A Hollywood Christmas: How glamorous Golden Age stars celebrated the holidays trends now
From Judy Garland and Doris Day to Bob Hope and Shirley Temple, no one quite rang in Christmas like the stars of Old Hollywood.
Whether they celebrated at home with their families or partied with fellow celebrities, they made sure to lend the Yuletide season a dash of showbiz glamour.
Occasionally the festivities even acquired a spicy touch, as in one classic 1942 photo shoot of the pioneering filmmaker Ida Lupino spanking Santa Claus's behind.
Here DailyMail.com looks back at the Hollywood Christmases of yesteryear....
In 1942, Ida Lupino, then a Warner Brothers star and soon to become a pioneering filmmaker, starred in a classic photo shoot spanking Santa Claus' behind
In 1949 Vera Ellen, who had just starred in On The Town with Frank Sinatra and Gene Kelly, foreshadowed the sexy costumes of today by posing above a chimney in Santa themed lingerie
In 1948 Bob Hope and Doris Day brought a bit of Christmas cheer from Hollywood to American servicemen abroad; they are pictured about to leave for Berlin to perform for airlift GIs
In 1940, when she did this Christmas pinup shoot in Los Angeles, Mary Martin had already begun the Broadway career that was to make her a star on the other side of the country
Around Christmas 1935, when she posed for this snap, Virginia Gray was still slogging away in chorus girl-type roles at MGM before achieving the greater name recognition she'd get later
Julie Haydon retired from movies in 1937, when this snap was taken, and then headed east to embark on a glittering Broadway career that included the original run of The Glass Menagerie
Priscilla Lane of the Lane Sisters stood for this publicity shot in Christmas 1941, the year she starred in the rom-com Million Dollar Baby opposite a young Ronald Reagan
Despite being a B-movie actor in England, John Bentley enjoyed crossover success as a matinee idol in Hollywood, where he is pictured celebrating Christmas with his son in 1954
Chris Pine's grandmother Anne Gwynne was herself a Hollywood actress and did a total of eight feature films in 1942, the year she joined the Sexy Santa pinup tradition with this photo
Dorothy Granger, the 'Queen Of The Short Subject Films' known for playing opposite Laurel And Hardy, brought an air of slapstick to this Christmas shot in 1930
America was suffering a wartime shortage of Christmas ornaments in 1944, prompting this photo shoot plugging homemade décor starring Judy Garland's old rival
