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!
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 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 😂😢
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.
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.
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🎉
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!
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!
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.
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!!!
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! 🎅
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 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.
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 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.🎉
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!
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!
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.
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!
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.
This is always a great time of the year to see Rob and Johnny exchanging gifts! Merry Christmas guys! And to everyone out there to who celebrates it! Many Happy Returns!!!
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!
Words cannot describe the joy both of you gentlemen bring to me and I’m sure I can safely say thousands of others. Thank you for all your beautiful work, Merry Christmas and may you and your families have an incredible 2025 ❤❤❤❤❤
What a remarkable friendship. You two are VERY fortunate to have known each other and, furthermore, maintained a lasting friendship over the years. Awesome
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.
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 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!
Another amazing Christmas special. Always fun to watch you guys open your gifts. I join the many that have made this a tradition every year and I really can't believe it has been 17. Merry Christmas to you and your families!
My cousin and I were this close for 40 years. All of a sudden this year there is huge animosity and we don't even talk anymore. I don't know what happened... I love you Keybills, I am here for you, pal.
These friends love each other so much and it's so nice to get to watch these every year. The older I get, the less I get to see the friends I've had my entire life, and often I'll tear up even thinking about them. My friends mean so much to me, and I love them like John and Rob clearly love and care for each other. John has surrounded himself with so much love and people that you can tell are genuinely kind and wonderful people. Bless you and your families, John and Rob! Have a wonderful Christmas holiday! 🎄🎁
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!!
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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
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!
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!
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! 😆🎁
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 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.
I LOVE YOU TWO!! 17 years... I can't believe that I've been following these for at least 12-13 of those years.
Johnny getting pretty close to trying make up for his Roy Focker Helmet/Jacket he got that left him speechless!
This channel is the gift that keeps on giving.
Thank you. 🙏🏻
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.
Saw my first special at 12 and I'm 29 now. Time flies. Happy holidays guys!
Watch at half speed to enjoy it for longer 😂
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Thanks! A Merry Christmas to my favorite RUclipsr, Johnny Millennium!
Thank you!🎄♥
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.
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🎉
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!
Merry Christmas to you and yours!
Maaaan, that Big Trouble in Little China sweater.😂😂 That made my day.
Christmas tradition for real. I play it while I wrap gifts every single year. Perfect use of the long playlist!
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!
I think i have watched all, since collage. Always a joy to watch. Merry Christmas guys!
MERRY CHRISTMAS!!
Merry Christmas Johnny! Always love these. Such a great tradition to share in with y'all.
Please never stop doing these Christmas specials!!
Yay! Christmas can now occur 🎉 🎄
Merry Christmas you guys!! Greetings from Spain. Love these videos.
He visto esta serie de videos desde hace unos 14 años, me encanta. Unos tipazos Johnny y Rob. Saludos desde Colombia.
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..
Rob when he tapes all the seams :😈
Rob when Johnny pulls out the knife: 😥
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.
Love watching every Christmas, merry Christmas guys
omg...love u guys! All the best from Austria :-D
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.
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.
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!!!
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! 🎅
9:50 liquid water inside joke , gold , love you guys merry christmas.
I appreciate you guys for doing this every year. These Christmas specials are awesome!!
The HCG christmas special feat. Rob Man never disappoints every year! 🎉
For me personally this christmas episode is one of my YT highlights to watch every year ❤.
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 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.
Robman glitching over his awesome presents never gets old 😄
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.
Guys... we are sneaking up on 20 years now!!!
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.🎉
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.
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!
“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.
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
The christmas special we were all waiting for!
Nice VF-1S! I just got the limited Tamashii Nations VF-1J as a gift to myself:)
Ok, NOW it's Christmas time. Much love, you two... I look forward to these every year. Merry Christmas ahead of time!
It's Christmas time!!
You guys have no idea how much i've been looking forward to these in the past 17 years
Merry Christmas from Yorkshire, UK. You know it’s Christmas time when the special drops. What a fantastic channel.
I've been watching these since year 2. It's one of my favorite parts of the holidays.
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.
Merry Christmas, guys! :)
I got my Christmas gift in September. It was my first born son! Looking forward my my new gamer buddy coming soon in a few years
That hug was so wholesome. Years of friendship built into that one 😢 Merry Christmas guys!
Thanks for sharing guys.... HAPPY CHRISTMAS :)
You guys are the best. So glad you're friends after all these years. Merry Christmas!
Damn I want BOTH your main gifts, love Macross and Silent Hill !!
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!
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.
Merry Christmas! You are as traditional and comforting as the holidays.
Been watching for 15 years that's crazy! Happy Christmas!
Truly the best time of the year
This is always a great time of the year to see Rob and Johnny exchanging gifts! Merry Christmas guys! And to everyone out there to who celebrates it! Many Happy Returns!!!
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!
So wholesome... What a great friendship... I look forward to this every year... MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!
I love every one of the Christmas specials! You are my favorite RUclipsr of all time!
Words cannot describe the joy both of you gentlemen bring to me and I’m sure I can safely say thousands of others. Thank you for all your beautiful work, Merry Christmas and may you and your families have an incredible 2025 ❤❤❤❤❤
What a remarkable friendship. You two are VERY fortunate to have known each other and, furthermore, maintained a lasting friendship over the years. Awesome
I want that jacket :(, awesome gifts by the way hehe, and marry Xmas :)
I always love to see these. Thank you for keeping the tradition alive!
Merry Christmas to you and yours, Johnny! And thanks to you and Robman for keeping up this yearly tradition - it’s truly appreciated!
”Which one of our 17 christmas specials is your favourite?”
Me : Yes !
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.
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 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!
Another amazing Christmas special. Always fun to watch you guys open your gifts.
I join the many that have made this a tradition every year and I really can't believe it has been 17.
Merry Christmas to you and your families!
Been watching these since 2010. Always great to see these every year!
This never gets old I enjoy it every year man
The rain took away all our snow but with this the holiday spirit is back. Thanks for doing this again Rob and Johhny!
First off love you guys! And second off, my favorite videos of this series is when y’all used to give each other rare special editions of retro games
My cousin and I were this close for 40 years. All of a sudden this year there is huge animosity and we don't even talk anymore. I don't know what happened... I love you Keybills, I am here for you, pal.
The fuck happened? Drugs or politics?
Thank you guys for another amazing year. Hope you and your families have a merry Christmas
Anyone else mark time with the Christmas Specials? Can't believe how many years I've been watching these!
These friends love each other so much and it's so nice to get to watch these every year. The older I get, the less I get to see the friends I've had my entire life, and often I'll tear up even thinking about them. My friends mean so much to me, and I love them like John and Rob clearly love and care for each other. John has surrounded himself with so much love and people that you can tell are genuinely kind and wonderful people.
Bless you and your families, John and Rob! Have a wonderful Christmas holiday! 🎄🎁
channel never gets old. watched it for many years and still watching. one of my favorite channel.
thank you happyconsole gamer
Love the Christmas Special I watch it every year! Johnny and Rob hope you both have an amazing Christmas!
Have a Johnny Christmas and a Robman New Year!
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!!
Another great christmas video guys. Always love coming back every year to see these. Can't wait til next year
Wow! I love watching you guys give each other gifts. They're so thoughtful!
Love it! Thanks for another year of the gang.