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HULTON-DEUTSCH/CORBIS

Making good use of his trusty sidecar, Father Christmas gives a friend a ride down Oxford Street in London in November 1949. No red-nosed reindeer in sight—just a double-decker bus and a lew curious passersby.[/caption]

Related: November 2004