Adam was made in God's image, and he was "good" until he threw in the towel and bit the forbidden fruit. Then sin entered into Adam and Eve for acting evil on purpose. Like an animal growing a taste for fresh blood, Adam and Even had that rotten mentality desire now in them, and they now needed healing and cleansing. They didn't want God so they got what they wanted. But that sinful 'image' of the downfall isn't what God appears like at all. God is so pure and holy that God glows and emits light. I'm a very lucky, formerly-traumatized little boy who honestly knows God exists and that He is loving and wise... a perfect combination. You slipped and made an easy judgement call that seemed to 'fit' enough to be truth, but it really isn't. Adam and Eve were as pure as driven snow until they decided to be otherwise, decided they could be just like God or angels instead of a creation of God's love. Maine said "Hello". Live well, Laugh often, Love much... and life's a sweeter breeze than it isn't.@@christinepage181
IKR? Where are the fleece pajama pants and hoodies? And women with no makeup and hair like rats nests? LOL I remember days like this video. When men and women actually took pride in their appearance.
@@chrismullan7191 Mine did too. Only they're mostly all dead now and I'm a bachelor. Holidays were a very formal affair in my family. I fondly remember my grandmother. I never saw her in anything but a dress.
Yep, that's the way it was! I was five at this time. Mom and dad made a big deal out of Santa's visit. Believe it or not, I still have my mom and dad today... both in their mid 90's and doing pretty darn good and still live on their own and still decorate for the holidays! Lucky am I :)
Yes, you’re very lucky indeed! Many a time I wish I could do ordinary little things like ask them about something but remember they’re gone. Still, I’m lucky I had good parents who loved me. Not everyone is as fortunate. God bless you and your parents. Have a wonderful, thankful Christmas and a happy new year.
@tmcge3325 it was a great time to be a kid. We were a lower-middle income family. My Mom and Dad both worked. My Mom washed, dried, and we folded towels for a local "Beauty Shop," Each evening, we folded towels as a family while we watched TV. I was 7 years old, and my sister was 5 yrs old. Now my 3 year little brother tried to fold towels, he "TRIED." Even though we were poor, we never missed a meal, was always clean and very clean house inside and out. Stay safe, and GOD bless you. Semper Fidelis from an old Marine Sergeant and greetings from Charleston, West Virginia
@@usmc-veteran7316 I grew up in a similar family....I remember one Christmas my parents bought me a pack of those green soldiers and I was happy to have them! I also remember both my uncles going off to Vietnam and watching nightly news Walter Cronkite and he smoked while giving us the news as many did .....still, much better times than today. Here's a funny story. One year, I playing catch with my buddy and he told me "my sister is in her room crying" followed by "you wanna know why" I was more interested in catching the ball but asked "Why" he said "The Beatles broke up!" I wondered "what kind of bug is that" ;-) Retired USN MCPO and Boeing Flight Engineer and just simply retired! Nuvali Laguna Philippines
Oh it did. Christmas was always the best of times when I was a kid and I try so hard to keep that going with my own family. I'm one of the only homes on the street that decorate and believe me...I go ALL out. You can see my lights all the way across our valley LOL. It's getting a little harder to put it all together every year but I'll keep at it until I drop putting the last string of lights up out there lol.
WOW! Look at all those Christmas Cards!!!! Such fun :) I was 5 in 1962 and this is exactly how it was for many years! Such love and family times. Missing my family now :( Thank you for these great memories! They mean so much. xxxooo
I was 7 years old at this time and it a magical Christmas. The tree looked very similar to the one in the home movie and presents covered the floor. I think about it often and long to return to the simpler times. All my family are gone and now it’s just sad and lonely.
I miss getting actual cards! The last couple years I've been sending a few extra out hoping to see it return sometime, nothing can replace a nice card with hand written note
@@pamforrester844HALLMARK PRINTS AND SELLS MILLIONS OF CHRISTMAS CARDS EVERY SEASON!...YET NO ONE SEEMS TO GET THEM...STRANGE!...I WAS ONE OF MANY CARD PRINTERS FOR HALLMARK FOR OVER 10 YEARS!
So true....I was thinking the exact same thing. The Christmas music in the Mall is no good either it's seems to be sexual desire for someone they want for Christmas....so sad 😢
I was eight years old in 1962, but remember Christmas Eve very well. Christmas was a magical time back then. The atmosphere in our school was wonderful with each class producing a medley of carols for the Christmas concert. I expect this has all been stopped now on the grounds of multi culti culture.
Christmas 1962 was my first Christmas, so I love seeing this. I was born Oct 1962 and spent Christmas in the hospital unfortunately (lung infection), but was healthy shortly after that, and sat on Santa’s lap in Dec 1963 (cried lol). Love seeing this video. I miss those days.
Quite magical.As a kid i used to think life would stay like that !!!! How wrong i was and the good days are well and truly over now.Just memories that we can dip into when we want to.
Boy does THIS bring back memories as it could have been MY family. My father had one of those 8mm cameras too and used to pan up and down the tree like this movie! LOL My mother used to criticize him for wasting film going up and down a tree which, to HER, looked the same every year. But I'm happy he did. Because now as I sit in my old bachelorhood, I have those movies to remember the better times when my family was still alive and Christmas was magical! Man that Brian is one handsome dude! He'd be around 80 now or in his early 80's.
I was 8 years old. The year I got..... Bicycle Give a show projector Crazy Clock game Pogo stick Casper the Friendly Ghost talking doll Barbies Dream House Barbies pink car ..........such special memories Our tree was beautiful and fun to decorate......it smelled of pine🎄 Early Christmas morning the 3 of us kids waited in a bedroom, while our parents put the large unwrapped gifts under the tree and hung the stuffed stockings. Then we walked into the living room and saw all the surprises by all the wrapped presents. The 60s......they were some of the best years of my life
00:39 - Brian, Thank You for your service in the U.S. Navy! Bobby Vee & The Four Seasons - the Musicland stores used to have their slogan in pre-Christmas advertising " Give the gift of Music!".
Wasnt even born until 11 years later,Now 50 watching this look No smartphones,No laptops ,Just a perfect family tradition when christmases were like this ❤I was born in 1973 ,What a great festive video with all the trimmings long before online and the World wide Web 🕸️ That spoils it since the 21st century,Now its i want this ,I want that ,I was thankful for whatever my parents and siblings got me to seeing my loved ones growing up in the 70s and 80s ,Take me back to these times when people enjoyed this time of year with no problems except for the odd dispute where to spend Christmas 🎄🎁🎷🎹🎺🎸
Tinsel, wow. I remember stringing it on the tree. Took quite a while if you did it right, one strand st a time. I was 12 in 1962. The holidays were magical back then.
LOL Lee is right. It had to be one strand at a time. My father used to try to speed it up by putting several on at a time and my mother would catch him and say it looked awful and to do it over! LOL I still HAVE some of that tinsel from the late 60's or early 70's as my father would buy it cheap after Christmas and put it away and forgot about some of it. As I inherited my family home and all the junk he had, I have the tinsel! LOL
@@retroguy9494 Ha, that’s funny. I used to get lazy myself and clump up the strands. My wife, with the patience of a Saint would redo the tinsel. Wondering, do you still have the box/packaging from the old tinsel?
I was 3 in 62. But a couple of years later it was still the same. I remember it very well. The tree is what got to me. Ive been in grocery retail for over 25 years....I hate the holiday's now... No joy here...
Real lead tinsel! I remember when it was discontinued due to "health hazard " (I should have known that that was the begging of the end). As I digress after it was discontinued my mother would put it on strand by strand then took it off strand by strand saving it for future years. . It was beautiful.
She took it OFF strand by strand and saved it? 😂 WOW I thought my father was cheap! He grew up during the depression and that man could squeeze a nickel until the Indian cried and the buffalo crapped! But even HE never save the tinsel! It got tossed right along with the tree!
wow this must be a priceless memory for you as i assume some family members have passed🙁 this recording is something that cannot be replaced .. i have a photo of all my mothers brothers and sisters stood in a line at a party there were 13 of them altogether !! all but 4 have now passed including my mother i will keep it always !
i remember growing up in 60,s,it was the best time at Christmas,we would host every few years christmas eve at one of my parents frineds home ,like4 to 5 families ,food was great we were all italian so we had the "7 Fishes' WHICH I WAS NOT A BIG FAN OF 6 YRS.OLD,,, my dads work xmas party,,,i still have 3 Buddy L toy steel trucks given as gifts from santa,,i miss those days ,today is way different,,Rest in Peace mom and Dad
I loved 1962! It was the best. No polio, we hadn’t yet gotten mired in Vietnam, the assassinations hadn’t yet begun, an airplane rental was $10 an hour (wet), and gas was cheap.
Wow, what a treat! I was 10 back then and got my "big boy" bicycle on Christmas Day. It wasn't a Schwinn, but rather a department store bike, which I later found out was made by Murray.
I HAD JUST TURNED 10 IN NOVEMBER AND WAS WAITING "IMPATIENTLY" TO SEE WHAT I WAS GETTING FROM THE "SEARS CHRISTMAS CATALOG" THAT I HAD MARKED DOWN FOR THE LAST 2 MONTHS ❣️🎁🤭
Do I know you???? 😅 I was also 10, only girl, had 5 brothers. We would wait and wait for the Sears Christmas catalogue, go over and over it picking just exactly what we wanted. Didn’t get everything we picked, but enough that we didn’t care. Being the only girl I pretty much didn’t have to share my toys with the boys😌. Good times, good memories. Can’t think about it for too long or I get maudlin, just enough to make me smile❤
@@kathyeyesopen4078 KATHY, IT SEEMS LIKE WE SHOULD KNOW EACH OTHER👍🏻... KNOWING I WASN'T GOING TO GET EVERYTHING I MARKED DOWN IN THE CATALOG, I NUMBERED THEM FROM WHAT I WANTED MOST TO WHAT I WANTED LEAST STARTING WITH #1 THEN #2 AND SO FORTH... DEPENDING ON THE COST😱, IT USUALLY WORKED PRETTY WELL❣️🤞🏻🎄
@@patrickmcgrath5411 LOL omg We MUST know each other because that is Exactly the way we did it too! And I would sometimes change up the order before I gave my Mom the Final List 😅😅😅. I knew a lot of McGraths back in my neighborhood area (Springfield PA) My maiden name was Gallagher and there were plenty of us too! It was a lot of 3rd generation Irish and Italian families and everyone had 6 or more kids😄
I was about to be born December 27. Don’t know where all the time has gone. My mom and dad are in heaven and I’m 60 yrs old Oh, how I miss the simpler times surrounded with all my family, healthy and happy not very wealthy, but had it all😢🩵
I was 10 in 1962. I remember my parents hanging up all the Christmas cards too. My dad used to put masking tape in a grid pattern on the front window then spraying that false “snow” in a can in an “L” fashion to make it look like we had snow on window panes… he’d pull the tape off once he was done and it looked pretty neat. 🇨🇦
The Christmas cards reminded me of the big number of cards my Grandmother used to receive. She would tape them up on the four pillars in the "Parlor" as it was called then.
I was 5 then,we alwas celebrated Christmas on Christmas eve because my Dad had to work swing shifts. We carried that tradition until last tear when my Sister passed away. Now my son and I open 1 present on the eve and do the rest of celebrating on the day. New tradition! I remember getting tons of cards growing up,now im lucky to get 3 or 4. 😊😊😊
I wasn't born until 1965 but as I remember looking back they were the days that presents were more appreciated, every one came together and loved the day, but now people aren't happy unless they have tablets to play on and the latest up to date mobile phone, people don't even send Christmas cards like they used to, it's now all Face book, I call it nose book which I don't and never will have, before long no one will get out because all of the shops are closing down and everything you can get on the internet which can be dodgy, if things hadn't changed so much I think people would look forward to Christmas more and everybody would appreciate life that little bit more. 🌲.
'Nose book!' 😂🤣 I call it 'fake book' HAHAHAHA!!! I never used it. Not once. And I won't. But having been born the year before you, it was just like this movie for us too. The fashion and lifestyle didn't change for a LONG time. Not until the mid 70's as I remember.
That is funny, fake book, I love it. 😂🤣😂. People can take the p out of us as much as they like it's nice to know someone agrees, it's nice to know I'm not outnumbered. People have tried for a long time to persuade me otherwise but no way, what concerns me is in time even more people will loose their jobs and there will be no shops to look in and everything will be on line, unfortunately this is how it's going to be in the future, it really scares me sometimes, I get so angry when shops close, I can't go to a shop that's closing down for bargains, all I think about is the people who are loosing their jobs. It's seems like it's people like us are the only ones who think about these things. 🙂.
I take it from some of the comments that this is a clip from an American home movie, it is so very similar to how I remember my Christmases back then in the UK. In 1962 I was 11 years old and Christmas day would remain special for quite a long time after that year, sadly, times change and now, for me, it is just another day.
I was 6 months old back in Christmas of 1962! I do remember the Christmas's back in the 60's and 70's. Every year we had our Christmas cards hung up like that and the trees were REAL! Miss that now...
When I was a little boy in the late 60's and early 70's, my father had something like 50 men working for him plus my mother had a lot of friends and acquaintances. Every one of them, plus all the neighbors and relatives on both sides got a card from my parents, hand signed and addressed by my mother. I remember she used to start writing them out the weekend after Thanksgiving. Then they all got mailed together close to Christmas day. I estimate she probably sent out at least 100 to 125 cards a year.
Made my heart sink, to think about all those people we have in out living memory, who are not with us, to see them young and happy, gives me a strange sensation and i dont know how to deal with it with everything going on today
Looks like something out of leave it to beaver! Hey, why did they never have a xmas episode in that show! To the good ole days! May they be in our memories forever!
wow........what a memory seeing all the Christmas cards on the wall. I can remember every year we would get at least 3 cards from people we had absolutely no idea who they were. This went on for 25 years. We never figured out who they were. One of the mystery cards was always signed......Merry Christmas from "Benny and the Halperin tribe"
LOVE these old memories! My Mama used to put the Christmas tree in our play pen so we would not knock it over. I never figured out what she did with us though!
I remember decorating my grandmother's tree, she worked for the local elks club cleaning up after functions etc and every year they sold Christmas trees, I remember putting the lead tinsel on it which was removed every Christmas and raised the next year, she only lived two houses away which was convenient because both my parents worked, my father worked for the post office and my mother was a registered nurse,, Christmas time my father would get home late from work, there was no FedEx or anything back then so the post office handled everything from packages to letters for Santa, mom worked 3 to 11 so my father would put me and my two sisters to bed, it was a better time, all the relatives were alive, noiw there's just me and my two sisters left, they live in Colorado and I'm in New Jersey, all alone, never married, oh well, Merry Christmas everyone in keeping with the situation.
I well remember those days, especially that super bright flash light you had to use to be able to film a Super 8 Movie. See how everyone squints at the camera, but it's actually from the separate flash light...which always cast such a large shadow of yourself in the background. Hard to act "normal" when you're looking into such a bright light, remember?! : )
Now this is what Christmas was in my home to it was beautiful people coming and going and everything saying Merry Christmas and everything, now they don't even like doing that anymore
I was 4 then unfortunately my mother walked out when I was 2 for another man but a fantastic aunt brought me up & gave me love & great Christmases. Despite what happened Christmases were about giving/recieving little gifts, jelly, blamange & turkey of course but not expecting a gift like a games console that cost your dad 2 weeks wages.
Fun - I was 11 years old then - my Mom's name was Marge and my Dad's name was Jack! And, our tree had all that heavy, foil tinsel hanging like icicles...
I can just remember it, I was 4 at the time and there were several other things also making it memorable. We has just moved house, earlier in December and soon afterwards my mother announced she was having another baby [my brother, born August 1963].It was also an unusually cold winter.
I grew up about an hour outside New York City. Last time we had snow like that on Christmas eve was 1979. As I count it, we haven't had a white Christmas since. Oh, it's snowed a bit before Christmas on a few occasions, but its always warmed up and melted before Christmas Day.
Oh wow, for a couple of precious minutes, the world turned back to normal again.
You betcha, when white men ruled the world and women and coloreds knew their place, good times
Lol sadly theres nothing wrong with Gods creation ,its the nasty people we have to live with ,thats the downfalls
@@simonrankin9177 But as we were made in their image, they must be just as bad as us.
And wasn't it wonderful 😊
Adam was made in God's image, and he was "good" until he threw in the towel and bit the forbidden fruit. Then sin entered into Adam and Eve for acting evil on purpose. Like an animal growing a taste for fresh blood, Adam and Even had that rotten mentality desire now in them, and they now needed healing and cleansing. They didn't want God so they got what they wanted. But that sinful 'image' of the downfall isn't what God appears like at all. God is so pure and holy that God glows and emits light. I'm a very lucky, formerly-traumatized little boy who honestly knows God exists and that He is loving and wise... a perfect combination. You slipped and made an easy judgement call that seemed to 'fit' enough to be truth, but it really isn't. Adam and Eve were as pure as driven snow until they decided to be otherwise, decided they could be just like God or angels instead of a creation of God's love. Maine said "Hello". Live well, Laugh often, Love much... and life's a sweeter breeze than it isn't.@@christinepage181
Those were truly the good ol' days!
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I was 4.😮😮
@@cynthianaylor9514 I was -6 because I wasn’t born until 1968.
My year of birth
@@mandross Okay youngie I'm 4 years older.
Back when people actually dressed up for Christmas. So nice to see. ❤
First thing I thought. 😊
my family all still dress up for Christmas, still a very SPECIAL day.
@@chrismullan7191 good family morals. We need more families like yours. You are Blessed.
IKR? Where are the fleece pajama pants and hoodies? And women with no makeup and hair like rats nests? LOL
I remember days like this video. When men and women actually took pride in their appearance.
@@chrismullan7191 Mine did too. Only they're mostly all dead now and I'm a bachelor. Holidays were a very formal affair in my family. I fondly remember my grandmother. I never saw her in anything but a dress.
THOSE WERE THE DAYS 1960S ❤
Yep, that's the way it was! I was five at this time. Mom and dad made a big deal out of Santa's visit. Believe it or not, I still
have my mom and dad today... both in their mid 90's and doing pretty darn good and still live on their own and still decorate for
the holidays! Lucky am I :)
Yes, you’re very lucky indeed! Many a time I wish I could do ordinary little things like ask them about something but remember they’re gone. Still, I’m lucky I had good parents who loved me. Not everyone is as fortunate. God bless you and your parents. Have a wonderful, thankful Christmas and a happy new year.
WOW, Christmas 1962, I was 7 yrs old. Love to go back, both Mom and Dad were living. I really miss them.
Amen!
@tmcge3325 it was a great time to be a kid. We were a lower-middle income family. My Mom and Dad both worked. My Mom washed, dried, and we folded towels for a local "Beauty Shop," Each evening, we folded towels as a family while we watched TV. I was 7 years old, and my sister was 5 yrs old. Now my 3 year little brother tried to fold towels, he "TRIED." Even though we were poor, we never missed a meal, was always clean and very clean house inside and out. Stay safe, and GOD bless you. Semper Fidelis from an old Marine Sergeant and greetings from Charleston, West Virginia
@@usmc-veteran7316 I grew up in a similar family....I remember one Christmas my parents bought me a pack of those green soldiers and I was happy to have them! I also remember both my uncles going off to Vietnam and watching nightly news Walter Cronkite and he smoked while giving us the news as many did .....still, much better times than today.
Here's a funny story. One year, I playing catch with my buddy and he told me "my sister is in her room crying" followed by "you wanna know why" I was more interested in catching the ball but asked "Why" he said "The Beatles broke up!" I wondered "what kind of bug is that" ;-)
Retired USN MCPO and Boeing Flight Engineer and just simply retired! Nuvali Laguna Philippines
I was 10 months old 🙂
@samhain1894 The 60s were a great time to be a kid. Well, except for the War in Vietnam.
OMG ! WHAT GREAT MEMORIES. I was in my Senior year in High School. Christmas back then meant so much more than it does today.
Oh it did. Christmas was always the best of times when I was a kid and I try so hard to keep that going with my own family. I'm one of the only homes on the street that decorate and believe me...I go ALL out. You can see my lights all the way across our valley LOL. It's getting a little harder to put it all together every year but I'll keep at it until I drop putting the last string of lights up out there lol.
I was in kindergarten.
Just about to finish my National Service end of December 1962
I was born that year in May. I Loved to see this video.❤❤
WOW! Look at all those Christmas Cards!!!! Such fun :) I was 5 in 1962 and this is exactly how it was for many years! Such love and family times. Missing my family now :( Thank you for these great memories! They mean so much. xxxooo
My first Christmas.
Hello ! I was 5 in 62 also , and yes I agree with everything you said . 😊
I thought they got a lot too! 😊
I can't afford to send Christmas cards anymore, now that It's £1.25 for a first class stamp and 95p for a second class one!
@@zoefoster1873 You’re right! Got stamps yesterday 40 for $26. Craziness
I was 7 years old at this time and it a magical Christmas. The tree looked very similar to the one in the home movie and presents covered the floor. I think about it often and long to return to the simpler times. All my family are gone and now it’s just sad and lonely.
Look at all those cards. These days you are lucky to get a few.
I miss getting actual cards! The last couple years I've been sending a few extra out hoping to see it return sometime, nothing can replace a nice card with hand written note
@@pamforrester844HALLMARK PRINTS AND SELLS MILLIONS OF CHRISTMAS CARDS EVERY SEASON!...YET NO ONE SEEMS TO GET THEM...STRANGE!...I WAS ONE OF MANY CARD PRINTERS FOR HALLMARK FOR OVER 10 YEARS!
So true....I was thinking the exact same thing. The Christmas music in the Mall is no good either it's seems to be sexual desire for someone they want for Christmas....so sad 😢
@@suzyjackson5514 Dad used to put up some of the previous year's cards to make us look more popular when we had visitors 😄
@@YORKEE that's funny! Love your dad!
Born in 62, very lucky to live in that Era. Nothing like today. I miss it so much. Indescribable to those who weren't there.
Beautiful sweet Christmas memories.❤
I was eight years old in 1962, but remember Christmas Eve very well. Christmas was a magical time back then. The atmosphere in our school was wonderful with each class producing a medley of carols for the Christmas concert. I expect this has all been stopped now on the grounds of multi culti culture.
All the Christmas cards! Nobody sends them anymore. Good looking family! I hope everyone had a good life
Hello, how are you Caro
Very cool! I was two years old in 1962.
I was two months old.😊
I was Two years old 🤷🏽♀️
I was 3! I am also a jack.😉
Lovely memory of my 1st record player ! Proper family Christmas as they used to be .
I was 8 and my brother was 2.
Christmas 1962 was my first Christmas, so I love seeing this. I was born Oct 1962 and spent Christmas in the hospital unfortunately (lung infection), but was healthy shortly after that, and sat on Santa’s lap in Dec 1963 (cried lol).
Love seeing this video. I miss those days.
It was my first as well. Born in September of that year.
Me too …born 26 Oct 1962 ❤
Quite magical.As a kid i used to think life would stay like that !!!! How wrong i was and the good days are well and truly over now.Just memories that we can dip into when we want to.
This is a lovely compilation film. You transferred it very well. It is so clear and bright.Excellent job. Happy family memories
Boy does THIS bring back memories as it could have been MY family. My father had one of those 8mm cameras too and used to pan up and down the tree like this movie! LOL My mother used to criticize him for wasting film going up and down a tree which, to HER, looked the same every year. But I'm happy he did. Because now as I sit in my old bachelorhood, I have those movies to remember the better times when my family was still alive and Christmas was magical!
Man that Brian is one handsome dude! He'd be around 80 now or in his early 80's.
That day was my parents wedding day
I was born in 1963 and grew up in a happy family. Today i live with sweet memories. Kisses from Greece!
I miss actual Christmas cards...not texts or emails...lol 😂😂
Nice. Memories to last for generations to come. Something we don't see much on Christmas trees any more-tinsel.
I still use it!
You probably have the most well deocrated tree around. @@arriesone1
@@weatherboi Can’t say it’s not sparkly!
I was 8 years old.
The year I got.....
Bicycle
Give a show projector
Crazy Clock game
Pogo stick
Casper the Friendly Ghost talking doll
Barbies Dream House
Barbies pink car
..........such special memories
Our tree was beautiful and fun to decorate......it smelled of pine🎄
Early Christmas morning the 3 of us kids waited in a bedroom,
while our parents put the large unwrapped gifts under the tree and hung the stuffed stockings.
Then we walked into the living room and saw all the surprises by all the wrapped presents.
The 60s......they were some of the best years of my life
00:39 - Brian, Thank You for your service in the U.S. Navy! Bobby Vee & The Four Seasons - the Musicland stores used to have their slogan in pre-Christmas advertising " Give the gift of Music!".
Wasnt even born until 11 years later,Now 50 watching this look No smartphones,No laptops ,Just a perfect family tradition when christmases were like this ❤I was born in 1973 ,What a great festive video with all the trimmings long before online and the World wide Web 🕸️ That spoils it since the 21st century,Now its i want this ,I want that ,I was thankful for whatever my parents and siblings got me to seeing my loved ones growing up in the 70s and 80s ,Take me back to these times when people enjoyed this time of year with no problems except for the odd dispute where to spend Christmas 🎄🎁🎷🎹🎺🎸
yep the good days. When you memorized your phone number, no smart phones, sweet days
Tinsel, wow. I remember stringing it on the tree. Took quite a while if you did it right, one strand st a time. I was 12 in 1962. The holidays were magical back then.
I was 8
Yes.....they were magical back in the 60's
It did take a long time if you did it right.....one strand at a time......the tinsel was so lovely
LOL Lee is right. It had to be one strand at a time. My father used to try to speed it up by putting several on at a time and my mother would catch him and say it looked awful and to do it over! LOL
I still HAVE some of that tinsel from the late 60's or early 70's as my father would buy it cheap after Christmas and put it away and forgot about some of it. As I inherited my family home and all the junk he had, I have the tinsel! LOL
@@retroguy9494 Ha, that’s funny. I used to get lazy myself and clump up the strands. My wife, with the patience of a Saint would redo the tinsel. Wondering, do you still have the box/packaging from the old tinsel?
I was a mere 1year old.. loved this wee step back in time.
Enjoyed this a lot. Thank you.
This would have been my first Christmas. I was 13 days old. I love these old Home films!
my first as well. 232 days old.
I was 3 in 62. But a couple of years later it was still the same. I remember it very well. The tree is what got to me. Ive been in grocery retail for over 25 years....I hate the holiday's now... No joy here...
Real lead tinsel! I remember when it was discontinued due to "health hazard " (I should have known that that was the begging of the end). As I digress after it was discontinued my mother would put it on strand by strand then took it off strand by strand saving it for future years. . It was beautiful.
She took it OFF strand by strand and saved it? 😂
WOW I thought my father was cheap! He grew up during the depression and that man could squeeze a nickel until the Indian cried and the buffalo crapped! But even HE never save the tinsel! It got tossed right along with the tree!
This was so heartwarming for us older folks who remember 🎄 Merry Christmas to all 🙏🏻♥️
wow this must be a priceless memory for you as i assume some family members have passed🙁 this recording is something that cannot be replaced .. i have a photo of all my mothers brothers and sisters stood in a line at a party there were 13 of them altogether !! all but 4 have now passed including my mother i will keep it always !
People had a basic reserve while visiting for the Holidays..Unspoken request to be respectful & put your best foot forward.
I wasn’t around then but I can remember lots of Christmas cards on the mantle and hanging on ribbon on the walls. Great memories. Thanks.
Love this, just like when I was 13 in 1962.❤
i remember growing up in 60,s,it was the best time at Christmas,we would host every few years christmas eve at one of my parents frineds home ,like4 to 5 families ,food was great we were all italian so we had the "7 Fishes' WHICH I WAS NOT A BIG FAN OF 6 YRS.OLD,,, my dads work xmas party,,,i still have 3 Buddy L toy steel trucks given as gifts from santa,,i miss those days ,today is way different,,Rest in Peace mom and Dad
I loved 1962! It was the best.
No polio, we hadn’t yet gotten mired in Vietnam, the assassinations hadn’t yet begun, an airplane rental was $10 an hour (wet), and gas was cheap.
I was just about to meet my husband😘😘😘😘😘😘. Been married to him. 52 years now.😘
THANK you Lord. For my most wonderful husband..AMEN and Amen.. 😘😘😘
Wow, what a treat! I was 10 back then and got my "big boy" bicycle on Christmas Day. It wasn't a Schwinn, but rather a department store bike, which I later found out was made by Murray.
I was a year old. And yes, Christmas in those days was just special. Hard to explain.
I HAD JUST TURNED 10 IN NOVEMBER AND WAS WAITING "IMPATIENTLY" TO SEE WHAT I WAS GETTING FROM THE "SEARS CHRISTMAS CATALOG" THAT I HAD MARKED DOWN FOR THE LAST 2 MONTHS ❣️🎁🤭
Do I know you???? 😅 I was also 10, only girl, had 5 brothers. We would wait and wait for the Sears Christmas catalogue, go over and over it picking just exactly what we wanted. Didn’t get everything we picked, but enough that we didn’t care. Being the only girl I pretty much didn’t have to share my toys with the boys😌. Good times, good memories. Can’t think about it for too long or I get maudlin, just enough to make me smile❤
@@kathyeyesopen4078 KATHY, IT SEEMS LIKE WE SHOULD KNOW EACH OTHER👍🏻... KNOWING I WASN'T GOING TO GET EVERYTHING I MARKED DOWN IN THE CATALOG,
I NUMBERED THEM FROM WHAT I WANTED MOST TO WHAT I WANTED LEAST STARTING WITH #1 THEN #2 AND SO FORTH... DEPENDING ON THE COST😱, IT USUALLY WORKED PRETTY WELL❣️🤞🏻🎄
@@patrickmcgrath5411 LOL omg We MUST know each other because that is Exactly the way we did it too! And I would sometimes change up the order before I gave my Mom the Final List 😅😅😅. I knew a lot of McGraths back in my neighborhood area (Springfield PA) My maiden name was Gallagher and there were plenty of us too! It was a lot of 3rd generation Irish and Italian families and everyone had 6 or more kids😄
We were there, and we loved it, life is way too short. Its a great shame we can't just pop back and live it all again. Just as many time as we like !🥰
I was a year old (Dec 11, 1961). Your so lucky to have these old films, to bring back such great memories 🌲
I was only 3 in '62....but still brings back great memories of many Christmases later in the 1960's, a very magical time!
I was about to be born December 27. Don’t know where all the time has gone. My mom and dad are in heaven and I’m 60 yrs old
Oh, how I miss the simpler times surrounded with all my family, healthy and happy not very wealthy, but had it all😢🩵
I was a year old. I love to see classic stuff. Please keep them coming. 🤗👍👆
I was 10 in 1962. I remember my parents hanging up all the Christmas cards too. My dad used to put masking tape in a grid pattern on the front window then spraying that false “snow” in a can in an “L” fashion to make it look like we had snow on window panes… he’d pull the tape off once he was done and it looked pretty neat. 🇨🇦
Parent bought us one of those old RCA or was it Sony portable record players back in 75. Nice memories!
Thank you for sharing.......MORE PLEASE...
I was 13 in '62, would absolutely love to go back to simpler times.
I moved into a house built in 1962. I’ll be playing this at Christmastime 🎄
The Christmas cards reminded me of the big number of cards my Grandmother used to receive. She would tape them up on the four pillars in the "Parlor" as it was called then.
I know exactly what you mean! I LOVE those old homes with the formal parlors with those pillars. Did she have pocket doors too?
I was 5 then,we alwas celebrated Christmas on Christmas eve because my Dad had to work swing shifts. We carried that tradition until last tear when my Sister passed away. Now my son and I open 1 present on the eve and do the rest of celebrating on the day. New tradition! I remember getting tons of cards growing up,now im lucky to get 3 or 4. 😊😊😊
I wasn't born until 1965 but as I remember looking back they were the days that presents were more appreciated, every one came together and loved the day, but now people aren't happy unless they have tablets to play on and the latest up to date mobile phone, people don't even send Christmas cards like they used to, it's now all Face book, I call it nose book which I don't and never will have, before long no one will get out because all of the shops are closing down and everything you can get on the internet which can be dodgy, if things hadn't changed so much I think people would look forward to Christmas more and everybody would appreciate life that little bit more. 🌲.
'Nose book!' 😂🤣 I call it 'fake book' HAHAHAHA!!! I never used it. Not once. And I won't.
But having been born the year before you, it was just like this movie for us too. The fashion and lifestyle didn't change for a LONG time. Not until the mid 70's as I remember.
That is funny, fake book, I love it. 😂🤣😂. People can take the p out of us as much as they like it's nice to know someone agrees, it's nice to know I'm not outnumbered. People have tried for a long time to persuade me otherwise but no way, what concerns me is in time even more people will loose their jobs and there will be no shops to look in and everything will be on line, unfortunately this is how it's going to be in the future, it really scares me sometimes, I get so angry when shops close, I can't go to a shop that's closing down for bargains, all I think about is the people who are loosing their jobs. It's seems like it's people like us are the only ones who think about these things. 🙂.
The way it was.
Back in the day when they used to mail Christmas cards! I always love getting Christmas cards. I miss those days.
I take it from some of the comments that this is a clip from an American home movie, it is so very similar to how I remember my Christmases back then in the UK. In 1962 I was 11 years old and Christmas day would remain special for quite a long time after that year, sadly, times change and now, for me, it is just another day.
I was 6 months old back in Christmas of 1962! I do remember the Christmas's back in the 60's and 70's. Every year we had our Christmas cards hung up like that and the trees were REAL! Miss that now...
Hello, how are you Kelly
❤ Christmas 1962,I was only 2 years old 😮😊😮
I miss the old days when people took the time to personally write out Christmas card not send a text.
I still write Christmas cards.
When I was a little boy in the late 60's and early 70's, my father had something like 50 men working for him plus my mother had a lot of friends and acquaintances. Every one of them, plus all the neighbors and relatives on both sides got a card from my parents, hand signed and addressed by my mother. I remember she used to start writing them out the weekend after Thanksgiving. Then they all got mailed together close to Christmas day. I estimate she probably sent out at least 100 to 125 cards a year.
Made my heart sink, to think about all those people we have in out living memory, who are not with us, to see them young and happy, gives me a strange sensation and i dont know how to deal with it with everything going on today
Looks like something out of leave it to beaver! Hey, why did they never have a xmas episode in that show! To the good ole days! May they be in our memories forever!
wow........what a memory seeing all the Christmas cards on the wall. I can remember every year we would get at least 3 cards from people we had absolutely no idea who they were. This went on for 25 years. We never figured out who they were. One of the mystery cards was always signed......Merry Christmas from "Benny and the Halperin tribe"
LOVE these old memories! My Mama used to put the Christmas tree in our play pen so we would not knock it over. I never figured out what she did with us though!
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So Pure & Sweet ! Thank-you for sharing : )
I remember decorating my grandmother's tree, she worked for the local elks club cleaning up after functions etc and every year they sold Christmas trees, I remember putting the lead tinsel on it which was removed every Christmas and raised the next year, she only lived two houses away which was convenient because both my parents worked, my father worked for the post office and my mother was a registered nurse,, Christmas time my father would get home late from work, there was no FedEx or anything back then so the post office handled everything from packages to letters for Santa, mom worked 3 to 11 so my father would put me and my two sisters to bed, it was a better time, all the relatives were alive, noiw there's just me and my two sisters left, they live in Colorado and I'm in New Jersey, all alone, never married, oh well, Merry Christmas everyone in keeping with the situation.
My Pop was a cop, he worked graveyard so we had Christmas on Christmas eve...I was 5 in 62.
That was beautiful ❤️
I well remember those days, especially that super bright flash light you had to use to be able to film a Super 8 Movie. See how everyone squints at the camera, but it's actually from the separate flash light...which always cast such a large shadow of yourself in the background. Hard to act "normal" when you're looking into such a bright light, remember?! : )
And those were the good old days! Before the black friday thing ruined it! A shame we can't go back the way it used to be.
Now this is what Christmas was in my home to it was beautiful people coming and going and everything saying Merry Christmas and everything, now they don't even like doing that anymore
I wasn't born yet . But I do remember all the Christmas cards my parents got when I did have Christmas. I miss those days.
My first Christmas. I don’t remember it.
Turned twelve that year. Miss those days. If I had a portable time machine I'd go back and not go forward beyond 1969.
Thank you for posting!
I remember that time periodd- I was 7 in 62-Somewhat Good Ol' Days!
One thing about social media, it gives us a chance to see things like this.
I was 4 then unfortunately my mother walked out when I was 2 for another man but a fantastic aunt brought me up & gave me love & great Christmases. Despite what happened Christmases were about giving/recieving little gifts, jelly, blamange & turkey of course but not expecting a gift like a games console that cost your dad 2 weeks wages.
Those were the days wonderful time to grow up in unlike now 😢
MAGNIFICENT 🌟 🌟
Could be anyone’s wonderful early ‘60’s home. 🔔 Fond memories. 🎄
Fun - I was 11 years old then - my Mom's name was Marge and my Dad's name was Jack! And, our tree had all that heavy, foil tinsel hanging like icicles...
1962, the year I got my Tonka truck.
1962 was the year that I was born in. I was born in Evanston, Illinois.
Thanks for the memories.
I was born on March 10th 1962
I was a baby. This is (was) My 1st Christmas
I used to laugh when my parents called them “The Good Ole Days”. Being born in 1962, I can now actually agree. How I wish those days would return.
When times were simply.😢(☺✌☺)
Sweet record player and vinyl :)
I’ll never have anything like this again.
Where have the last 60 years gone? I'm homesick
I was 11 years old in 1962 and I also got a Hi Fi record player. 😊
It started snowing on Christmas Eve in Accrington and Elvis was number one with return to sender Anthony
The good old tinsel on the Xmas tree
If only someone would invent a time machine, I'd go back to that better time. (even though I was only 3 years old!)
I can just remember it, I was 4 at the time and there were several other things also making it memorable. We has just moved house, earlier in December and soon afterwards my mother announced she was having another baby [my brother, born August 1963].It was also an unusually cold winter.
UK on Christmas Eve 1962 it started snowing ... and we had one of the heaviest snowfalls so far in London 💟
I grew up about an hour outside New York City. Last time we had snow like that on Christmas eve was 1979. As I count it, we haven't had a white Christmas since. Oh, it's snowed a bit before Christmas on a few occasions, but its always warmed up and melted before Christmas Day.
A truly wonderful bit of film locked in time I liked all the cards pinned up now nobody bothers to send them.
I do & have been for years. I love getting them in mail just like a gift to me.