But while we might not be able to engage in all the usual celebrations this year, there's plenty to celebrate, and many of us are looking back at Christmases gone by to help mark the festivities. We've pulled together some of our favourite Christmas photos from across Wakefield in the late 1990s and early 2000s to help with the festive feeling this December. Can you spot any familiar faces in the gallery below?
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Paul Scholes, 10, from Wakefield, won a Yorkshire Evening Post competition to switch on the Christmas tree lights at Leeds Parish Church in 1995
2.
Kathryn, of Thornes, Wakefield, looking at some of the Christmas drawings by children which were on display at the Wakefield Art Gallery, Wakefield in January 2004.
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Volunteer Helen Brown with the Top Hall Christmas tree at Nostell Priory in December 2003. The huge tree remains a key feature of Nostell's festive celebrations
4.
Stallholders Lewis Wood of Castleford and Bridget Lee, of East Ardsley, near Wakefield, looking the part at the Victorian Christmas Market in 2001