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Yesteryear Vancouver Christmas Photos

We dived headfirst into the City of Vancouver Archives to find these evocative images of past Christmases in and around the city.

Believed to be from 1905, this photo shows Vancouver's Salvation Army band serenading festive-season locals from the back of a horse-drawn carriage. PHOTO CREDIT: Hannah Knudson, City of Vancouver Archives, reference code AM1376-F14-: CVA 312-34.

A festive tipple or two in 1915, complete with a nicely decorated Christmas tree. PHOTO CREDIT: City of Vancouver Archives, reference code AM1376-: CVA 103-30.

Christmas photo from Angus Avenue, Vancouver in 1935.

A sumptuous 1935 Christmas at 5575 Angus Avenue in Vancouver. PHOTO CREDIT: William Orson Banfield, City of Vancouver Archives, reference code AM427-S4-F5-: CVA 289-005.334.

Christmas window display from the Hudson's Bay store in Vancouver in 1946.

It wasn't just Woodward's that had charming Christmas window displays back in the day. This photo depicts one of the festive windows at the Hudson's Bay Company store in 1946. PHOTO CREDIT: Donn B.A. Williams, Don Coltman, Howard King, Warner Williams, City of Vancouver Archives, reference code AM1545-S3-: CVA 586-10021.

Interior of the Hudson's Bay store in Vancouver, Christmas 1950.

Inspired by the jolly Christmas windows, you might have stepped inside the store to buy a few decorations for your home. This is the Hudson's Bay Christmas aisle in 1950. PHOTO CREDIT: Donn B.A. Williams, Don Coltman, Howard King, Warner Williams, City of Vancouver Archives, reference code AM1545-S3-: CVA 586-8923.

Vintage Christmas dinner in Vancouver, 1956.

A Round Table Christmas luncheon from 1956, although it looks as though the speeches have been going on a little too long for some guests! PHOTO CREDIT: Sherwood Lett and Evelyn Story Lett, City of Vancouver Archives, reference code AM361-S9-: CVA 78-130.

Santa on a firetruck in Vancouver in 1962.

A Vancouver firefighter doubles as Santa Claus to visit children in hospital during the 1962 Christmas season. PHOTO CREDIT: Vancouver Fire and Rescue Services, City of Vancouver Archives, reference code COV-S280-: CVA 354-256.

It's the same year and it may even be the same Santa, as this local firefighter braves a precarious perch to spread some Yuletide cheer around the snowy streets of the city. PHOTO CREDIT: Vancouver Fire and Rescue Services, City of Vancouver Archives, reference code COV-S280-: CVA 354-257.