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COMPOSITE: In this digital composite image a comparison has been made of London at Regent Street in 1955 (Archive, Keystone) and Modern Day 2014 (Peter Macdiarmid) at Christmas time. *** ARCHIVE *** LONDON - NOVEMBER 1955: Christmas decorations consisting mainly of snow crystal stars made of aluminium to give the effect of a snowstorm are displayed on Regent Street on November 30, 1955 London, England. (Photo by Keystone/Getty Images) ***MODERN DAY*** LONDON, ENGLAND - DECEMBER 16: Christmas shoppers walk along Regent Street on December 16, 2014 in London, England. Christmas is an annual religious feast day originally set on December 25 to celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ and is a cultural festival and public holiday celebrated by billions of people around the world. (Photo by Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images)

COMPOSITE:  In this digital composite image a comparison has been made of London at Regent Street in 1955 (Archive, Keystone) and Modern Day 2014 (Peter Macdiarmid) at Christmas time.  *** ARCHIVE *** LONDON - NOVEMBER 1955:  Christmas decorations consisting mainly of snow crystal stars made of aluminium to give the effect of a snowstorm are displayed on Regent Street on November 30, 1955 London, England.  (Photo by Keystone/Getty Images) ***MODERN DAY*** LONDON, ENGLAND - DECEMBER 16:  Christmas shoppers walk along Regent Street on December 16, 2014 in London, England. Christmas is an annual religious feast day originally set on December 25 to celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ and is a cultural festival and public holiday celebrated by billions of people around the world.  (Photo by Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images)