Let's deck the halls with memories of these great Sunderland school scenes.
We found 9 enchanting photos of Wearside children putting on their Christmas performance.
There's a super array of home-made costumes. And look at the characters.
We've got a ghost in A Christmas Carol at Shiney Row Comprehensive in 1979 and a top-hatted narrator at Woodlea Junior School in the same year.
It's a Christmas cracker of a gallery. Have a look.
5. Striking a chord in Thorney Close
Thorney Close Junior School guitar group accompanied their class mates at the school's carol festival in 1975. | se
6. Great in Grangetown
Henry Tye, Music Advisor for Sunderland, had great fun conducting the Grangetown Junior School choir in December 1975. | se
7. All that festive jazz
Children from Woodlea Junior Mixed and Infant School, Fence Houses, who performed The Christmas Jazz in the school hall in 1979. | se
8. Spotlight on Scrooge
Shiney Row Comprehensive School's production of A Christmas Carol in 1979. | se