Our favourite Hilda Zigomala talks of going on a #Shopping Spree on Christmas Eve in 1902, after having lunch at the Carlton. Can you spot the mistake? #ArchiveAdvent #Advent #Christmas2025 @arascot

What are your favourite #FestiveClothes ? Tricorner hat or powdered wig? #ArchiveAdvent #Advent #Christmas2025 @arascot

A romantic scene for #DarkNights, a horse drawn sleigh (2 not 1), a Christmas Tree to decorate and windows glowing in the distance #ArchiveAdvent #Advent #Christmas2025 @arascot

Early Christmas cards can be decidedly unfestive. A broken plate, scary cats and headless snowmen #ArchiveAdvent #Advent #Christmas2025 @arascot

For todays #ArchiveAdvent we have this traditional #Nativity image from the Checkley collection #Advent #Christmas2025 @ara_scotland

Have you iced your Christmas cake yet? This is a recipe from the 1948 edition of the Norwich Cooperative Herald and Wheatsheaf Monthly for Mock Almond Paste, #ArchiveAdvent #Advent #Christmas2025 @arascot #FestivalFood

It may not be cold enough for skating, but we are getting in the festive mood. #ArchiveAdvent #Advent #Christmas2025 @arascot #WinterSports

How do you decorate your #ChristmasTree ? Our favourite Hilda Zigomala used flags to decorate her tree #ArchiveAdvent #Advent #Christmas2025 #Tree @arascot

In Little Barningham, the surname Christmas is relatively common, and we are delighted that there is a Caroline Christmas #ArchiveAdvent #Advent #Christmas2025 @arascot#ChristmasCarol

Is this the first recorded #ChristmasEveBox ?#ArchiveAdvent #Advent #Christmas2025 @arascot #BoxesandBows

‘Oh #ChristmasTree ‘ we love this picture from the 1950s with the Lord Mayor switching on the lights in Norwich #ArchiveAdvent #Advent #Christmas2025 @arascot #FestivalLights

The countdown begins! Our #ArchiveAdventCalendar begins with 2 letters from the #SantaArchive from the Kelling Sanitorium in the 1950s, one child is asking for a book of planes and some Meccano and the other some wool, a photograph album and a flower vase. #Christmas2025 @ara_scotland #Presents