Christmas time has a way of making us feel nostalgic, whether we are missing lost loved ones or picturing old Christmas decorations. And, while Christmas remains magical year after year, there is something comforting about look back at old pictures and remembering how it used to be.
We have put together a collection of wonderful images of Liverpool at Christmas, featuring twinkling lights, festive shows and, of course, snow.
From wartime festivities to Liverpool ONE's controversial love heart tree, here are 37 fantastic photographs, showing Christmas celebrations around Merseyside over the years.
5. A look back at Christmas in Liverpool
Nurses and a patients at the Liverpool Stanley Hospital at Christmas, 1937. A nurse next to the enormous Christmas tree is holding up a toy dog, probably to get the childrens’ attention for the photo - a tactic that has often been deployed for festive family photographs over the years! | Image: National Museums Liverpool Photo: National Museums Liverpool
6. A look back at Christmas in Liverpool
Christmas lunch for gunners of 289th Battery, 93rd Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery, at New Ferry in 1940. | Mr Taylor, War Office official photographer, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons Photo: Mr Taylor, War Office official photographer, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
7. A look back at Christmas in Liverpool
Two sailors carrying the Christmas tree and holly for Christmas festivities at Gladstone Dock, Liverpool. | (Image: Royal Navy official photographer, Tomlin, H W) Photo: Royal Navy official photographer, Tomlin, H W
8. A look back at Christmas in Liverpool
Cinderella’s carriage drawn by six white horses at Blackler’s toy fair at Fleet Street Warehouse, Christmas 1949. | National Museums Liverpool Photo: National Museums Liverpool