From Judy Garland and Doris Day to Bob Hope and Shirley Temple, nobody fairly rang in Christmas like the celebrities of Outdated Hollywood.
Whether or not they celebrated at residence with their households or partied with fellow celebrities, they made positive to lend the Yuletide season a splash of showbiz glamour.
Often the festivities even acquired a spicy contact, as in a single traditional 1942 picture shoot of the pioneering filmmaker Ida Lupino spanking Santa Claus’s behind.
Right here DailyMail.com appears to be like again on the Hollywood Christmases of yesteryear….
In 1942, Ida Lupino, then a Warner Brothers star and shortly to turn out to be a pioneering filmmaker, starred in a traditional picture shoot spanking Santa Claus’ behind
In 1949 Vera Ellen, who had simply starred in On The City with Frank Sinatra and Gene Kelly, foreshadowed the horny costumes of in the present day by posing above a chimney in Santa themed lingerie
In 1948 Bob Hope and Doris Day introduced a little bit of Christmas cheer from Hollywood to American servicemen overseas; they’re pictured about to go away for Berlin to carry out for airlift GIs
In 1940, when she did this Christmas pinup shoot in Los Angeles, Mary Martin had already begun the Broadway profession that was to make her a star on the opposite aspect of the nation
Round Christmas 1935, when she posed for this snap, Virginia Grey was nonetheless plodding away in refrain girl-type roles at MGM earlier than attaining the larger identify recognition she’d get later
Julie Haydon retired from motion pictures in 1937, when this snap was taken, after which headed east to embark on a glittering Broadway profession that included the unique run of The Glass Menagerie
Priscilla Lane of the Lane Sisters stood for this publicity shot in Christmas 1941, the 12 months she starred within the rom-com Million Greenback Child reverse a younger Ronald Reagan
Regardless of being a B-movie actor in England, John Bentley loved crossover success as a matinee idol in Hollywood, the place he’s pictured celebrating Christmas along with his son in 1954
Chris Pine’s grandmother Anne Gwynne was herself a Hollywood actress and did a complete of eight function movies in 1942, the 12 months she joined the Horny Santa pinup custom with this picture
Dorothy Granger, the ‘Queen Of The Brief Topic Movies’ identified for enjoying reverse Laurel And Hardy, introduced an air of slapstick to this Christmas shot in 1930
America was struggling a wartime scarcity of Christmas ornaments in 1944, prompting this picture shoot plugging home made décor starring Judy Garland’s previous rival Deanna Durbin
Esther Pressman, Kay Gordon, Bonita Barker, Dorothy Thompson and Dene Myles posed for this Christmas publicity shot for Paramount in 1935
Shirley Temple was simply six years previous when she was featured on this Yuletide-themed publicity nonetheless in 1934, the 12 months she grew to become a global famous person in Vibrant Eyes
Judy Garland is pictured with little one actress Margaret O’Brien filming Meet Me In St. Louis, the movie during which she launched her seasonal normal, Have Your self A Merry Little Christmas
Judy first grew to become a beloved film star reverse her teenage crush Mickey Rooney in a string of MGM musicals, such because the 1938 image Love Finds Andy Hardy (pictured)
Lionel Barrymore is seen mingling with Mary Pickford and Leslie Howard at a celebration Gary Cooper threw at his Hollywood residence on Christmas Eve 1933
On the similar social gathering, Leslie (far left) and Lionel (far proper) had been seen chatting cheerfully to Norma Shearer and their dashing host
On November 29, 1946, Hollywood Boulevard was reworked into Santa Claus Lane for the Christmas parade pictured right here, together with such shows as this $25,000 float
The Santa Claus Lane Parade, which has been happening below varied names since 1928 and is pictured in 1977, takes place the Sunday after Thanksgiving
The Santa Claus Lane Parade is pictured in November 1939, simply over two years earlier than America entered World Battle II, prompting the annual extravaganza to be stopped till victory in 1945
Douglas Fairbanks and his son Douglas Fairbanks Jr., the unique film star dynasty, loved this snowboarding outing by Lake Arrowhead in California in 1932, seven years earlier than the elder’s loss of life
Jimmy Durante, the vaudevillian who famously mocked his personal sizeable nostril as a ‘schnozzola,’ loved a sunny Christmas by the pool on the El Mirador Resort in Palm Springs in 1932
The long-lasting comedy duo of George Burns and Gracie Allen, who had been then radio stars, are pictured in December 1939 with presents for the Salvation Military
The Santa Claus Lane Parade welcomed a stunning array of stars over time, together with in 1938 when the Marx brothers Harpo, Groucho and Chico all participated
Lassie the film canine was rustled up for this 1947 Christmas morning publicity shot with Butch Jenkins, a then 10-year-old little one actor who didn’t himself function within the Lassie footage
After all the reigning little one actress of the interval was none apart from Shirley Temple, who posed for this Christmas snap in her star-making 12 months of 1934
Actor Sydney Jarvis is dressed up as Santa Claus on this 1935 snap that reveals him entertaining Wallace Beery and his daughter Carol Ann Beery at a charity occasion shortly earlier than Christmas
4 years after the Sydney Jarvis snapshot, Wallace and Carol Anne Beery are pictured atop a float within the Santa Claus Lane Parade
Bob Hope is pictured with Chester Lauck and Norris Goff, who performed the radio comedy duo Lum and Abner, as all of them ready for a CBS Christmas particular in 1947