BBC History Revealed issue 11 Christmas 2014

Christmas 2014 (Issue 11)

Expert articles from the Christmas 2014 issue of BBC History Revealed Magazine

Princess Elizabeth (the future Queen Elizabeth II) and Princess Margaret as Prince Charming and Cinderella in a 1941 pantomime

Georgian

Q&AWhat are the origins of the Christmas pantomime?

'Merry Christmas' Victorian illustration of Santa Claus holding toys and blowing on a trumpet, chromolithograph, 1915. (Illustration by GraphicaArtis/Getty Images)

Stuart

Father Christmas and Santa Claus: a brief history of two Christmas champions