Here are some pictures we have dug out from our archive, see how the city has changed when it comes to celebrating Christmas over the years and see what traditions we have kept over the generations.
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1. Festive hunt
The Sheffield Harriers, circa 1900-1905 outside the Stanhope Arms at Dunford Bridge. This pub hosted the hunt’s Christmas and New Year Dinner before their hunting in the Dunford and Thurlstone Moors area over the festive period each year at the beginning of the 20th century Photo: michael hardy
2. Christmas at Walsh's Department Store
Toy Department staff preparing for Christmas at Walsh's Department Store, Sheffield in 1939. The picture was taken just before the Sheffield Blitz which demolished Walsh's. Photo: Julia Armstrong
3. Wartime smiles
World War II - Sheffield Rest Centre - Christmas 1940 Photo: Julia Armstrong
4. Beet St Day Nursery
Beet St Day Nursery 1945 Christmas Party with Father Christmas Photo: Sheffield Newspapers