Check out these archive pictures showing what life was like at Christmas time in Chesterfield in the 2000s.
There were children’s parties for the little ones and petitions to save the turkey from the chop.
Who can you spot in these pictures showing a decade of Christmas festivities?
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1. Decorating their house
Christmas mad Brian Sewell & Mauren Vann of Chesterfield, Derbyshire who have trimmed their house for Christmas in September 2000 Photo: Shaun Flannery
2. On the canal
Santa took to the Chesterfield canal at Tapton Lock Visitor Centre in 201 Photo: Sharon Doorbar
3. Not for stuffing
Jenny Mark the manager at St.Bernard's Animal Sanctuary at Old Whittington rescued a pair of turkeys destined for the chop in 2003 and named the birds Nicholas and Noelle Photo: submitted
4. Green thinking
Youngsters at the Wacky Warehouse at the Hobby Horse pub on Derby Road, Chesterfield, recycling old Christmas cards for The Woodland Trust back in 2003, pictured is Caitlin Millican recycling her cards Photo: Submitted