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Christmas 2020? channel the Blitz spirit! By Felicity Day 00:02 20 Dec 2020, updated 00:02 20 Dec 2020
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In 1940 Londoners were encouraged to move parties and Decorations to Tube shelters to create a ‘Christmas fairyland’
This isn’t the first time Britain has had to adapt for the big day – but at least we don’t have to dish up the turkey in a bunker
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Throughout the Covid crisis we’ve been urged to rely on the famous ‘Blitz spirit’ – but what did that look like when it came to Christmas? Like 2020, 1940 ended very differently to the way it began.
In January 1940, four months into what had been dubbed the ‘Phoney War’ with Germany, there had been no major military engagements. More British civilians had died in road accidents as a result of the blackout than servicemen in action. Nor was there any apparent danger on the home front. The anticipated air raids had failed to material