Photos: London during Christmas - then & now

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Photos: London during Christmas - then & now

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

LONDON, ENGLAND - DECEMBER 15: Shoppers walk past Debenhams in Clapham Junction on December 15, 2014 in London, England. Christmas is an annual religious feast day originally set on December 25 to celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ and is a cultural festival and public holiday celebrated by billions of people around the world. (Photo by Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images)

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

LONDON, ENGLAND - DECEMBER 9: Text on the pavement marks where to load on Endell Street near Covent Garden on December 9, 2014 in London, England. Christmas is an annual religious feast day originally set on December 25 to celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ and is a cultural festival and public holiday celebrated by billions of people around the world. (Photo by Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images)

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

LONDON, ENGLAND - DECEMBER 16: Selfridges department store is lit up for the Festive season on December 16, 2014 in London, England. Christmas is an annual religious feast day originally set on December 25 to celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ and is a cultural festival and public holiday celebrated by billions of people around the world. (Photo by Peter Macdiarmid/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)

LONDON, ENGLAND - DECEMBER 11: A man walks past a Selfridges department store Christmas window display on December 11, 2014 in London, England. Christmas is an annual religious feast day originally set on December 25 to celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ and is a cultural festival and public holiday celebrated by billions of people around the world. (Photo by Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images)

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

LONDON, ENGLAND - DECEMBER 9: St Paul's Cathedral prepares for Christmas on December 9, 2014 in London, England. Christmas is an annual religious feast day originally set on December 25 to celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ and is a cultural festival and public holiday celebrated by billions of people around the world. (Photo by Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images)

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

LONDON, ENGLAND - DECEMBER 16: The lights are on inside The Old Curiosity shop on December 16, 2014 in London, England. Christmas is an annual religious feast day originally set on December 25 to celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ and is a cultural festival and public holiday celebrated by billions of people around the world. (Photo by Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images)

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

LONDON, ENGLAND - DECEMBER 11: Shoppers walk along Watling Street on December 11, 2014 in London, England. Christmas is an annual religious feast day originally set on December 25 to celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ and is a cultural festival and public holiday celebrated by billions of people around the world. (Photo by Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images)

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

LONDON, ENGLAND - DECEMBER 9: People walk by Smithfield Market on December 9, 2014 in London, England. Christmas is an annual religious feast day originally set on December 25 to celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ and is a cultural festival and public holiday celebrated by billions of people around the world. (Photo by Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images)

The statue of Lord Beaconsfield in front of the Houses of Parliament and Big Ben, Parliament Square, London, 24th December 1938. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

LONDON, ENGLAND - DECEMBER 12: Traffic drives round Parliament Square on December 12, 2014 in London, England. Christmas is an annual religious feast day originally set on December 25 to celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ and is a cultural festival and public holiday celebrated by billions of people around the world. (Photo by Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images)

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

LONDON, ENGLAND - DECEMBER 11: Visitors to Trafalgar Square walk past a Navitiy scene on December 11, 2014 in London, England. Christmas is an annual religious feast day originally set on December 25 to celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ and is a cultural festival and public holiday celebrated by billions of people around the world. (Photo by Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images)

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

LONDON, ENGLAND - DECEMBER 16: Christmas shoppers walk along Regent Street on December 16, 2014 in London, England. Christmas is an annual religious feast day originally set on December 25 to celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ and is a cultural festival and public holiday celebrated by billions of people around the world. (Photo by Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images)

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

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