Father Christmas arriving at the Arding and Hobbs store in Clapham Junction, London, 2nd November 1926. (Photo by H. F. Davis/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Stable companions at Endell Street in London appear in “Song of the Drum” at Drury Lane Theatre, 30th December 1930. (Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images)

Selfridges Department Store, Oxford Street, London, lit up by christmas decorations, 6th December 1935. (Photo by David Savill/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

The Christmas tree in St Paul's Cathedral, London, which was brought from the royal estates at Windsor, 19th December 1950. (Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images)

Sandbags protect a shop window at Selfridges in London, during the first Christmas of World War II, 16th December 1939. (Photo by Hudson/Topical Press Agency/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Christmas turkeys, hanging outside a poulterers in Watling Street, London, December 1923. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Students of King's College singing Christmas carols outside the Old Curiosity Shop, as immortalised by Charles Dickens, in Portsmouth Street, London, 12th December 1956. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Two policemen regard London's 64ft Christmas tree, a gift from Norway, illuminated in Trafalgar Square, in front of the National Gallery, 1st December 1948. (Photo by Warburton/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Turkeys being auctioned at Smithfield market in London for Christmas trade, 21st December 1968. (Photo by Miller/Keystone/Getty Images)

Christmas decorations in Regent Street, London, consisting mainly of snow crystal stars made of aluminium to give the effect of a snowstorm, 30th November 1955. (Photo by Keystone/Getty Images)