The 1951 Matsqui Elementary Christmas Pageant featured a playlet called Jack Frost’s Realm directed by Jessie Rottluff. About 200 parents and friends attended the two-hour concert which also included other Christmas plays, choir numbers and drills. P4464/The Reach Gallery Museum Archives

The 1951 Matsqui Elementary Christmas Pageant featured a playlet called Jack Frost’s Realm directed by Jessie Rottluff. About 200 parents and friends attended the two-hour concert which also included other Christmas plays, choir numbers and drills. P4464/The Reach Gallery Museum Archives

PHOTOS: Christmas in 1950-era Abbotsford

Photos at the Reach Gallery Museum Archives document Christmas festivities 70 years ago

Traditions are, by definition, slow to change. So it might not be a surprise to confirm that, while some of the hairstyles and clothing choices of the 1950s have gone out of fashion, many of the elements of Christmastime have persisted over the last seven decades.

These photos at the Reach Gallery Museum Archives document Christmas festivities 70 years ago. Find more at thereach.pastperfectonline.com.

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