Glasgow is a special place during the festive season with some of the city's most prominent streets being lit up with Christmas lights.
We've taken a look through the archive to discover the changing face of Glasgow at Christmas with shoppers still heading out in their droves to hit the shops in the city centre.
Sauchiehall Street is a different street from what it used to be at Christmas as prominent high street brands such as Marks & Spencer, BHS & Watt Brothers disappearing in recent years.
![People doing Christmas shopping in a traffic-free Sauchiehall Street in December 1972.](https://www.thestar.co.uk/webimg/b25lY21zOmQzODIzYjRlLTI0NjEtNGYzYi04YWFlLTQ5ZDkxZTQ0YmYzYTo3OTVjNGJkOS1kZDQwLTRkMjktYTMwMy1iYmFiZTFhZDlhYTg=.jpg?crop=3:2&trim=&width=800)
1. Sauchiehall Street 1972
People doing Christmas shopping in a traffic-free Sauchiehall Street in December 1972. Photo: Allan Milligan
![Marks and Spencer's spotted in the background had been trading on the street since the 1930s and was always a real favourite for Glaswegians at Christmas.](https://www.thestar.co.uk/webimg/b25lY21zOjU2N2E3ZDc0LWIyYjQtNGQ1Yy05ZDhlLTJiNTkwYWRhZDdjNDoyZWZjNmRjYy04ZGRmLTQxMzgtOTFlMy00M2Q2MjU4MzJmZjE=.jpg?crop=3:2&trim=&width=800)
2. Sauchiehall Street 1972
Marks and Spencer's spotted in the background had been trading on the street since the 1930s and was always a real favourite for Glaswegians at Christmas. Photo: Allan Milligan
![Christmas shoppers in Sauchiehall Street.](https://www.thestar.co.uk/webimg/b25lY21zOjM5ZWM1OTE5LWNkMzYtNDM0ZS1iYjJjLWYzYzJjMDk3OTA2YTo3Yjg2Y2I4OS04MjczLTQ4ZTAtYmQwZi0yY2MzYTQwYjM1MmY=.jpg?crop=3:2&trim=&width=800)
3. Sauchiehall Street
Christmas shoppers in Sauchiehall Street. Photo: ALLAN MILLIGAN
![Christmas decorations on an illuminated Sauchiehall Street.](https://www.thestar.co.uk/jpim-static/image/2024/12/10/12/21/DeWatermark-ai_1733833637149.png?crop=3:2&trim=&width=800)
4. Sauchiehall Street
Christmas decorations on an illuminated Sauchiehall Street. | National World