22 Vintage Photos Showing How Children Celebrated Christmas in the Early 20th Century

From lighting a real candle on the branch of an indoor Christmas tree, to a well-dressed family singing carols on a stairwell in the home, this lovely collection of nostalgic photos reveal how children from a bygone era celebrated the festive season.

A little girl and her Saint Bernard deliver Christmas, ca. 1910s

Children around a Christmas tree, 1900

Brothers on Christmas, 1910

Boy and his sister on Christmas Morning, ca. early 1900s

The boy and Christmas tree, 1904

Babies on Christmas, 1908

An American Christmas, 1900

Christmas, 1904

Christmas smiles, 1912

Children with their new dolls on Christmas, 1916

Children with gifts near Christmas tree, 1900

Children playing with dolls while their mother lighting the Christmas Tree, 1907

Children on Christmas, 1900

Children carrying holly and mistletoe, London, December 1915

The Christmas haul, 1900

The Christmas dolls, ca. early 1900s

Little girls with their dolls in sleighs, 1909

Little boy with a Christmas tree, 1900

Kids on Christmas, 1910

Christmas, Harney County, Oregon, 1900

Christmas, 1910

Christmas, 1909