Stunning Vintage Photos of Santa Claus from the Past

#1 A man in Santa Claus costume sleeping on a bench, circa 1940

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#2 A man dressed as Father Christmas shaking hands with a soldier, 1940

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#3 Trainees at a school for Santa Claus impersonators, 1940

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#4 Father Christmas in wartime London, 1940

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#5 A 45-foot Santa Claus inflated for the Macy’s Parade, New York, 1940. (Weegee)

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#6 Santa Claus handing out gifts during World War II, 1942. (David E. Scherman)

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#7 Group of Santa Claus mascots inside the Macy’s department store, 1948. (Nina Leen)

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#8 A bus driver shaking hands with Father Christmas passing by on his scooter, London, 1949. (Reg Speller)

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#9 Glenn Ford dressed as Santa Claus in the film ‘Mr. Soft Touch,’ 1949.

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#10 A sponsored Santa Claus searching for a chimney on the rooftop, Rye, Sussex, 1950.

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#11 Santa Claus gets a traffic ticket, Maywood, California, 1952.

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#12 Santa Claus held up by a group of boys armed with toy guns, London, 1954.

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#13 Lucille Ball and fellow cast members during the ‘I Love Lucy Christmas Special,’ 1956.

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#14 Group of Santa Clauses crossing the street, 1959.

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#15 Santa Claus flanked by two policemen down the street, 1959.

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#16 Salvador Dali in Santa outfit, 1961.

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#17 Santa Claus rally in New York, 1961.

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#18 Debbie Reynolds arrived at the Golden Apple Awards in Los Angeles dressed as Santa Claus, 1969.

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#19 A saddened Father Christmas at David Morgan’s store in Cardiff, 1973.

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#20 A woman glance at a surly looking Santa in a busy shopping street, 1975.

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#21 W. MacDonald Bailey as Father Christmas at a childrens party, 1925

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#22 Santa Claus brings a sack full of toys down a chimney on a snowy rooftop, 1925

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#23 Father Christmas visiting a ward in New Yorks Orthopaedic Hospital, 1950

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#24 A young girl finds Father Christmas asleep at Bourne And Hollingsworth store in Oxford street, London, 21st December 1976

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#25 Even Father Christmas follows the war time safety precautions as he arrives this year, complete with tin helmet, at Londons famous Brompton road store, Harrods, 6th November 1939

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#26 Three year old Marianne Abbott from Leigh on Sea, Essex, unwraps her Christmas presents under the benign gaze of Smokey the dog, dressed up as Santa, complete with beard, 3rd January 1974

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#27 Father Christmas waiting for a bus in the London West End with his reindeer and a sack of presents, 12th August 1970

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#28 A pair of five year old twins tell Father Christmas what they want for their presents at Selfidges in Oxford Street, 10th December 1970

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#29 Santa Claus welcomes young visitors to his North Pole Workshop in the Adirondack Mountains of New York State, 1955

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