christmas gifts Detroit 1932

 

Father Christmas delivers presents during the London Blitz, 1940

Father Christmas London Blitz

 

Christmas tree for German frontlines during World War I

German frontlines Christmas WWI

 

Home for Christmas – alone, Dallas, Texas, 1914

Home for Christmas 1914

 

Marion, Indiana, Christmas 1958

Marion Indiana Christmas 1958

 

Mars selection box from Christmas 1971

Mars selection box 1971

 

Christmas of 1912 at the McCoy home, Knoxville, Tennessee

McCoy family Christmas 1912

 

Kid in his cardboard Mercury spacecraft, Christmas 1962

Mercury spacecraft cardboard costume 1962

 

A child poses with his Nintendo 64 on Christmas, 1996

Nintendo 64 Christmas 1996

 

Polio victim Gwinn Hinkle listens to Christmas carols, 1952

Polio victim Christmas carols 1952

 

Postman delivering Christmas parcels, Chicago, 1929

Postman delivering Christmas parcels 1929

 

The first Rockefeller Center Christmas tree, NYC, 1931

Rockefeller Center Christmas tree 1931

 

Christmas Eve shopping outside Macy’s, 1946

Macy's Christmas Eve shopper 1946

 

Christmas in 1974 — happy to receive a typewriter

Typewriter Christmas 1974

 

Christmas in Washington, DC, 1920

Christmas in Washington DC 1920

 

West Berliners wave to relatives over the Berlin Wall, Christmas Day 1961

West Berlin Christmas 1961

 

Christmas in Wisconsin, circa 1900

Christmas in Wisconsin circa 1900

 

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