From Christmas lights to a department store Santa and carol signing, we’ve trawled through the archives to find some of the best pictures of festivities in Auld Reekie through the years.
![Christmas Tree at Mound, 1959.](https://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/webimg/b25lY21zOmQxN2FjZjMzLTFmYjYtNGRhOC1iYjE2LThiY2RhMzQzYTgwOTplN2Y2YjBiYi00NjY2LTRiZmItOTUxNy1iZGE5OTkwM2M0OGU=.jpg?crop=3:2&width=640)
![Christmas decorations on Princes Street.](https://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/webimg/b25lY21zOjUxZTgwMWIzLTYzYjgtNDBhMS04MmZlLWViZTM4NGVkNGNiMjplYmNiYzk3ZC0zYWQ0LTRiMDYtODVmMC05OGZlNmIyYmI0OTA=.jpg?crop=3:2&width=640)
![Children from the ABC Minors Club in fancy dress on their way to a free Christmas Eve matinee at the Ritz cinema in December 1964.](https://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/webimg/b25lY21zOjQwZjA0ODYxLWEwMWQtNGI5NS1iZWZkLWNmMDk1OWQzNjg3YzoyMjE1ZjRiNS0zOTJkLTRhMTktOGViOC1lZTJkYzVkZTNjNGI=.jpg?crop=3:2&width=640)
3. Christmas Eve 1964
Children from the ABC Minors Club in fancy dress on their way to a free Christmas Eve matinee at the Ritz cinema in December 1964. Photo: TSPL
![Floodlit exterior of Jenners on Princes Street.](https://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/webimg/b25lY21zOmIzNTliYmY3LWI4N2UtNGI4ZC1hNmE2LTgzZTc1OTY5NmQ3ZTozODBkMmZhNC03ZWIxLTQ0ZDYtODg3YS0zZjcwZTRhMDdmMTA=.jpg?crop=3:2&width=640)
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