Now that December is upon us, Christmas can officially begin.

No more moaning that its too early to see festive chocolate in the supermarket, or too soon to hear All I Want For Christmas on the radio. Now advent has begun, the season is in full swing.

To celebrate, we’ve looked through the Oxford Mail archive to see what early December brought in the 1960s.

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We found one picture from each year of the decade to see how Christmassy people in Oxfordshire got in the final month of the year.

From children’s concert rehearsals to charity events and Sea Scout good deeds, it looks like the festivities began early in those days, too.

Take a look back through this picture gallery to see what December looked like in every year throughout the 1960s.

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