Houston of Christmas past captured in Chronicle archive photos

December 1950 - The Shamrock Hotel gets into the Christmas spirit. December 1950 - The Shamrock Hotel gets into the Christmas spirit. Image 1 of / 68 Caption Close Houston of Christmas past captured in Chronicle archive photos 1 / 68 Back to Gallery

What are your memories of Christmas in Houston?

For those over a certain age, the holiday sights and sounds might include the downtown Foley's, the arrangement of lights across Main Street or the Tree of Light at City Hall.

Over much of the 20th century, the Houston Chronicle and Post were there to capture Houstonians getting into the holiday spirit. This holiday, we invite you and your family to look over these images and perhaps reminisce about some of these places now gone, but still etched into our memories.

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