Charity was high on the agenda for a generation of schoolchildren and residents who were busy filling shoeboxes to send to disadvantaged children in Europe over the festive period. Closer to home kind hearted pupils were making sure the lonely and vulnerable elderly people in the city enjoyed a Christmas to remember. READ MORE: 16 Christmas memories from Leeds in 1996 LOVE LEEDS? LOVE NOSTALGIA? Join Leeds Retro on facebook
7. Leeds at Christmas in 1998
The YEP's Child of Courage, Stephanie Walker admires the tree which she lit, with her mother, Dawn, at the newspaper's carol concert at Leeds Parish Church. Photo: Dan Oxtoby
8. Leeds at Christmas in 1998
Matthew Murray High School pupils Louise Vause (left) and Emmie Wai leaving the school with Christmas food parcels for pensioners in the Holbeck area.
9. Leeds at Christmas in 1998
Charles Wilson puts in the final present in a giant Christmas stocking bound for Martin House Children's Hospice. The presents were donated by staff and parents from the Bright Skies Day Nursery, Rawdon.
10. Leeds at Christmas in 1998
Fulneck School pupils had been busy collecting provisions for Christmas hampers which were to be distributed to elderly people in the Burmantofts area of Leeds.
11. Leeds at Christmas in 1998
Groundwork Leeds were sprucing up the Thorpe Community Garden in Back Oackley Street in time for Christmas. Taking a break from their work the children are rewarded with a seasonal mince pie.
12. Leeds at Christmas in 1998
Elizabeth Butterill is picturted with baby Chloe who was born at 2.05am on Christmas Day, weighing 7lb 12oz.