From toy shopping at Briggs Hardware to the downtown Christmas Parade, the holiday season has always been a fun time in Raleigh. Here is a small collection of photos from Christmases past. Unfortunately, most of them are not dated, but they are fun to look at nevertheless.
Raleigh Christmas Parade, year unknown.
Evening parade, date unknown.
Boylan Pearce department store decorated for Christmas, date unknown.
Chuck, Marshall, and Emily Wyatt with backyard igloo, 1955. Image courtesy of Marshall Wyatt.
Buying a Christmas tree, date unknown.
Men making toys, c.1950s
View of Fayetteville Street from the Capitol, date unknown.
Images courtesy of the Raleigh City Museum and the North Carolina State Archives
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