The images, plucked from the YEP archive, turn back the clock to show how your city celebrated the festive season from 2000 through to 2003. The most popular chidren's Christmas toys were Razor scooters (2000), Bratz dolls (2001), Beyblades (2002) and Robosapien (2003). And top of the charts was Bob The Builder with Can We Fix It (2000), Somethin' Stupid by Robbie Williams and Nicole Kidman (2001), Sound Of The Underground by Girls Aloud (2002) and Mad World by Michael Andrews featuring Gary Jules (2003). READ MORE: The babies born on Christmas Day in Leeds during the 1990s and 2000s LOVE LEEDS? LOVE NOSTALGIA? Join Leeds Retro on facebook
13. Leeds at Christmas
2003 and Bev Jacques manager at Out of this World in the city centre is pictured with one of the ethical Christmas hampers containing fair trade goods on sale at the shop.
14. Leeds at Christmas
Families on Windermere Drive in Garforth who decorated their houses with Christmas lights from charity in 2003. Pictured are June Rollins (left) with children Jade and Thomas, and Nigel Burton-Power with children Joshua and Charlotte. Photo: Dan Oxtoby
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