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  1. Advent Calendar Day 14: A Poem

    Advent Calendar Day 14: A Poem

    The magic of broadcasting in the 1920s was the very stuff of poetry.

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  2. Advent Calendar Day 12: The Hard Times

    Advent Calendar Day 12: The Hard Times

    A poignant window to the Great Depression.

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  3. Advent Calendar Day 11: Tinsel-Free and not-so Joyous

    Advent Calendar Day 11: Tinsel-Free and not-so Joyous

    A look at the alternative, non-festive and downright grumpy Christmas listings.

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  4. Advent Calendar Day 10: Christmas banners

    Advent Calendar Day 10: Christmas banners

    We continue looking at the festive illustrations on the magazine.

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  5. Advent Calendar Day 9: Soap-powder Packet, Wrapping Paper and Glue...

    Advent Calendar Day 9: Soap-powder Packet, Wrapping Paper and Glue...

    No Advent Calendar would be complete without a mention of Blue Peter's craft projects in the run-up to Christmas.

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  6. Advent Calendar Day 8: Festive Frontispiece

    Advent Calendar Day 8: Festive Frontispiece

    This full-page snow scene from the 1930 Christmas issue of Radio Times magazine will get you in the festive spirit.

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  7. Advent Calendar Day 5: Christmas Toys Crazes, 1948

    Advent Calendar Day 5: Christmas Toys Crazes, 1948

    A visit to a toy story in 1948.

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  8. Advent Calendar Day 4: Telly in the Cover

    Advent Calendar Day 4: Telly in the Cover

    Day four is the cover of the 1956 Christmas edition of Radio Times magazine...

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  9. Advent Calendar Day 3: Have a Carnivorous Christmas

    Advent Calendar Day 3: Have a Carnivorous Christmas

    The case for a Carnivorous Christmas in 1927.

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  10. Advent Calendar Day 2: Making Christmas Possible

    Advent Calendar Day 2: Making Christmas Possible

    A look at the trades that have to prepare several months ahead of Christmas.

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