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Christmas Feasting in the 14th centuryArtists impression of a banquet of the 14th century. The tables were narrow and movable, consisting of boards resting on trestles
The Pudding in Danger, Christmas WW1A sailor on board a Royal Navy battleship keeps his balance on deck during a storm in order to preserve a fine Christmas pudding which has been sent from home. Date: 1916
Christmas Leave by A. C. Michael, WW1Scene on the platform of a British railway station as a troop train arrives bringing with it officers and men back from the Front for a period of leave over Christmas. Date: 1916
Drawing Lots for Christmas Leave, WW1Illustration by Samuel Begg in the Illustrated London News Christmas Number for 1916 showing British soldiers on the Western Front drawing lots out of a steel helmet to decide who gets Christmas
Daddys Christmas Dinner by Samuel Begg, WW1Illustration for the ILN 1916 Christmas number showing a mother and her children packing a special parcel to be sent to her husband at the front
Christmas Day with the Fleet, sailors enjoy Xmas dinner, WW1Sailors as guests of Lady Beatty (wife of Admiral Beatty) enjoying a Christmas dinner " somewhere in Scotland." The wives of officers of the Grand Fleet helped to make the dinner a success
Christmas Day at the Aldwych YMCA Rest Hut, WW1Soldiers and sailors enjoying some lively entertainment at the busy Aldwych Rest Hut, Christmas 1916. Gifts of pipes, tobacco
Christmas Festivities in the Shakspere Hut, WW1A busy scene of festive jollity at the Shakspere Hut, one of numerous YMCA huts erected around London during the First World War to provide rest, food
Dragon Dance, Chinatown, San Francisco, California, USADragon Dance in Chinatown, San Francisco, California, USA Date: circa 1940
Medaeval Christmas revelry. Be Merrie All, Be Merrie All, With Holly Deck the Festive Hall? Date: circa 1905
Decking the halls: Christmas decorations, 1871Women decorate the interior of a house at Christmas with festive greenery. A stags head is being festooned with garlands, whilst a ball of mistletoe hangs from the light. Date: 1871
Loranthaceae - MistletoeLoranthaceae: the mistletoe tribe. Source: Illustrations of the natural orders of plants with groups and descriptions by Twining, Elizabeth, 1805-1889
Christmas Dinner in the trenches by Charles Crombie" God Rest You, Merry Gentlemen, may nothing you dismay" - a festive view of a British trench on the Western Front with soldiers, rather implausibly
Home Gardening magazine, December 1931Front cover of Home Gardening magazine featuring a quaint country cottage and its surrounding garden covered in snow, together with a calendar for the year 1932. Date: 1931
British Tommy on leave returns home to his familyFrom a Somme dugout to the Home Fireside A British Tommy on leave returns home to his family - just in time for Christmas Dinner. Date: 1916
Father Christmas in silhouetteSilhouette illustration of Father Christmas in his sleigh pulled by reindeer, setting off laden with Christmas trees and gifts for good boys and girls. Date: 1902
Queen Alexandras Christmas tree at SandringhamThe impressive Christmas tree at the royal residence of Sandringham, Norfolk. c.1905
Christmas - Decorations being sold in MoscowThe interior of a 1928 Moscow shop laden with outlandish Christmas decorations available for purchase. Date: 1928
Delineator cover December 1926Front cover of the Delineator magazine, featuring a smart and stylish 1920s lady weighed down with a number of exciting Christmas parcels, as well as a generous bunch of mistletoe - just in case
Christmas decorationsA small child, looking angelic in a white nightdress looks amazed at the Christmas baubles, candles and decorations he has just discovered. December 1927
Christmas Mistletoe being pulled along atop a wooden frameDelightful Chromolithograph Christmas greetings postcard by Ellen H. Clapsaddle depicting a large bunch of Christmas mistletoe, tied up with a red ribbon, being pulled along atop a wooden frame sled
Christmas Yule Log being pulled along atop a wooden frameDelightful Chromolithograph Christmas greetings postcard by Ellen H. Clapsaddle depicting a large Christmas Yue Log, tied up with a red ribbon, being pulled along atop a wooden frame sled
Mother and daughter our walking in the snow, surrounded by robins who hope they might feed them. Date: c. 1910
Christmas processionWoman wearing conical hat and beautiful blue dress with holly and berry details, marches along with a candle, followed by a boy carrying an exceedingly large candle. Date: c. 1925
Christmas silhouetteSilhouette of fashionable woman carrying a present and miniature Christmas tree. c. 1925
Beautiful woman carrying holly through the snowA woman dressed in a festive red dress with white fur trim, walks through the snow carrying holly. c. 1925
Girl playing with her pet cats at Christmas c.1910
Beautifully decorated Christmas treeA beautifully decorated Christmas tree, hung with brightly coloured baubles and red candles. c.1910
Elegant mother and young daughter in the snowA mother and daughter hold hands as they walk through the heavy snow, feeding the birds as they go. c.1920
Carol singers in the snowA group of children, wrapped up warmly in hats, scarves and mittens, sing carols as the snow falls around them. c.1920
Woman lighting candles on a Christmas treeBeautiful magazine cover showing an elegant lady in yellow dress and long flowing shawl, lighting candles on a Christmas tree. 1926
Preparing a giant plum pudding at Marylebone Workhouse, LondMembers of The United Cooks Society preparing a monster plum pudding for during the festive season at Marylebone Workhouse for the Lancashire operatives
Personalised family Christmas card, c. 1900Brilliant Christmas card from the late Victorian/early Edwardian era, showing a Christmas cracker being pulled to reveal the four faces of a family who send their greetings from Craig-Gowan
The Sketch Christmas Number front cover 1940Stylised graphic cover of The Sketch magazine, for the Christmas number 1940 featuring a bejewelled hand holding some mistletoe against a backdrop of holly. Date: 1940
Christmas. Children pulling a sledChildren in festive mood playing in the snow. Front cover of Merry Days Play Book. Artist: Millicent Sowerby Date: circa 1920
Art deco illustration by Fish, 1916Art deco illustration by Fish for the joyous festive season, 1916 Date: 1916
The Graphic Christmas Number 1924 front coverFront cover of The Graphic, Christmas Number 1924 featuring a gleeful cherub riding a concerned looking turkey, who has the added humiliation of a Christmas cracker hanging around his neck. Date: 1924
Decorative Christmas frieze - Christmas minstrelsA simple but dramatic Christmas scene featuring three musicians standing outside a house in the snow playing their instruments. c.1925
Decorative Christmas frieze - coach and horsesSimple but dramatic Christmas scene featuring a silhouette of a coach and horses, with postillion in full flow, dashing through a snowy landscape. c. 1925
The Graphic Christmas Number front cover, 1927Front cover of The Graphic Christmas Number for 1927 entitled A Crinoline Christmas. A lady in a voluminous yellow crinoline dress stands precariously on a chair to place candles on the bough of a
Decorative Christmas frieze - Santas helpersTwo mischievous looking elves dressed in Father Christmas hooded red suits, creep through the snow carrying sacks, presumably bulging with presents for good boys and girls. 1920s
Decorative Christmas frieze - ice skatingA decorative frieze illustrated with skaters enjoying a glide on a frozen lake. 1920s
Christmas Eve by Charles PearsFestive scene showing a village, with its illuminated church in the foreground, covered by a blanket of snow in the fading light. 1930
Christmas Eve on the Airway by Norman KeeneJolly festive illustration by Norman Keene showing an aviator in an aeroplane greeting Father Christmas and his sleigh mid-air. Date: 1930
Decorative Christmas frieze - Father Christmas and snowy sceColourful decorative Christmas frieze with a number of festive motifs including Santa Claus, toys and presents and a snowy scene with church. 1920s
Decorative Christmas frieze - children playing in snowThree children enjoy playing in the snow, sliding on ice and building a snowman. 1920s
The Sketch front cover, Christmas Presents Number 1934Front cover of The Sketch magazine, Christmas Presents Number 1934 showing a woman in 17th century costume walking through the snow with some Christmas presents or parcels in her arms
The Sketch Christmas Number 1934 front coverStunning front cover design for The Sketch 1934 Christmas Number featuring a dancer in a slightly revealing fur trimmed costume kicking her leg high against a colourful harlequin diamond background