It brings together nativity scenes and Christmas concerts at schools across Leeds down the decades. They feature pupils dressed as Joseph and Mary, the Angel Gabriel, innkeepers, wise men and animals all in costumes probably made by long suffering parents. 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: How Leeds celebrated Christmas in the early 2000s LOVE LEEDS? LOVE NOSTALGIA? Join Leeds Retro on facebook
7. Christmas in Leeds
Leeds Grammar School nativity in December 2005. Photo: Peter Langford
8. Christmas in Leeds
Nativity Play at Chapel Allerton Primary School in December 2003. Pictured, from left, are Shyla Hayne, Lauryn Sloane, and Elias Weatherley. Photo: James Hardisty
9. Christmas in Leeds
Ireland Wood Primary School pupils doing Makaton sign language at the school's nativity play in December 2002. Photo: Mel Hulme
10. Christmas in Leeds
One of the wise men in the Christmas Nativity play at St Theresa's Primary School in Cross Gates in December 1999. Photo: Emma Nichols
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Nativity play at Harehills Primary School in December 2018. Photo: James Hardisty
12. Christmas in Leeds
Middleton Primary School staged nativity play Rock Around Christmas in December 2003. Photo: James Hardisty