Christmas on the beach
By Chris Wild From Mashable
Sun, sea, sand … and Santa
- 1890
A vintage colour illustration featuring children playing at the seaside and Christmas greetings.
IMAGE: POPPERFOTO/GETTY IMAGES
1930
Beauty queen as Christmas tree: Girl in her bathing suit with Christmas tree dressing on a Californian beach.
IMAGE: IMAGNO/AUSTRIAN ARCHIVES/GETTY IMAGES
Dec. 23, 1932
Visitors staying at the Branksome Towers Hotel in Bournemouth enjoying an unseasonable swim on a private beach at Christmas time.
IMAGE: J. A. HAMPTON/TOPICAL PRESS AGENCY/GETTY IMAGES
- 1935
Christmas on the beach – bathers with medicine balls.
IMAGE: IMAGNO/GETTY IMAGES
1939
Santa Claus posing surrounded by young women in bathing suits on the beach of Venice, California. In fact, it is Fred Robert, a shoe seller who made a fortune. Dressed as Santa Claus, he shared his wealth by organizing a Christmas party to which hundreds of children were invited.
IMAGE: KEYSTONE-FRANCE
Dec. 26, 1940
British soldiers tuck into a Christmas pudding at their post on the British coast, during the second Christmas of World War II.
IMAGE: DAVID PARKER/FOX PHOTOS/HULTON ARCHIVE/GETTY IMAGES
- 1950
A group of women decorating a Christmas tree on the beach.
IMAGE: POPPERFOTO/GETTY IMAGES
1956
A family decorates their Christmas tree with balloons on the beach, Bondi Beach, Sydney, Australia.
IMAGE: HOWELL WALKER/NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC/GETTY IMAGES
- 1960
Santa Claus on Miami Beach surrounded by young women In swimsuits.
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1960s
A Christmas tree on Saint-Petersburg beach in Florida.
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- 1968
Crowded beach at Christmas time in Playa Del Carmen on the Riviera Maya in Mexico.
IMAGE: ROLF ADLERCREUTZ/GETTY IMAGES
Dec. 20, 1968
Father Christmas arrives at Cypress Gardens, Florida, on his surfboard.
IMAGE: ALAN BAND/FOX PHOTOS/GETTY IMAGES
1978
Santa Claus on a beach in Florida.
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