It was a decade which featured city centre streets pack with Christmas shoppers, visitors tripping the light fantastic and a glimpse or two from Father Christmas in the run up to the big day. These photos are sure to evoke memories from a generation of people who celebrated Christmas in the 1990s. The images are a mix from the YEP archive and others published courtesy of photographic archive Leodis, which is run by Leeds Library & Information Service. READ MORE: 26 Leeds shops you visited during the 1980s from the city centre to the suburbs LOVE LEEDS? LOVE NOSTALGIA? Join Leeds Retro on facebook
7. Christmas in the 1990s
A view looking from New Briggate on to the junction with The Headrow at Christmas in 1992. Photo: Leeds Libraries, www.leodis.net
8. Christmas in the 1990s
Christmas lights stretch across New Briggate in November 1997. On the left is Allders department store, formerly Lewis's. On the opposite corner is the Odeon Cinema which is now converted to a branch of Primark. Photo: Leeds Libraries, www.leodis.net
9. Christmas in the 1990s
Christmas lights in Leeds city centre in November 1992. Photo: YPN
10. Christmas in the 1990s
Your YEP joined in Leeds's Christmas celebrations in 1990 by promoting a special celebration of its own. Special Christmas illuminations depicting the newspaper's centenary year lit up Wellington Street each night in the run-up to the festive season. Photo: YPN
12. Christmas in the 1990s
Colourful Santas dance above a busy Briggate in December 1994. Photo: YPN