Edinburgh Retro: 25 great pictures of Christmas in the 1970s - from Jenners tree to winter gales

Different people, different families and different countries do things in different ways.

This selection of old photos taken from the Evening New archives includes many of the elements people in Edinburgh will associate with the festive season - nativity plays, Christmas trees, carol singing, going to see Santa, perhaps the panto, and of course, Christmas shopping.

Scroll through the pictures and get a flavour of what Christmas was like in the Capital five decades ago.