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🎭 Oh Yes They Did! Icons of Christmas Panto 🤣

Maureen Kershaw as Aladdin, 1954

Maureen Kershaw dazzles as the principal boy in Aladdin at The Grand Theatre, Wolverhampton (1954-55)

🎅 Classic Santas 🖼️

Santa Leading the People by Eugène Delacroix, 1830

📸 Philadelphia photographer Ed Wheeler reinvents art history with his Santa Classics series, inserting himself as Santa into masterpieces from Botticelli to Monet.

👨‍🍳 Yuletide Yumminess 🎄

🔥 Christmas Pudding! 😋

"In half a minute Mrs. Cratchit entered—flushed, but smiling proudly—with the pudding, like a speckled cannon-ball, so hard and firm, blazing in half of half-a-quartern of ignited brandy, and bedight with Christmas holly stuck into the top."

🎨 Winter Wonderlands 🌨️

Snow at Argenteuil (1875) by Claude Monet

Step into Monet's softly shimmering winter dream. In Snow at Argenteuil, the Impressionist master captures a snow-blanketed Seine boulevard with such delicacy you can almost hear the hush of snowfall.

🎄O Christmas Tree, O Christmas Tree! 🎄

Victorian Mini Marvel: The 139-Year-Old Christmas Tree Still Going Strong

This delightfully dinky 14-inch tree may look modest, but it holds a remarkable claim to fame—it's one of the oldest known artificial Christmas trees in the UK.

👻 Ghosts of Christmases Past 🎄

A Caroling We Go, Leytonstone, 1st December 1934

Tiny voices, woolly hats, and boundless enthusiasm—these little performers from the Homeless Children's Aid Society's Leytonstone branch were caught mid-rehearsal for their Christmas celebration.

👩‍🍳 Yuletide Yumminess, Aussie-Style 🇦🇺

🍒 White Christ-mess! 😋

Who says Christmas desserts need to be fussy? This gloriously chaotic twist on Eton Mess is messy, delicious, and perfect for hot summer Christmas.

🍓 No baking required ☀️ Perfect for hot days 🎉 Tastes like a party

🇬🇧 Christmas Number Ones 🎸

1983: "Only You"

No instruments. No sleigh bells. Just six voices and one haunting love song that stunned the charts.

The Flying Pickets’ a cappella cover of Yazoo’s synth-pop hit “Only You” became one of the most unexpected Christmas Number Ones in UK history.

🖼️ The Art of Christmas 🎄

🕊 “The Annunciation” by Fra Angelico
🎨 c.1438–1445 | Convent of San Marco, Florence

🎁 XOXO: Antique Xmas Cards 📕

A Christmas Warning from the Pudding Uprising

"Done to a turn, ma'am!" — or perhaps just about ready to make a run for it.

💝 Jingle Belles: Naughty & Nice! 💋

Gizele Oliveira for Skims 2024

Somewhere deep in the Arctic of imagination, she emerged—leopard-clad and leggy, dragging a sack of gifts that hum with secrets.

Is she delivering presents or stealing them? All we know is: the dog is in on it! 🐾

🎇 Lighting Christmas 🎇

✨ A celestial Christmas in the capital ✨

Regent Street dazzled in December 1980, drawing festive crowds under a canopy of light.

The spectacular decorations—streaking comets and sparkling stars—turned the iconic shopping street into a glittering night sky.

🎨 The Art of Christmas 🎄

A Merry Christmas by Frank Dadd (late 19th c.)

⛸️ Skates laced, cheeks flushed, and chaos barely contained—this lively Victorian scene by Frank Dadd captures the joyful pandemonium of a seasonal gathering on ice.

🎨 The Art of Christmas 🎄

A Merry Christmas by Frank Dadd (late 19th c.)

⛸️ Skates laced, cheeks flushed, and chaos barely contained—this lively Victorian scene by Frank Dadd captures the joyful pandemonium of a seasonal gathering on ice.

📸 Winter Wonderlands 🌨️

❄️ Snowmageddon! (sort of) 📍Tower Bridge, London – January 2017

A valiant flurry tried to turn London into a winter wonderland. It fell. Briefly. Then melted. Quickly. But not before a few brave flakes made it onto social media, dubbed "Snowmageddon."

🎄 Christmas Covers 📕

Redbook, December 1955

💋 Under the Mistletoe and Under Parental Scrutiny . . . 🎁

Welcome to the 1955 December issue of Redbook—where the gloves are red, the bows are big, and the family drama is festively wrapped.

💝 Jingle Belles: Naughty & Nice! 💋

Nafessa Williams by Jacob Webster for Playboy December 2020 🐰

🎄 O Christmas Tree, O Christmas Tree! 🎄

A magical glimpse into Edwardian Christmas past…

🐾 Pets at Christmas 🎁

The Gift That Growled!

Meet Christmas's most reluctant elf. This bulldog's serving serious side-eye in her festive finest—complete with fluffy trim that says "seasonal cheer" but a face that says "bah humbug."

Her Yuletide motto? Less jingle bells, more dinner bells.

🎨 The Art of Christmas 🎄

Santa Claus by Elizabeth Goodrick-Dillon

🖌️ Elizabeth Goodrick-Dillon was a prolific American artist celebrated for her warm, detailed illustrations of wildlife, festive scenes, and everyday life.

👻 Ghosts of Christmases Past 🎄

Santa's Workshop, Stepney-style!

🧦 A young woman makes her way through 1930s Stepney, London, carrying oversized Christmas stockings destined for children across Britain.

📸 Captured by renowned British photographer William Vanderson

🎨 The Art of Christmas 🎄

A Christmas Carol in Lucerne by Hans Bachmann (1887)

🖌️ Hans Bachmann (1852–1917) was a Swiss painter celebrated for atmospheric alpine landscapes and intimate rural village scenes.

⭐️ Christmas Stars ⭐️

🎁 Apple Christmas Party, 1968 🎅

At 3 Savile Row, John Lennon donned the beard as Father Christmas, with Yoko Ono as Mother Christmas and Mary Hopkins on gift duty. The children’s party was chaotic but charming — John’s deadpan “Ho Ho Ho” met with Yoko’s surreal “He He He.”

👻 Ghosts of Christmases Past 🎄

❄️ New York, Early 1900s

In the biting cold of a snow-covered city, a Salvation Army worker stands collecting donations for their annual Christmas dinner appeal — aiming to provide 25,000 festive meals to the poor.

🎄 Christmas Chic 🏠

A masterclass in festive styling: this space combines foliage in multiple forms and sizes, proving that Christmas greenery works beautifully when layered throughout a room rather than confined to a single centrepiece.

🗞️ The Daily Groan: Christmas Cracker Joke of the Day 🍬

❓ What's Santa's favourite kind of music?

🤣 Wrap! 🤦

⭐️ Christmas Stars ⭐️

💃 Supermodel sparkle meets festive glamour ✨

Claudia Schiffer brings some Yuletide magic to the tree with a twinkle in her eye and baubles to match. A vision of 90s cool with timeless Christmas charm.

👩‍🍳 Yuletide Yumminess 🎄

🍒 Christmas Pavlova Trifle! 😋

🎤 Christmas Karaoke! 🎶

🎅 Santa’s had a few too many eggnogs and one too many spins of Blue Christmas. 💙

Now he’s taken over the karaoke machine, dressed the part, and nobody’s getting the mic back until he’s done his full Elvis tribute set.

Thank you, thank you very much.