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Christmas on the beach

Christmas Greetings From The SeasideBy Chris Wild From Mashable

Sun, sea, sand … and Santa

 

  1. 1890

A vintage colour illustration featuring children playing at the seaside and Christmas greetings.

IMAGE: POPPERFOTO/GETTY IMAGES

 

  1. Beauty queen in a Christmas tree costume1930

Beauty queen as Christmas tree: Girl in her bathing suit with Christmas tree dressing on a Californian beach.

IMAGE: IMAGNO/AUSTRIAN ARCHIVES/GETTY IMAGES

 

Hardy BathersDec. 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

 

  1. Weihnachten am Strand1935

Christmas on the beach – bathers with medicine balls.

IMAGE: IMAGNO/GETTY IMAGES

 

LE PERE NOEL EN TRES BONNE COMPAGNIE A VENICE EN 19391939

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, 1940Christmas On Duty

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

 

  1. Volume 2, Page 109, Picture 8. A group of women decorating a christmas tree on the beach, circa 1950.1950

A group of women decorating a Christmas tree on the beach.

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1956A family decorates their Christmas tree with balloons on the beach, Bondi Beach, Sydney, Australia

A family decorates their Christmas tree with balloons on the beach, Bondi Beach, Sydney, Australia.

IMAGE: HOWELL WALKER/NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC/GETTY IMAGES

 

  1. SIXTIES, MIAMI BEACH, SANTA CLAUS ON THE BEACH SURROUNDED BY YOUNG WOMEN IN SWIMSUIT1960

Santa Claus on Miami Beach surrounded by young women In swimsuits.

IMAGE: KEYSTONE-FRANCE/GAMMA-KEYSTONE VIA GETTY IMAGES

 

1960sNOËL PLAGIE DANS LES ANNEES 1960

A Christmas tree on Saint-Petersburg beach in Florida.

IMAGE: KEYSTONE-FRANCE/GAMMA-KEYSTONE VIA GETTY IMAGES

 

  1. Beach in Playa Del Carmen in Mexico1968

Crowded beach at Christmas time in Playa Del Carmen on the Riviera Maya in Mexico.

IMAGE: ROLF ADLERCREUTZ/GETTY IMAGES

 

Surfboard SantaDec. 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.LE PERE NOEL EN FLORIDE EN 1978

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