We take a look at how Edinburgh has celebrated the festive season in years gone by.

We take a look at how Edinburgh has celebrated the festive season in years gone by.

12 photos that show Edinburgh’s Christmas over the years

By Gary Flockhart

Published 6th Dec 2022, 15:37 GMT

It’s looking a lot like Christmas in Edinburgh right now – but here we take a look at how Scotland’s capital city has celebrated the festive season in years gone by.

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.

We take a look at how Edinburgh has celebrated the festive season in years gone by.

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We take a look at how Edinburgh has celebrated the festive season in years gone by. Photo: Third Party

Christmas Tree at Mound, 1959.

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Christmas Tree at Mound, 1959. Photo: TSPL

Christmas decorations on Princes Street.

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Christmas decorations on Princes Street. Photo: Unknown

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.

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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.

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Floodlit exterior of Jenners on Princes Street. Photo: TSPL

Crowds outside Patrick Thomson's department store in Edinburgh as Santa Claus climbs down a golden ladder in November 1955.

5. Patrick Thomson's department store

Crowds outside Patrick Thomson's department store in Edinburgh as Santa Claus climbs down a golden ladder in November 1955. Photo: TSPL

Edinburgh Christmas Market, Princes Street and the Mound, 2017.

6. Edinburgh Christmas Market

Edinburgh Christmas Market, Princes Street and the Mound, 2017. Photo: Ian Rutherford

Choir of St Mary's Episcopal Cathedral sing carols in White Horse Close.

7. Carol singing

Choir of St Mary's Episcopal Cathedral sing carols in White Horse Close. Photo: TSPL

Santa Claus arrives at St Cuthbert's Co-operative Society in Bread Street.

8. Bread Street

Santa Claus arrives at St Cuthbert's Co-operative Society in Bread Street. Photo: TSPL

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