I always look forward to it with excitement! I just love seeing Robman again. Boy that guy gets the BEST Macross merch for Johnny! I’m so jealous of that Valkyrie!
I envy being that age and still having at least one friend to do stuff like this with. As we get older, it's less and less until one day it's zero. Nobody cares for gaming presents anymore. Everyone is jaded, has kids, goes to work, has lost the spark of joy, especially on Christmas. When it's more important that everyone is nicely dressed and the dinner is going as planned, instead of getting kickass games together. Very envious.
I agree with you on that one 💯 none of my friends like retro or even modern gaming the way i do. Probably we need to go more often to those gaming events and get to know each other, make new friends. I know its hard to make new connections as we get older, but i think it’s worth trying 😅
I totally concur with this comment. I’m 47 and hung on to one other lifelong gamer mate for about the last decade (back in the day there were loads of us). He moved away and we gamed online every Friday night. He has an older wife who just retired so now he doesn’t game anymore either as he spends all his time out of work keeping her entertained instead 😂😢
My boyfriend and I started watching your channel a few years ago and we watch you every Sunday, but we’ve made a tradition out of saving your Christmas special each year for when we exchange our gifts. Thank you both for being such great and positive guys, and we can’t wait to tune in again next Sunday!
Been enjoying this tradition with you all for over a decade. It’s become such a big part of my year. Wishing you, and all the community a Merry Christmas. Love you all!
I’ve been waiting 12 months to see these 2 old nerds gift each other some awesome stuff! This is real brotherly love and I’m here every year for it! Merry Christmas!
One of the absolute FIRST things I did this year to get into the spirit of the holidays this year was watching and rewatching the old specials! Thank you, Johnny and Rob, for your Christmas love and cheer!
Just got back from my own gift exchange/Pathfinder session. I'm really starting to feel the Christmas spirit, and so I felt this was the perfect moment to finally sit down and watch this year's Christmas Special. Merry Christmas everybody, and remember to appreciate these moments with your family while you still have them.
Never clicked on a notification so fast, always look forward to this every year!!! Thank you for keeping us entertained for all these years, Merry Christmas to you both!!!
Now it's Christimas!!!! Seventeen times here, thank you guys so very much! I love you guys, it's indeed a tradition to us too, the best day of the year is the one with Johnny and Rob Christmas Special
I sadly was not home so I missed this special first time in 17 years I missed it. Thankfully can still watch it even if late. As a Robotech fan my self dear god i´m envious now :)
You guys have become a part of our family tradition we loop your Christmas specials playlist all the way from the newest release to the day of. We really appreciate you guys thank you for doing this all these years.
Your Christmas special has turned into a holiday tradition for me, it always warms my heart seeing how you both get so excited over your gifts. I shared the episode to a friend who just started getting into your channel and he loved the Silent Hill theme as that turned out to be one of his favourite games this year. Merry Christmas to you and Rob from Ontario.
I just wanted to say thank you, not only for the obvious joy from your videos and the fun I have all year watching them, but also for helping to get me through my voyage yesterday. I started in France at 3:45 AM, flew to Germany, and got back to the states yesterday and was home about 11pm, in total about 27 hours of travel across time zones (yes it sucked). However I decided on the flight yesterday I was going to watch all the Christmas specials from over the years as part of how I’d get through that 10 hour leg. So a special thanks for helping making it fly by! Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to you, Kim, Rob and everyone else in the HCG universe. This channel is so special and looking forward to many great videos next year. It’s genuinely a part of what makes my weeks great no matter what.
Like so many other viewers, watching Johnny and Rob open their Christmas gifts has become a tradition for me! Love you guys. Happy Holidays! Wishing you, your families, and all viewers a joyful and peaceful new year🎉
Thank you for another amazing video, I always save this to my first day of my Christmas holiday. Beer in hand, watch the new one then binge the whole lot. (which is becoming a very long tradition 17 years!!!!!!!?). Thank you John and Rob it brings me so much joy to see you both geeking out over your gifts. This year I'm hoping for some Warhammer and to spend my holidays painting and being a massive geek!! Merry Christmas to everyone!! PS. My favorite was probably the Macross jacket one I think that one just hits me in the feels. To have a friend that puts that much thought into a gift, you are so lucky. But they are all amazing. We need a photo of you both in your jackets now.
I'm so thankful you guys still do this for us each year! It's hard to believe it has been 17 years since the first one, but I remember it, and I've been tuning in on Christmas morning ever since! Thank you both again, and Merry Christmas!!!
And that's a wrap for my favorite episode every year! My favorite one isn't a Christmas episode but is when Johnny gave Robman a signed Mega Man 2 cover art print and Robman literally convulsed and exploded.
I think that your Christmas episodes are the best ones. They show me how important Christmas is. Me and my brother are gifting each other games and animes on each Christmas because of these videos. Happy Christmas and a New Year from a fan.🎉
Oh man. I just had my bagel and coffee and watched this :) i cant believe im 32 now and ive seen all of these from the start! Its been a Christmas tradition to watch them all before xmas and then when i wake up and make coffee and a bagel on xmas morning i watch the new one :) Thank you guys so much for 17 fantastic years of Christmas specials. I actually got myself a CIB copy of Earthbound for Christmas as a lil gift to myself! I hope you both have a fantastic Christmas with your families!!!!
This was so awesome! I am sure Rob found the letter inside the jacket by now! When Rob got the Megaman Legends Standee that was my favorite episode! Looking forward to many more Christmas specials. Merry Christmas!
Hey Johnny, I just wanted to let you know that your videos have brought me a lot of joy over the years! I started watching you when I was a teenager and at the height of my love for Retro games :) I am almost finishing my masters now and although I am not that much into gaming anymore, I always love watching you get excited about video games! Merry Christmas and all the best for you and your family!
Hey! I always see these every year. I've followed you for a decade and I can't thank you enough. This year for Christmas I didn't get much, but I was happy to have my wife and family and friends. Thank you so much for these and I do my tradition where I watch all Christmas videos. I can't wait to have a collection of 20. It's almost there. Love you and Happy Holidays.
I look forward to these every year. This channel functions as a mood enhancer every Sunday, and the Christmas specials are more uplifting than any other. I guess it's time to do my annual stream-them-all session. Thanks for still going after all these years.
I have to say, there are a lot of these collector channels out there but this one is easily my favorite. Others feel too money focused. This one is about pure joy of gaming/collecting. You telling stories about certain games and how you felt at the time of playing them, really resonates with me. Merry Christmas, everyone. Here's to many more of these episodes.
I love these. Sometimes I'll just binge them randomly all throughout the year. Hoping to get Neo Fantasian Dimension and Mario and Luigi Brothership this year! And just want to celebrate Jesus and enjoy time with family. God bless!
Merry Christmas guys! My very first episode of the HCG show was the Christmas episode back in 2014. I was actually living in New Westminster at the time and I couldn't believe there was this amazing RUclipsr down the street from me. It's not the holiday season until I see Rob Man and Johnny Millennium together again. Love you guys!
I've been watching these Christmas specials since I was in high school, today is my birthday and I turn 30. Thank you so much for bringing me the Christmas spirit every year, and for all the other content over the years!
Merry Christmas fellas! Just finished rewatching all the Christmas specials from years past last week gearing up for this years. I appreciate everything you guys do. Johnny, what you Rob, and Kim do on this channel matters. Thank you for all the years of great content. Happy holidays to you and yours.
It's not really Christmas until your Christmas Special is released! Such great awesome gifts! And the box from Japan that's still stuck in shipping makes a great cliff-hanger for next years Christmas Special! It's hard to beliveve it's already been 17 years since your very first Christmas Special, I really hope you will continue doing it for 17 years more, and then some! A very Merry Christmas to you guys and to your families, and to everybody that is watching your channel! 🎅
Thank you for this, I always love watching your Christmas videos and it's just a nice way to lead me into the Christmas season as it gets closer to time off work! Merry Christmas to you all!
The one video of the year I look forward to :) The love in the room between you guys and of course the game franchises that you also love with passion are what make it so good. Merry Christmas guys from way down under.
Merry Christmas, fellas! Wrapped up my yearly rewatch of the Christmas Specials this morning. My brother and I watch them all every year, you guys are great!
Merry Christmas Johnny & Rob aswell as everyone else watching. Every year i look forward to the Christmas episode and this year was just as good as the previous. Love you guys, take care of your awesome selves!
Merry Christmas, guys I'm already looking forward to next year's! Every year becomes my new favorite Christmas special. Just seeing you guys still doing this and clearly enjoying it is what this channel is all about.
Merry Christmas, guys! It took me a while to catch up to this one since I have to watch them all each year. As I get older, each year the Christmas special marathon grows longer it’s always a great time.
It's awesome seeing you two together and the love and respect that you have for each other. I hope you both have a great holiday and I wish you are your families the best. I don't really care about getting gifts due to many years of childhood trauma but I love giving gifts and I have a lot for my wife and her family this year and I can't wait to see them open it all
So glad to see both of you. Merry Christmas. I've been watching since you and Rob did your review of the Ready Player One book. That was my first time watching you. Loyal viewer ever since.
Can’t believe it’s been 17 years!!! I been watching happy console gamers 🎮 ever since RUclips started and had seen all the Christmas Specials through out all the years!! And really thankful to still have you and rob share it us. Merry Gaming Christmas!!
It's now officially Christmas
Right. I know these r the best every year
I always look forward to it with excitement! I just love seeing Robman again.
Boy that guy gets the BEST Macross merch for Johnny! I’m so jealous of that Valkyrie!
I’m in the hospital, in the ICU and this made my day. Thanks you and merry Christmas 🎄
Get well soon pal.
Dude you will recover , because in 2025 Switch 2 is waiting for you 😊
Feel better!
Hope you get to feeling better!
Omg get better
People are wrong - Christmas doesn't start when these videos get posted. It starts when Rob makes his annual "Oh, you got me a box!" joke! 😆🎁
I can’t believe I’ve been watching this channel for 17yrs. This channel is the reason I played Ys
Wow! I believe I started watching in 2015 maybe 2017 so it's been a while for me as well I have yet to play Ys admittedly lol
I envy being that age and still having at least one friend to do stuff like this with.
As we get older, it's less and less until one day it's zero.
Nobody cares for gaming presents anymore. Everyone is jaded, has kids, goes to work, has lost the spark of joy, especially on Christmas. When it's more important that everyone is nicely dressed and the dinner is going as planned, instead of getting kickass games together.
Very envious.
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I agree with you on that one 💯 none of my friends like retro or even modern gaming the way i do. Probably we need to go more often to those gaming events and get to know each other, make new friends. I know its hard to make new connections as we get older, but i think it’s worth trying 😅
I totally concur with this comment. I’m 47 and hung on to one other lifelong gamer mate for about the last decade (back in the day there were loads of us).
He moved away and we gamed online every Friday night. He has an older wife who just retired so now he doesn’t game anymore either as he spends all his time out of work keeping her entertained instead 😂😢
Agreed, it'd be great to share gaming with a good friend around Xmas. Like you said, everyone's too busy doing the whole family and kids thing.
My boyfriend and I started watching your channel a few years ago and we watch you every Sunday, but we’ve made a tradition out of saving your Christmas special each year for when we exchange our gifts. Thank you both for being such great and positive guys, and we can’t wait to tune in again next Sunday!
I LOVE YOU TWO!! 17 years... I can't believe that I've been following these for at least 12-13 of those years.
Been enjoying this tradition with you all for over a decade. It’s become such a big part of my year. Wishing you, and all the community a Merry Christmas. Love you all!
This channel is the gift that keeps on giving.
Thank you. 🙏🏻
I’ve been waiting 12 months to see these 2 old nerds gift each other some awesome stuff! This is real brotherly love and I’m here every year for it! Merry Christmas!
This always warms my heart. Every year! Thank you gentlemen!
MERRY CHRISTMAS!!
Thank you rob and johnny for all the great game suggestions. And for a great comfy channel to watch for the last 17 years.
One of the absolute FIRST things I did this year to get into the spirit of the holidays this year was watching and rewatching the old specials! Thank you, Johnny and Rob, for your Christmas love and cheer!
+1
I need to watch the others again. Love em!
Watch at half speed to enjoy it for longer 😂
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Merry Christmas Johnny! Always love these. Such a great tradition to share in with y'all.
Gotta start Christmas by watching this, it’s been my tradition for nearly a decade now!
Merry Christmas everyone, and a Happy Holidays! 🧡
Thanks! A Merry Christmas to my favorite RUclipsr, Johnny Millennium!
Thank you!🎄♥
Just got back from my own gift exchange/Pathfinder session. I'm really starting to feel the Christmas spirit, and so I felt this was the perfect moment to finally sit down and watch this year's Christmas Special. Merry Christmas everybody, and remember to appreciate these moments with your family while you still have them.
This always warms my heart! Love you guys
Never clicked on a notification so fast, always look forward to this every year!!! Thank you for keeping us entertained for all these years, Merry Christmas to you both!!!
Now it's Christimas!!!! Seventeen times here, thank you guys so very much! I love you guys, it's indeed a tradition to us too, the best day of the year is the one with Johnny and Rob Christmas Special
I sadly was not home so I missed this special first time in 17 years I missed it. Thankfully can still watch it even if late.
As a Robotech fan my self dear god i´m envious now :)
Sorry for the late comment. This warms my heart seeing two lifelong buddies getting together for Christmas. ❤
Happy Console Gamer breaking out a butterly knife is not something i ever thought id see lmao
I appreciate you guys for doing this every year. These Christmas specials are awesome!!
You guys have become a part of our family tradition we loop your Christmas specials playlist all the way from the newest release to the day of. We really appreciate you guys thank you for doing this all these years.
This was so wholesome to watch. I don't think I'll ever stop loving how much you guys love your passions and each other - it's perfectly festive.
Your Christmas special has turned into a holiday tradition for me, it always warms my heart seeing how you both get so excited over your gifts. I shared the episode to a friend who just started getting into your channel and he loved the Silent Hill theme as that turned out to be one of his favourite games this year. Merry Christmas to you and Rob from Ontario.
Christmas tradition for real. I play it while I wrap gifts every single year. Perfect use of the long playlist!
Robman glitching over his awesome presents never gets old 😄
I think i have watched all, since collage. Always a joy to watch. Merry Christmas guys!
Guys... we are sneaking up on 20 years now!!!
I just wanted to say thank you, not only for the obvious joy from your videos and the fun I have all year watching them, but also for helping to get me through my voyage yesterday.
I started in France at 3:45 AM, flew to Germany, and got back to the states yesterday and was home about 11pm, in total about 27 hours of travel across time zones (yes it sucked).
However I decided on the flight yesterday I was going to watch all the Christmas specials from over the years as part of how I’d get through that 10 hour leg. So a special thanks for helping making it fly by!
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to you, Kim, Rob and everyone else in the HCG universe. This channel is so special and looking forward to many great videos next year. It’s genuinely a part of what makes my weeks great no matter what.
Like so many other viewers, watching Johnny and Rob open their Christmas gifts has become a tradition for me! Love you guys. Happy Holidays! Wishing you, your families, and all viewers a joyful and peaceful new year🎉
Rob when he tapes all the seams :😈
Rob when Johnny pulls out the knife: 😥
Saw my first special at 12 and I'm 29 now. Time flies. Happy holidays guys!
Thank you for another amazing video, I always save this to my first day of my Christmas holiday. Beer in hand, watch the new one then binge the whole lot. (which is becoming a very long tradition 17 years!!!!!!!?). Thank you John and Rob it brings me so much joy to see you both geeking out over your gifts. This year I'm hoping for some Warhammer and to spend my holidays painting and being a massive geek!! Merry Christmas to everyone!!
PS. My favorite was probably the Macross jacket one I think that one just hits me in the feels. To have a friend that puts that much thought into a gift, you are so lucky. But they are all amazing. We need a photo of you both in your jackets now.
I'm so thankful you guys still do this for us each year! It's hard to believe it has been 17 years since the first one, but I remember it, and I've been tuning in on Christmas morning ever since!
Thank you both again, and Merry Christmas!!!
Merry Christmas to you and yours!
“While you play your PS2 Slim”……. Had me dying and feeling nostalgic at the same time lol
I watch this every year. Christmas wouldn't be the same otherwise. Thanks again, guys. Merry X-mas.
He visto esta serie de videos desde hace unos 14 años, me encanta. Unos tipazos Johnny y Rob. Saludos desde Colombia.
I look forward to this every year. I love the friendship you guys have. Merry Christmas all!
And that's a wrap for my favorite episode every year! My favorite one isn't a Christmas episode but is when Johnny gave Robman a signed Mega Man 2 cover art print and Robman literally convulsed and exploded.
I think that your Christmas episodes are the best ones.
They show me how important Christmas is.
Me and my brother are gifting each other games and animes on each Christmas because of these videos.
Happy Christmas and a New Year from a fan.🎉
For me personally this christmas episode is one of my YT highlights to watch every year ❤.
Oh man. I just had my bagel and coffee and watched this :) i cant believe im 32 now and ive seen all of these from the start! Its been a Christmas tradition to watch them all before xmas and then when i wake up and make coffee and a bagel on xmas morning i watch the new one :) Thank you guys so much for 17 fantastic years of Christmas specials. I actually got myself a CIB copy of Earthbound for Christmas as a lil gift to myself! I hope you both have a fantastic Christmas with your families!!!!
Maaaan, that Big Trouble in Little China sweater.😂😂 That made my day.
Merry Christmas from Yorkshire, UK. You know it’s Christmas time when the special drops. What a fantastic channel.
This was so awesome! I am sure Rob found the letter inside the jacket by now!
When Rob got the Megaman Legends Standee that was my favorite episode! Looking forward to many more Christmas specials. Merry Christmas!
There is a letter inside the jacket?! That’s awesome
omg...love u guys! All the best from Austria :-D
Love watching every Christmas, merry Christmas guys
Ok, NOW it's Christmas time. Much love, you two... I look forward to these every year. Merry Christmas ahead of time!
Merry Christmas you guys!! Greetings from Spain. Love these videos.
You guys are the best. So glad you're friends after all these years. Merry Christmas!
I always watch from the beginning on Christmas Eve. Over the last 16 years it’s become my favorite tradition so thank you for making it happen
I've been watching these since year 2. It's one of my favorite parts of the holidays.
9:50 liquid water inside joke , gold , love you guys merry christmas.
im having visions of mana and a new bike
The christmas special we were all waiting for!
Hey Johnny,
I just wanted to let you know that your videos have brought me a lot of joy over the years!
I started watching you when I was a teenager and at the height of my love for Retro games :)
I am almost finishing my masters now and although I am not that much into gaming anymore, I always love watching you get excited about video games!
Merry Christmas and all the best for you and your family!
Thanks!
Aww thank you!❤
@@HappyConsoleGamer no , Thank you Brother !
It's Christmas time!!
Please never stop doing these Christmas specials!!
You guys have no idea how much i've been looking forward to these in the past 17 years
Hey! I always see these every year. I've followed you for a decade and I can't thank you enough. This year for Christmas I didn't get much, but I was happy to have my wife and family and friends. Thank you so much for these and I do my tradition where I watch all Christmas videos. I can't wait to have a collection of 20. It's almost there. Love you and Happy Holidays.
I look forward to these every year. This channel functions as a mood enhancer every Sunday, and the Christmas specials are more uplifting than any other. I guess it's time to do my annual stream-them-all session. Thanks for still going after all these years.
I have to say, there are a lot of these collector channels out there but this one is easily my favorite.
Others feel too money focused.
This one is about pure joy of gaming/collecting. You telling stories about certain games and how you felt at the time of playing them, really resonates with me.
Merry Christmas, everyone. Here's to many more of these episodes.
Christmas eve 2024 marathon of all the specials has finished. I know its said a lot, but it Christmas really doesn't start until this comes out.
I love these. Sometimes I'll just binge them randomly all throughout the year.
Hoping to get Neo Fantasian Dimension and Mario and Luigi Brothership this year! And just want to celebrate Jesus and enjoy time with family. God bless!
Merry Christmas guys! My very first episode of the HCG show was the Christmas episode back in 2014. I was actually living in New Westminster at the time and I couldn't believe there was this amazing RUclipsr down the street from me. It's not the holiday season until I see Rob Man and Johnny Millennium together again. Love you guys!
Another great christmas video guys. Always love coming back every year to see these. Can't wait til next year
I've been watching these Christmas specials since I was in high school, today is my birthday and I turn 30. Thank you so much for bringing me the Christmas spirit every year, and for all the other content over the years!
The HCG christmas special feat. Rob Man never disappoints every year! 🎉
Merry Christmas fellas! Just finished rewatching all the Christmas specials from years past last week gearing up for this years. I appreciate everything you guys do. Johnny, what you Rob, and Kim do on this channel matters. Thank you for all the years of great content. Happy holidays to you and yours.
Merry Christmas to you and yours, Johnny! And thanks to you and Robman for keeping up this yearly tradition - it’s truly appreciated!
It's not really Christmas until your Christmas Special is released! Such great awesome gifts! And the box from Japan that's still stuck in shipping makes a great cliff-hanger for next years Christmas Special! It's hard to beliveve it's already been 17 years since your very first Christmas Special, I really hope you will continue doing it for 17 years more, and then some! A very Merry Christmas to you guys and to your families, and to everybody that is watching your channel! 🎅
Man, Can't believe its already christmas. Feels like last years special was just mere months ago. Time flies as you get older man I'll tell ya..
Thank you for this, I always love watching your Christmas videos and it's just a nice way to lead me into the Christmas season as it gets closer to time off work! Merry Christmas to you all!
The one video of the year I look forward to :) The love in the room between you guys and of course the game franchises that you also love with passion are what make it so good. Merry Christmas guys from way down under.
Nice VF-1S! I just got the limited Tamashii Nations VF-1J as a gift to myself:)
Thanks for sharing guys.... HAPPY CHRISTMAS :)
So wholesome... What a great friendship... I look forward to this every year... MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!
Merry Christmas! You are as traditional and comforting as the holidays.
Been watching for 15 years that's crazy! Happy Christmas!
I look forward to this every year! It makes my Christmas even better. Thank you guys for being so awesome, love yall dudes so much
You guys are the best and such a joy to watch! I always look forward to these specials. Merry Christmas and here's to 17 more specials!
Merry Christmas, fellas! Wrapped up my yearly rewatch of the Christmas Specials this morning. My brother and I watch them all every year, you guys are great!
Merry Christmas Johnny & Rob aswell as everyone else watching.
Every year i look forward to the Christmas episode and this year was just as good as the previous.
Love you guys, take care of your awesome selves!
Merry Christmas, guys I'm already looking forward to next year's!
Every year becomes my new favorite Christmas special. Just seeing you guys still doing this and clearly enjoying it is what this channel is all about.
Merry Christmas, guys! It took me a while to catch up to this one since I have to watch them all each year. As I get older, each year the Christmas special marathon grows longer it’s always a great time.
Thank you guys for another amazing year. Hope you and your families have a merry Christmas
That hug was so wholesome. Years of friendship built into that one 😢 Merry Christmas guys!
It's awesome seeing you two together and the love and respect that you have for each other. I hope you both have a great holiday and I wish you are your families the best. I don't really care about getting gifts due to many years of childhood trauma but I love giving gifts and I have a lot for my wife and her family this year and I can't wait to see them open it all
I may not watch all the videos like I used to but I make sure to watch this special with a cup of coffee every year.
Look forward to these specials every year! You guys are awesome! Merry Christmas to you both and your families.
So glad to see both of you. Merry Christmas. I've been watching since you and Rob did your review of the Ready Player One book. That was my first time watching you. Loyal viewer ever since.
Can’t believe it’s been 17 years!!! I been watching happy console gamers 🎮 ever since RUclips started and had seen all the Christmas Specials through out all the years!! And really thankful to still have you and rob share it us. Merry Gaming Christmas!!
Always happy to see you guys, my favorite part of the year :) Merry Christmas!