Whichever best sums you up, these photos from the archives should help transport you back to Christmas past in Sheffield, with many of the shops and market stalls having long since vanished, and the festive decorations and fashion styles having changed considerably over the years.
Do you remember any of the old stores, toys from generations gone by or faces captured in these images, which have mostly been taken from The Star’s archives and from Picture Sheffield: https://www.picturesheffield.com/.
13. Christmas jumper world record attempt
A jumpathon event takes place at Meadowhall shopping centre in 2014, in an attempt to break the Guinness world record for the number of people wearing Christmas jumpers in the same place Photo: Sarah Washbourn
14. 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. The lady second from the right was Lou Robinson, sister of Nell Robinson who owned and lived at a cafe on Paradise Street Photo: Photo submitted by Mrs Margaret Mitchell
15. Corrie star
The Christmas lights switch-on at Meadowhall shopping centre, Sheffield, in 1994. Coronation Street star Reg Holdsworth is pictured with DJ Steve Colman Photo: Julia Armstrong