26 December 1908
The infinite wonder of Christmas in London - pigeons on the pavement in Fleet Street and the breaking loose of an Alexandra Palace elephant.
26 December 1911
The Serpentine’s hardened swimmers – Christmas after Christmas hardy men appear on the Hyde Park banks, plunge in and swim their hundred yards.
26 December 1916
Country diary: perky Robin brings a touch of home to the trenches.
4 December 1922
Making your own distinctive gifts for Christmas: ideas for making beautiful gifts out of leftover or old linen.
19 December 1924
Waxed fruit and side whiskers for an old-fashioned evening – bored of Buster Keaton and dancing to jazz records, these 1920s hipsters were ahead of their time with a return to their vintage childhood.
27 November 1931
Singing in the rain: Christmas carol-singing – there is nothing like a good wet night for softening the heart of the giver.
20 December 1947
Mistletoe shortage drives price higher – in previous years the pretty parasite has been so plentiful it has had to be destroyed.
23 December 1944
Editorial: with the sixth Christmas of the war surely being the last, our aim should not be merely peace but the reconstruction of Western civilisation.
22 December 1952
The Christmas scrum: last minute shopping in Manchester – a glorying in crowding, trampling and elbowing as part of a seasonal ritual still persists.
21 December 2011
Ghosts of Christmas past: festive adverts in the Guardian – in pictures.
14 December 2012
Science and Christmas: festive science was all the rage in Victorian England, with science-themed pantomimes, scientific gifts and ‘recreations’.
8 December 2016
When Greg Lake wrote to the Guardian about ‘I Believe in Father Christmas’: in 2005 the singer replied to a reader query about royalties.
8 December 2018
A Christmas Carol: the story for all seasons.
