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2015년 12월 14일 월요일

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Christmas is said to be a time of love, cheer and human compassion. These photos may be decades-old, but the stories they tell are not much different than the stories of today.

Merry Christmas to all!

British and German troops sharing the unofficial cease-fire during WWI in No Man's Land (1914)
32 Vintage Christmas Photos




 
The first Norwegian Christmas tree in Trafalgar Square, donated to London by the city of Oslo as thanks for England's help during WWII (18 Dec. 1947)
32 Vintage Christmas Photos




 
Using old WWII flamethrowers to clear up snow (December, 1947)
32 Vintage Christmas Photos




 
A poor woman taking a donated Christmas dinner from the Salvation Army (1910)
32 Vintage Christmas Photos




 
Traditionally, people would line up to visit the open day at the White House. The president of the U.S.A. would personally shake the hands of anyone who arrived (1927)
32 Vintage Christmas Photos




 
A young girl leaving a message for Santa Claus in the Brecknock School for Blind Children (1925)
32 Vintage Christmas Photos




 
Rehearsals for the first ever New Year's Eve Time ball drop (1907)
32 Vintage Christmas Photos




 
A young German couple welcoming the new year on top of the Berlin Wall with a kiss (1989)
32 Vintage Christmas Photos




 
Santa riding an elephant (1925)
32 Vintage Christmas Photos




 
John Lennon, Yoko Ono and Mary Hopkins at a Christmas party (1968)
32 Vintage Christmas Photos




 
Bostonians out for Christmas shopping (1930)
32 Vintage Christmas Photos




 
Unemployed New Yorkers celebrating Christmas during the Great Depression (1938)
32 Vintage Christmas Photos




 
Republicans and democrats enjoying a friendly snowball fight (December 14, 1923)
32 Vintage Christmas Photos




 
Father Frost on a rocket during the Soviet occupation of Czechoslovakia (1959)
32 Vintage Christmas Photos




 
Brothers reunite after being separated by the Berlin Wall for 2 years. In 1963, residents of West Berlin were allowed a one-day pass into East Berlin to visit relatives.
32 Vintage Christmas Photos




 
King George V giving the first Christmas Day address to the people of Britain over the radio (1932)
32 Vintage Christmas Photos




 
Queen Elizabeth giving the first televised address (1957)
32 Vintage Christmas Photos




 
President Reagan dressed as Santa, hearing his wife, Nancy's, requests for Christmas (1983)
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President Roosevelt addressing the audience during the White House Christmas Tree Lighting (1941)
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Christmas dinner at an internment camp for Americans of German, Japanese and Italian descent during WWII (1943)
32 Vintage Christmas Photos




 
A British pilot handing out gifts to children in the Netherlands during its liberation. The Germans had stopped providing the locals with food and fuel, causing a famine (1944)
32 Vintage Christmas Photos





American soldiers decorate a Christmas Tree during the Vietnam War (1967)
32 Vintage Christmas Photos




 
English schoolboys going home for Christmas (1926)
32 Vintage Christmas Photos




 
A French soldier dressed as Santa delivering his comrades parcels from home (1939)
32 Vintage Christmas Photos




 
The first Capitol Christmas Tree (1913)
32 Vintage Christmas Photos




 
A young child hugging his father's leg as he holds his wife after returning from the war (1944)
32 Vintage Christmas Photos




 
Children in London, celebrating Christmas in a bomb shelter (1940)
32 Vintage Christmas Photos




 
A couple from West Berlin, waving to their relatives on the other side of the Berlin Wall (1961)
32 Vintage Christmas Photos




 
Injured soldier feeding his buddy Christmas dinner in a Belgian hospital (1944)
32 Vintage Christmas Photos




 
Jewish residents of the Westerbrok concentration camp lighting Hannukah candles in hope of better times (1942)
32 Vintage Christmas Photos




 
The Lincoln Heights "drunk tank", where Police used to keep inebriated people (1952)
32 Vintage Christmas Photos

 
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