From packed department stores and brightly lit shopping centres, to the angelic faces of children in school nativity plays and a very special flight to the ‘North Pole’, the festive spirit has sparkled through the decades. Here are some of the pictures which have made the memories.
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The full cast of St Teresas Junior and Infants School in Cleveleys, annual Christmas concert in 1975
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An undated scene from a Rossall School Nativity
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Vernon Dunn, of Seaton Crescent with his outdoor Christmas lights display in 1995
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Mandy Simpson and Jason Seddon, both age five, made a visit to Father Christmas grotto at Northfold Infant School, 1976. Santa hadnt arrived but two fairies, Lucy Boyle (left) and Beth Richardson, were on hand to take Christmas present requests.
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Burn Naze Infant School Christmas concert, 1974