The Lincoln Heights drunk tank will probably be just as full on Christmas morning this year. 1925

The first Norwegian Christmas tree is raised in Trafalgar Square, London. The city of Oslo has donated a tree to the people of Britain every year since 1947 for their support during World War II. December 18th 1947

Robert G. Evraets uses a flame thrower to clear a path through the thick snow of Governors Island. December 1947

A woman takes home a Christmas dinner in a basket, provided by the Salvation Army to the poor. 1910

A long dead New Years tradition, people line up for the White House Open House. The President would shake the hand of everyone who came. 1927

A girl hammers up a request to Father Christmas above her bed at the Brecknock School for Blind Children. 1925

The Times Tower rehearses their first New Year's Eve Time ball drop. December, 1907

Santa rides an elephant at the winter carnival in Saint Paul, MN.

John Lennon, Yoko Ono and Mary Hopkins at the Apple Records Christmas party. 1968

Unemployed New York workers celebrate Christmas during the Great Depression. 1938

A Republican-Democratic snow battle at the Capitol. December 14th 1923

The very first Rockefeller Center Christmas tree. 1931

Father Frost rides a rocket during the Soviet occupation of Czechoslovakia. 1959

Nancy Reagan sits on President Reagan's lap at a Christmas party. 1983

Roosevelt addresses the crowd at the White House Christmas tree lighting ceremony. Winston Churchill is to his right. 1941

American soldiers on Hill 875 decorate a Christmas tree near Dakto, South Vietnam. 1967

A French soldier, dressed as Santa, distributes parcels from home. 1939

A youngster clutches his soldier father who's home for Christmas as he lifts his wife from the ground. 1944

Children in London celebrate Christmas in an underground bomb shelter. 1940

Sgt Edward Good helps his buddy eat Christmas dinner while in a Belgium field hospital. 1944