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Eight boys and girls from Beckfield secondary school, York, dressed in the traditional costume of the Bluecoat and Greycoat schools
Polar bear with mouth full of ice at Chessington Zoo, surrey Snow icy cold snowy winter wintry weather Animal amimals January 1985 1980s © Mirrorpix
Father Christmas and his reindeer greets Concorde upon its arrival at Rovaniemi In Finnish Lapland December 1993 © Mirrorpix
Child being pulled on sledge by her two pet dogs in the snow Winter fun Little girl in Grenwich Park Sled-ride Dog January 1982 1980s 13/01/1982
Heres Father Christmas with a difference - in triplicatre and without the beards. Instead of arriving by sleigh to climb down the chimney the three Santas are riding high on a 100ft ladder
Laura Thurlow seen here wearing her Christmas Party outfit. 1962 E451-007
Mrs Vera Killick, thirty-one-year old mother of three children (ages 4-8) and wife of Trooper Harry Killick, wartime tank driver and former insurance agent
Pupils from Frederick Bird Junior School, Coventry, singing carols in the Hillfields area in aid of Freedom from Hunger Campaign. 18th December 1962
Two members of the WVS are busy acting as "Mums"Two members of the WVS are busy acting as " Mums" to the men fighting in the Borneo jungle. Valerie Axe, 25, from Hornsey, Yorkshire and Jean Mockett, 32 from Eastbourne, Sussex
Children climbing on large snowman figure at Silcocks Fair at Skelmersdale 17th May 1973
The Royal family attend the Christmas Day service at St Mary Magdalene Church, Sandringham. Prince Edward, Queen Elizabeth II and Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother. 25th December 1996
Twelve year old Yvonne Mather, a descendant of of Grace Darling herself, hands over a parcel to coxswain Tom Dawson of the " Grace Darling" lifeboat at Seahouses on the Northumberland
The Mumbles lifeboat plunges down from the slipway as she leaves to deliver Christmas Cards to various light vessels in the Bristol Channel. 23rd December 1963
The Barry lifeboat speeds away from Barry docks on its annual trip to take Christmas food to the crew of the Trinity House Breaksea Lightship. 23rd December 1969
The Mayor of Barry (Alderman Ewart Morgan) and the Mayoress of Barry (Miss Eileen Morgan), with members of the Barry Branch of the British Sailors Society leave on a lifeboat on a Christmas visit to
The Mayor of Barry (Alderman C. T. Price) and local members of the British Sailors SocietyThe Mayor of Barry (Alderman C.T. Price) and local members of the British Sailors Society paid their annual Christmas visit to the men on board the Breaksea lightship in mid Bristol channel today
The Barry lifeboat RNLB Rachel and Mary Evans on her way back home after failing to land her passengers on the Breaksea lightship for the annual carol service. 23rd December 1966
The Mayor flanked by Pc Colin Horne (left) and Pc Simon Cross dish out some Christmas cheer at the Salvation Army lunch, Cambridge Citadel, Tenison Road, Cambridge, Christmas Day 25th December 1975
Wine and Cheese Evening, The Vicarage, Holmwood, Surrey, Wednesday 23rd December 1970
Carol Singing, Methodist Church, Dorking, those participating include children from the local Girl Guides, Scouts and Brownies, Tuesday 22nd December 1970
Christmas Lunch for residents and staff at hospital, Hydestile, Surrey, Wednesday 23rd December 1970
Christmas lights go up at the parade of shops on Allandale Road, Leicester. 11th December 1964
Christmas airmail being loaded on to a British Flying Boat on its way to British forces in the Middle East during the Second World War. 16th December 1941
Childrens Christmas Party, Alexandra Ward, Royal Surrey County Hospital, Guildford, Monday 28th December 1970
Oldham comics Cannon and Ball rehearse their Christmas show, December 1987. For MEN Media Titles
Wounded servicemen enjoy a Christmas meal and party held for them by nurses, carers and staff at a war hospital in England during the Second World War. 25th December 1945
Distribution of Christmas gifts by the Missions to Seamen organisation to ships on the River Thames during the Second World War
British troops celebrating Christmas in France. Pictured inspecting the turkey before Christmas dinner. 24th December 1939
Father Christmas surprises children sheltering in the tunnels of London Underground, December 1940. Sunday Pictorial Published Picture 22/12/1940
The first closing of the Tobruk-Sidi Rezegh Corridor. - British and New Zealand commanders meet. Story from wikipedia. Operation Crusader (18 November Ð 30 December 1941)
Fusilier F. Walsh of Grosvenor Avenue, London packs a doll which he bought in Brussels, Belgium for his daughter Rita for Christmas. Picture taken in an ex- German barracks on the Western Front
Dress rehearsals of Aladdin at the Palace Theatre, Manchester. " You mean he comes our of here", amazed expressions from Des O Connor (left) and Freddie of the Dreamers. 8th December 1965
Cinderella at the Palace Theatre, Manchester. Cinderellas Guardian Fairy (Eileen Dell) about to transform a pumpkin into a coach so that Cinderella can go to the ball
Principals arrive for script reading and rehearsals of Aladdin at the Palace Theatre, Manchester. Pictured, Des O Connor stands in as pianist as the principals get together during a rehearsal break
British troops stationed in the western Desert, North Africa, design their own Christmas cards to sent back to their loved ones back in Britain and elsewhere over the festive period
The choir boys of All Saints, Choir School, St Marys Oxford, gave a recital of carols and songs to the work people of Morris Works, Cowley, Oxford, during their lunch hour
British troops at a forward position in the Burmese jungle, celebrate Christmas with tinned plum pudding an extra rations of beer and cigarettes
Airman of the 8th Army prays at a church in England. December 1943
Eastcote, Middlesex, Christmas 1943. An anonymous Canadian donated £ 50 to The London Air Raid Distress Fund for children to have a good Christmas. Picture taken 23rd December 1943
Christmas Parcels at St Pancras Train Station in London. Picture taken 19th December 1943
A toast to the King during a Christmas party in the ward room of HMS Westminster, whilst the destroyer was docked at Rosyth. 14 December 1941
A queue of soldiers waiting to buy Christmas presents for home at a Brussels store. December 1944
The Hammond family, from Hartlepool, County Durham, who will be spending Christmas on the dole after father Les Hammond lost his 30-a-week job as a steel worker. December 1962
Christopher Cazenove with Wendy Richard, Jackie Brambles and Peter Jeffrey at BBC Radio photocall - 30/11/1989
DANIELLA WESTBROOK, LENNY HANRY AND ALAN CUMMING AT BBC 1991 CHRISTMAS TV PROMOTION - 05/12/1991
Cilla Black, who is playing Aladdin at the Palladium, tries on her costume for the first time. 16th December 1970
Prime Minister Edward Heath conducting the annual carol concert at Broadstairs, Kent. 20th December 1970
The Hammond family, from Hartlepool, County Durham, who will be spending Christmas on the dole after father Les Hammond lost his £ 30-a-week job as a steel worker. December 1962