I was born in 1978, so I was definitely an 80's kid at my prime! I remember decorating all day, then going to the malls and Gemco. Coming home and helping mom and sister make (taste test) christmas cookies. We'd listen to Christmas music the whole time and then at night mom would make us hot chocolate on the stove with Nestle's Quick and my sister and I would watch the Christmas Specials on TV. Id be exhausted after all that and lay under the christmas tree in my pajamas, smelling the pine scent, tasting the red and green wrapped Hershey kisses, hearing my mom singing in the kitchen making kitchen noises, feeling the warmth of the real fireplace as my dad sat in his chair stoking the flames. I loved gazing up into the Christmas tree mesmerized by the lights and trying to determine which light color was my favorite. No matter where I am or what time of year it is, that is my happy place memory. both of my parents are gone now, but that memory keeps them alive in my heart. Merry Christmas Mom and Dad, I love you forever.
What a wonderful comment. Life is so cruel when our loved ones are gone. It’s my first Christmas without my darling husband of sixty six years, I’m dreading it. I miss him dreadfully.
I'm sorry to hear all your family members have passed away. My parents, brother, and sisters are all doing well. I'm grateful for good genetics. Everyone is healthy. I remember Christmas in the 80's. I miss my childhood.
Damn I miss the 80s, being a kid in the 80s and being a kid in the 80s at Christmas Time..... best times of my life. Thanks for bringing back so many memories.
Christmas in the 80's - and also the 70's - was so special because life during the 80's was simpler, kinder and we took the time to really appreciate the holiday season.
Mis my Grandma. She raised me. She made it every Christmas special.. An oh boy all the food .she would start cooking all sorts of foods for Christmas. And all the baking. I swear ,like living in a bakery 😅. Man I can almost taste the goodness of Christmas from back then. Yes it was the best time of the year growing up. All sorts of things would happen at Christmas at grandma's. The yard looked like a used car lot lol. Everyone came for Christmas. Guess I'll keep the memories locked in my mind and ❤️😅😂
Before Muslim terrorism which is blighting our lives especially in Europe where they’ve decided to come and eventually take us Christian countries over. With liberal governments they will.
That’s the hardest thing to deal with on holidays as you get older - remembering those that are no longer with us. It’s very tough. This goes for dogs too
There are so many things to miss about Christmas in the '80's! I miss shopping at the mall at Christmas and the catalogs that we would flip to the back as soon as they came. I also miss everyone having real trees and tree lots on every corner. We still get a real tree every year, but it's getting harder to find them. The '80's were when people cared and were meticulous about their outdoor lights and decorations. No inflatables! And no one decorated before Thanksgiving.
👍. Yes. I remember the annual treck through the tree 🎄 farm every year TWICE a year. Once to tag it & then the second time for Mom to change her mind at harvest & spend 4 more freezing hours surrounded by trees 🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄! Of course Dad complaining the whole time.🤯🤣💖🤘
The only reason I can see to set up before Thanksgiving is if you get actual winter and the ground is frozen and/or covered in snow after Thanksgiving. Just wait to actually turn it all on if you do it before.
My dad worked all the time, however, mom decorated the house at Christmas and we watched Christmas movies and cartoons together. She played Santa perfectly. Had me in bed before midnight when Santa was supposed to come.
There was no snow in southern California where I grew up, but we could immediately go out and ride our new bikes, skateboards, scooters, etc. We had an artificial tree that we all helped put together every year. We were always told "not to expect much this year," but somehow there was always a big pile of presents under the tree 🎄
I remember the cat eventually climbing the tree and "timber" it fell over. Those C7 bulbs that you dare touch and owies. I missed the angel we had on the top of our tree ~ The 1960s Noma Angel. But at the same time, having the LED cool touch lights is a real blessing. I went hunting on Ebay and bought that angel for our tree an told the seller who lived in Texas and she was so pleased to make our future Christmases that bit happier. Having the ornaments we made at school, the awful flu, colds and Snow days off of school. So it is a mixed memories ~ the hands frozen with wet winter mitts. Frozen climate that you sniffed too fast, you nose froze shut ;-D
The season starts WAY too early, it it's crammed down our throats by commercialism. Instead of waiting eagerly for Christmas to get here, it's more of a relief for it to be over. I hate it. Christmas should be treated with respect and not just a money making opportunity. Corporations will still get their Christmas profits without shoving it down our throats, and it will actually mean something again. It's likely they'd make even more money just being patient and letting it unravel properly as there would actually be Christmas spirit.
Everything today is commercialized and people have access to the internet, computers, and smartphone! Back in the 70s and 80s life was much more simple and whoever you went to kindergarten with, you graduated with in grade 12!
It was fun being a kid in the 80s, despite how rough the economy was for my parents. They did the best they could to give us a good Christmas each year.
Yes what a time to be a kid!!!!! Mom and dad always filled me stocking with fishing gear. I lived on a creek that salmon ran up. And the sea run cut throat trout …. Fished it almost everyday through winter months. Washington state on the sound was beautiful! Biggest fish was 21 inch. Sometimes some steal head. Mom Dad. I love and miss you everyday. At 58 now. Never knew what I had. Dad. Your words. Right now best time of your life! Don’t waste it. Didn’t mean anything to me until now……
That's what I'm missing .... an 1980's Christmas 🎄 .... when life was simple!!! ... My favourite memory is we used to have a snowball on Christmas Eve!!!
My granny and grand auntie were still around during Christmases in the 80s, it was an innocent time yet hopeful despite not having the internet and social media.🌲💚
Christmas Eve with Uncles and Aunts. Listening to Muppets and John Denver Christmas Together, eating way to much ham, playing Win, Loose, or Draw and then watching old 35mm home videos of sleigh riding of years past. I'm now 48 and have become one of those Uncles. No one gets together anymore. The entire feeling of Christmas has changed so radically. It's barely joyful anymore.
No one wants to really know aunts and uncles anymore. Regardless of living near or far, extended family are a thing of the past-not included anymore. Sad…
I'm holding back tears watching this. We lost our dad to cancer this past July. This will be the first Thanksgiving and Christmas without him. Lots of wonderful 80s Christmas memories.
My sincere condolences. Remember the happy memories, he will always be alive in your memory. My dad has been gone 33 years. I think of him everyday. 🙏🏻❤️
I lost my wife to septic shock in 2021 so I remember the first Christmas without her to this day. May your deceased relatives rest in peace. Three years later it hasn’t gotten much easier but I still have some kids to celebrate with.
The 80's were the most incredible time to be a kid! My dad set up a scavenger hunt for me to find the ultimate gift.... my Atari 2600. I have never forgotten it and i am a diehard gamer to this day at 49. Also got my first walkman and my first tape... Poison Look what the cat dragged in. Would not change one single thing!! Merry Christmas!
Im from a family with 9 children , i realy mis Christmas from the 80ths because it was way more authentic than now .The preparations started 2 weeks before Chrismas ,people were shopping and on every corner of a street you could have a congnac or a gin .
Best childhood ever. I still decorate my tree with old ornaments handed down, bought for our family and the ones my kids make. Kids are only young once. I choose to make memories with them. Ot have the perfect decorated tree..
I remember so many things...decorating the tree with handmade ornaments, waiting for snow to come to make it feel more like Christmas, the smell of the dinner cooking on Christmas Day, opening gifts on Christmas morning (my Mom told me that Santa came until I was 14), shopping at the mall for great gifts, and finally, watching the classic Christmas specials each year. I'd love to go back to those times just once and have that feeling again.
Great observation at the end. Presence. Being there. The personal investment. Everybody being invested together on the same schedule. What i miss most.... the loved ones who were there, and aren't here now.
I was a child of the forties and fifties, even better, no tv and you could visit without fear of disturbing the households viewing like these days. The eighties were good too, my kids loved them.
@@brendaroseblade2858 - I was born late 40’s. The 80’s were a nice time to raise my children. I do miss the 70’s and 80’s. I do miss the old heavy tinsel from my childhood. It hung on the tree so well, looked fabulous. The lightweight stuff that followed was awful. Apparently, the heavy tinsel had lead in it. Who knew?
Thanks for such a heart felt upload I was born in 1981 and I'm just starting the journey of having no caring parents left my mom died 1 month ago and my stepfather 3 years ago but most of my fond memories of Christmas are mainly from the mid 80's to early 90's so this video definitely hit home.❤❤❤❤ One gift I remember getting fondly was my Atari in 1985
I miss the emotion of that exact second you gaze into the room where the Christmas tree is and see how different it looked from the night before because Santa had visited. Realizing he literally was in your living room, eating the cookies you left him, drinking the milk, stuffing the stockings, and putting down the gifts you asked for… that moment of emotion is something I would like to experience again. But since mine will never be the same I put 200% effort in making sure my kids experience it…. and then year after year, I almost experience it every year myself. 🎅🏼 🎄 ❤
I was born in 1991 and I can still resonate with everything mentioned here. Couldn’t agree more with the “presence” that was commanded back then. Life and Christmas are both very different today, so it pays to look back in attempts to reignite these older, yet still genuine feelings. Merry Christmas!
My first Christmas memory is actually my very first Christmas memory. I believe the year was 1989, right at the end of the 80s; I was born in 1984. I remember there was so much decoration and so many different color lights. Mom and Dad kept giving my sisters and brother packages and just kept saying "open, open"! I had never received so many toys before. I didn't know what was going on at the time. All I knew was there were toys, cartoons, everyone was smiling, and everyone stayed home that day. Which was great to me 😊!
Definitely! 80s UK family Christmas was such fun and no digital distractions! We've been watching Christmas Vacation every Christmas day since the 90s.
I’ve carried over some Christmas childhood traditions into my adult life with my own kids. I hope they carry them on and create new ones of their own once they have a family.
The 80s really had the BEST toys! I remember getting Barbies, My Little Ponies, Rainbow Brite, Ninja Turtles, Star Wars, Care Bears. My mom like to theme presents. One Christmas I got the full line up of Care Bear Cousins. Another year, it was all Barbies and her outdoor deck setup. My favorite year was when I got Lady Lovely Locks. All the dolls, the castle, extra pixie tails, a nightgown, coloring books. If it had Lady Lovely Locks on it, it was under that tree. Yes, I’m an only child. How’d ya guess? 😂
I miss beable to feel and smell Christmas in the air getting excited about going shopping decorating the tree 🎄 love the 50/60/70/80s they were tge best times that's when i had the time of my life 😊
When my Dad passed years ago, I was going through the boxes in the garage, and I found the original Christmas light bulbs. Remember those? They were the size of eggs and shattered if you dropped them. Those lights brought back a flood of memories of him climbing the ladder and hanging them by nails on the roofline.
76 born, i remember all my 80s Christmas with grandparents etc round, or us round theres. It still feels like such a rustic and authentic experience in my memory compared to now..i remember our real Christmas tree being hauled into the house like it was yesterday, and i actually loved my stocking most of all, which was just a pillow case on the end of the bed. Im nearly 49, and i just last week I was at a pub with one of my nans whise still with us, almost 99yrs old, im so greatful to have her around still, im also a nan myself now when is so bizarre lol 😆 most people i know haven't had grandparents alive for a very long time, despite the 80s being the best Christmas times, im blessed to still have a piece of it still here with us today ☺️
Aye the good old 80s... what a heartwarming time...best gift: classic pinball machine...I was super happy... it still puts a smile on my face😅🎉😂👍🌏💯 thanks for sharing
This was just precious. I sat here with tears in my eyes, and nodding the entire time. My mom always made my Christmas’s so magical. And you hit the nail on the head when you said how Christmas back then required presence. I honestly think that is what I miss the most. My favourite gift was my Cabbage Patch Kids that I got when I was 7 years old. Santa really came through that year, 😂. I also really loved my Barbie camper. Thank you so much for this video. It was so wonderful to go back in time and remember when life was simple, carefree and happy. Merry Christmas. ❤️
I was a teenager in the 1980ls. I remember getting lots of make up and hair products for Christmas. I also got lots of clothing with shoulder pads and wide belts. My father gave me a TV, one year. It was a 4-6 inch screen and it was a black and white TV but I thought I was lucky to have a TV in my bedroom, spending many nights arranging the antennas so the picture might come in less "snowy". Good memories.
Thank you for this beautiful video yes remember those times full of so much joy and togetherness my children were little at the time and those were the best memories we still have and talk about always. My children are adults now but we all remember how cozy and magical those times were and we will always keep in our hearts
I loved the Christmas in the 70’s, I grew up in 80’s from the age of 10( 1980) to age 19 ( 1989). Those years were changed for my life, but the 70’s were great 🎄
Born in 84 and Christmas in the 90s were very special to me and my brother. Boy how I miss those times. I often dream about them. World today is a joke and everyone in it is a part of it.
I'm a Boomer, but 60's & 70's Christmas was just the same. It was challenging for many autistic & ADHD people, though. I hated crowded malls, loud noise, and having to smile for relatives who I didn't care about. But I loved the pretty lights (as long as they didn't twinkle!), my favourite Rankin & Bass and Peanuts specials, and the music. For many years, I was hung up on all things medieval, especially during wintertime. Ivanhoe and Lancelot were my literary kiddie crushes. One year my mom bought me a reprint of a medieval chivalric romance, with lovely book paintings. I treasured it for years, until it got lost during a move. RIP Mom! ❤😢🤗
80s Christmas. BEST of the BEST ever. Thank you for the video my head turn flashback to that era. Everything is more Quicker nowadays.... Back then, the more is the WAITING more "flavour" as the GETTING. I miss so much the 80s Christmas.
I miss those days. Now that all my grandparents..my parents and almost all of my aunts and uncles are passed all I have now is my own family. Still the memories of opening presents and seeing them over for supper on Christmas Eve Christmas day are forever in my mind.
It's because you were young with no responsibilies. Everyone misses the Christmases of their childhood. Believe it or not someday someone will be saying that they miss the Christmases of the 2020s.
That “something special” is just human connection. A long lost relic of the olden days 😂. Also, you forgot the smoking aspect. Everyone smoked everywhere in the 80s still. 😂
I miss Christmas in the 80s so much! My brother, sister and I actually got 4 Christmases - Christmas Eve we went to my grandparents' house on my Dad's side for dinner, carols, and presents. Christmas Day, itself, we got our presents at home followed by going to my Mom's cousin's house for dinner, where all our relatives on my Mom's side came for Christmas dinner (and she had cable, which we did not, so we got to see all kinds of Christmas specials we couldn't otherwise see). The day after Christmas, my grandparents on my Mom's side came over and brought our Christmas presents from them! Finally, closer to New Year's, my aunt would deliver big gift baskets (usually laundry baskets) full of all kinds of unique gifts! I sure didn't realize how good we had it back then. Somehow, we always got everything that was on our Christmas lists, too!
I was born in 1973 n i remember having the time of my life all those years with my younger brother.Getting the new Easy Bake Oven,Light Bright,Cabbage Patch Kids,Barbie Townhouse,my lil brother got the Dream House,lol....Edit-Favorite Christmas memories...I grew up in NJ and we would go to John Wanamakers in Philadelphia for the beautiful light show,that and us going to our grandparents house ,also in Philly for church and the diner by their house..I have had alot of loss, including my only child Jacob n his father Jay.I would give anything to just be with them again.Family is really the most important thing.God Bless and hug your lived onrs extra tight.🙏🧑🎄🎄🦌❄️💚❤️⭐
i was a teen through the 80's What an amazing decade it was. We had so much freedom and so much fun. In the uk we would go to the pub at weekends from about the age of 15 (under age i know but no one seemed to mind as we were all very well behaved and decent.) with our friends. Christmas time was especially magical.
Christmas in the 80s meant hoping in the Volvo station wagon and driving to Grandma and Grandpa's house. All of my Aunts and Uncles would be there and my brother and I were the on ly kids for about 13 years till my Aunts and Uncles started families of there own. The smells of cookies and Pies filled the house and the Christmas tree at Grandma and Grandpa's was always bigger than the one at my house. Everyone was together playing board games and talking and just being connected. My favorite gifts I ever received was Castle Greyskull and a 12 inch Indiana Jones doll. 😊 The 80s was the best decade ever! ❤
I was born at the end of 1985 and miss Christmases of my childhood. I work in retail and the holidays always feel so rushed nowadays (doesn’t help that I often am exhausted after work). I miss being able to really just savor the season. Our family has always had a fake Christmas tree (in more recent years I do like to buy a real wreath at least). My favorite garland is a blue-green garland (blue on one side and green on the other)-one you can’t find anymore. We still have a little bit of it although it’s definitely seen better days. I put a bit in one ornament at least. For my first birthday, I got my beloved Garfield stuffed animal although the video footage shows that I was more interested in my brother’s toys, haha! I still have several of my childhood stuffed animals as well as a few childhood dolls (such as my CPk). I eventually added my maternal grandpa’s smaller Garfield stuffed animal to my collection and I call him Lil Garfy.
My favorite 80’s Christmas memory was having snow on Christmas morning in southern Mississippi sometime in the early 80’s. It was my first time ever seeing snow. I think it was when I was 10 in ‘82. I got a Polaroid camera that year and used up all the film taking pictures of the beautiful snow.
The 80's were the best. I used to get a lot of model kits as a kid and looked forward to getting a new kit to build every Christmas. My favorites were always the Aurora Monster model kits. Fun times back then.
If I were to "blame" anything for the lack of that 80s magic in todays christmases (I mean, apart from the obvious "internet convenience and constant dopamine rushes") it'd be myself. It's now up to me to make christmas magic for the younger generation. I don't have children of my own but my brother have two (2 and 1) so starting this christmas I'm going to make more of an effort to BE the christmas I remember, instead of wanting it back. 🎅🎄🌟
Oh, my best Christmas memory is all of them. I can't single out something. My mom and other relatives were very good at making it special, every time. Well, I obviously liked that it was similar every year, being on the spectrum I do have a soft spot for somewhat predictable holidays. But one thing I've always loved is leaving the table before everyone else and walk around in the darker, colder parts of the place we're celebrating at. Hearing the voices in the distance, faint Christmas music, ornaments sparkling in the dark. Like a moment of reflection and appreciation.
This literally covered my childhood 😭 ❤ Sometimes I wish I could pull a Back To The Future and take my daughters to 80s. Thank you so much for this video!!
At a time, the best memory was toys and video games, Ghostbusters, he-man, voltron, ninja Turtles and NES games but now it’s the memory of my family when everyone was alive, healthy and happy.
I was a kid more so in the late 70s into the 80s, but same vibe. Waiting for the animations and cartoons and then chstting about them next day in school was unique to those times.
I remember Christmas Programs in Elementary School in the 80s and still attend them every year and they were so much fun and I remember the Sears, J.C. Penney, and Service Merchandise Catalogs and I loved it. I bought the J.C. Penneys Christmas Catalogs every year and no matter which location I go to, I made sure I get one every year. I never heard of Woolworths and never lived by one. I still treat Christmas like it was the 1980s and still go out to do Christmas Shopping the old-fashioned way. The 80s was the best decade ever.
I was born in '86, so I kind of missed the '80's, though watching videos like this reminds me how Christmas was in '89 and 1990, when I was a little kid. Thank you for the memories. One of my favorite gifts my dad got me from Toys R Us when I was very little was a action figure playset (actually my only one) it was The Real Ghostbusters FireHouse. He also got me the Ghostbusters car (Ecto-1) and a bunch of the action figures that I still own to this day.
I remember Garfield’s Christmas and Will Vinton's Claymation Christmas Celebration on TV. We would bake cookies and place them in the tin cans. It would be snowing outside. Thank you for making this. It was amazing feeling that magic again.
i was born in 1972 & grew up in the 80s. as a kid in the 80's i go bat shit crazy when it came to Christmas. this was the time i get the best toys like he-man & the transformers. i got the Atari 2600 for Christmas in 1980. i was 8 at the time. it was best day ever. then when the nes came out i got one for Christmas. i played the hell out of super Mario bros/duck hunt until i got bored with it good side was i could go rent nes games back then to tie me over until i bought a game i liked
You nailed it all I think -- I'm in my 50s now and remember the Christmas season in the 1970s/80s very well. What stands out to me after all this time is what you already touched on -- how the season was more of shared experience for lack of a better word. Everyone waited for the Sears Wish Book; everyone watched the same Christmas programs and television specials. I remember talking with my friends on the playground about Charlie Brown Christmas being two weeks away and how we all were so excited to see it again. There was more of a sense of wonder I suppose? We've gained so much but lost something in the process forever I think. I also miss how structured the holidays were back then. You didn't start thinking about Halloween until about October 15; Thanksgiving didn't come on the radar until about November 10; and the malls and department stores didn't decorate for Christmas or sell Christmas items until the day after Thanksgiving. I think people would have truly been perplexed to see a Christmas tree before Thanksgiving. Now, I start seeing Christmas merchandise in July/August. I can't blame the retailers -- people buy it! But it is strange.
Yes 80s was the best Christmas. My dad always done a cooked breakfast before we were aloud to open presents. And mums cooking was amazing, the main meal at 2pm followed by a large spread of pickles and cold meat with salad was lovely in the early evening. Now im 55 with my own family i try to put this in place but my kids were never in to it like that .happy Christmas everyone
In the 80's, my mothers side of the family (huge Catholic) all lived in the same area. I remember going to help my aunt's prep the house and drag tables out. And seeing all my cousins. It was a blast!!!! Now, everyone has moved to different parts of the country. I have great memories though. I think my favorite toy I received was a Cabbage Patch doll my mom had to literally throw down for to get me! LOL!!!
80’s kids…we won , best generation ever
Yep. I wonder what it might be like now if we all had cell phones to stare at back then?🤔
70's kids did pretty good, too.
@@Plisken65 yes, probably better. Includes me too
No, 70s kids won.
The Sears and Penneys wish books. I'd look at them for hours.
Just the lingerie section
I was 10 in 1985. Best year and Christmas ever, best toys and the best mom. I sure to miss her, she passed on in 2017.
Before technology took over Christmas was definitely a magical time, I find myself missing the 80s more and more with each passing year
Same here.
I was born in 1978, so I was definitely an 80's kid at my prime! I remember decorating all day, then going to the malls and Gemco. Coming home and helping mom and sister make (taste test) christmas cookies. We'd listen to Christmas music the whole time and then at night mom would make us hot chocolate on the stove with Nestle's Quick and my sister and I would watch the Christmas Specials on TV. Id be exhausted after all that and lay under the christmas tree in my pajamas, smelling the pine scent, tasting the red and green wrapped Hershey kisses, hearing my mom singing in the kitchen making kitchen noises, feeling the warmth of the real fireplace as my dad sat in his chair stoking the flames. I loved gazing up into the Christmas tree mesmerized by the lights and trying to determine which light color was my favorite. No matter where I am or what time of year it is, that is my happy place memory. both of my parents are gone now, but that memory keeps them alive in my heart. Merry Christmas Mom and Dad, I love you forever.
wow this is beautiful such lovely memories you have of 80's Christmas 🤗
What a wonderful comment. Life is so cruel when our loved ones are gone. It’s my first Christmas without my darling husband of sixty six years, I’m dreading it. I miss him dreadfully.
@@brendaroseblade2858. I am so sorry for your loss. MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!🎄🙏❤️
I miss my family my mom ,Dad, Sister & brother are all passed away now. All I have are the memories.
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I am sorry for your loss. I have lost all of my grandparents. I miss them all.
I'm with you 😢
I'm sorry to hear all your family members have passed away. My parents, brother, and sisters are all doing well. I'm grateful for good genetics. Everyone is healthy. I remember Christmas in the 80's. I miss my childhood.
Hugs to you.
I am so thankful I grew up in the 80's! Was 12 in 1982 so I got to experience the best years of the decade. I miss how life was back then.
I really miss the 80s too. I miss the joy and magic of Halloween and Christmas back then
Before corporate America took over. Before private equity. Before Citizens united, before manufacturing went away
Damn I miss the 80s, being a kid in the 80s and being a kid in the 80s at Christmas Time..... best times of my life. Thanks for bringing back so many memories.
Agreed 👍😊Merry Christmas 🎅 🎄
Same❤😢
One of the greatest memories of my life. 😊 oh, the 80’s.
I was a kid in the 1980s
I MISS THE 80S TOO EVERYONE WAS STILL AROUND AND IN GOOD HEALTH!!!
I miss LIFE in the 80s
Don’t we all.
Christmas in the 80's - and also the 70's - was so special because life during the 80's was simpler, kinder and we took the time to really appreciate the holiday season.
Not very kind for me, but glad you enjoyed it.
The 80's Christmas was such a wonderful time of joy and family. I will never forgot those happy childhood memories!
I miss my Grandparents, Aunts and Uncles and ALL the Cousins...LOVE...
I'm a child of the 70s and the 80s. Definitely a different time.
The 80s was the best time I wish we still had these times
The world was a happier place without the internet
@@khamluong8071 was fine with internet in 90s and even 00s, wasent untill social media became "the internet"
Mis my Grandma. She raised me. She made it every Christmas special.. An oh boy all the food .she would start cooking all sorts of foods for Christmas. And all the baking. I swear ,like living in a bakery 😅. Man I can almost taste the goodness of Christmas from back then. Yes it was the best time of the year growing up. All sorts of things would happen at Christmas at grandma's. The yard looked like a used car lot lol. Everyone came for Christmas. Guess I'll keep the memories locked in my mind and ❤️😅😂
I am going to cry now.
And I try to still follow those traditions for my kids. They deserve the warm fuzzy Christmas that I had,
Christmas was everything back then. Full of light, wonders, joy, love, warmth, innocence and magic. Cant describe it, you must have been there.
Goodwill. There was goodwill back then.
Well said. That was it in a nutshell.
Before Muslim terrorism which is blighting our lives especially in Europe where they’ve decided to come and eventually take us Christian countries over. With liberal governments they will.
being with my dad. god I Miss you dad
That’s the hardest thing to deal with on holidays as you get older - remembering those that are no longer with us. It’s very tough. This goes for dogs too
@brianmeen2158 Especially for dogs. 🐶😪
What made back then better was that we all recognised and knew each other . God bless
We were definitely much more social and connected with neighbors and such back then
There are so many things to miss about Christmas in the '80's! I miss shopping at the mall at Christmas and the catalogs that we would flip to the back as soon as they came. I also miss everyone having real trees and tree lots on every corner. We still get a real tree every year, but it's getting harder to find them. The '80's were when people cared and were meticulous about their outdoor lights and decorations. No inflatables! And no one decorated before Thanksgiving.
👍. Yes. I remember the annual treck through the tree 🎄 farm every year TWICE a year. Once to tag it & then the second time for Mom to change her mind at harvest & spend 4 more freezing hours surrounded by trees 🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄!
Of course Dad complaining the whole time.🤯🤣💖🤘
The only reason I can see to set up before Thanksgiving is if you get actual winter and the ground is frozen and/or covered in snow after Thanksgiving. Just wait to actually turn it all on if you do it before.
I can't stand the inflatables they so tacky !!!
I think we just miss our childhood. Nothing wrong with that. I was that 80s kid and it was amazing.
just something so special about Christmas in the 80s(and early 90s) that cant be explained and will never be duplicated
I miss the 80s so much Christmas was wonderful all my great childhood memories with huge Christmases with my grandparents and family was huge then
I miss everything about the 80s
Christmas was a different entity back in the 80s and early 90s. Much better days.
I don’t have happy childhood memories but I like to hear others stories. It’s cozy.
Me, neither. Here's wishing you the chance to make better memories now & in the future. 😊🎄
My dad worked all the time, however, mom decorated the house at Christmas and we watched Christmas movies and cartoons together. She played Santa perfectly. Had me in bed before midnight when Santa was supposed to come.
No happy childhood memories? None?
There was no snow in southern California where I grew up, but we could immediately go out and ride our new bikes, skateboards, scooters, etc. We had an artificial tree that we all helped put together every year. We were always told "not to expect much this year," but somehow there was always a big pile of presents under the tree 🎄
I remember the cat eventually climbing the tree and "timber" it fell over. Those C7 bulbs that you dare touch and owies. I missed the angel we had on the top of our tree ~ The 1960s Noma Angel. But at the same time, having the LED cool touch lights is a real blessing. I went hunting on Ebay and bought that angel for our tree an told the seller who lived in Texas and she was so pleased to make our future Christmases that bit happier. Having the ornaments we made at school, the awful flu, colds and Snow days off of school. So it is a mixed memories ~ the hands frozen with wet winter mitts. Frozen climate that you sniffed too fast, you nose froze shut ;-D
Born in ‘74. Christmas was always special. A little different now. The rush rush atmosphere exhausts me.
The season starts WAY too early, it it's crammed down our throats by commercialism. Instead of waiting eagerly for Christmas to get here, it's more of a relief for it to be over. I hate it. Christmas should be treated with respect and not just a money making opportunity. Corporations will still get their Christmas profits without shoving it down our throats, and it will actually mean something again. It's likely they'd make even more money just being patient and letting it unravel properly as there would actually be Christmas spirit.
@ I totally agree. Seeing Christmas stuff at Walmart in August says it all.
Yep. I remember complaining to my parents awhile back that Christmas is like 90% stress and rushing these days and 10% joy.. very unfortunate
Watching … *It’s a Wonderful Life* … every Christmas Eve before going to bed. Been doing it for decades now.
Everything today is commercialized and people have access to the internet, computers, and smartphone! Back in the 70s and 80s life was much more simple and whoever you went to kindergarten with, you graduated with in grade 12!
Wow ! Thanks for sharing this. Those days were the best of my life and I didn't even realize it. 64 years now
It was fun being a kid in the 80s, despite how rough the economy was for my parents. They did the best they could to give us a good Christmas each year.
Yes what a time to be a kid!!!!! Mom and dad always filled me stocking with fishing gear. I lived on a creek that salmon ran up. And the sea run cut throat trout …. Fished it almost everyday through winter months. Washington state on the sound was beautiful! Biggest fish was 21 inch. Sometimes some steal head. Mom Dad. I love and miss you everyday. At 58 now. Never knew what I had. Dad. Your words. Right now best time of your life! Don’t waste it. Didn’t mean anything to me until now……
That's what I'm missing .... an 1980's Christmas 🎄 .... when life was simple!!! ... My favourite memory is we used to have a snowball on Christmas Eve!!!
My granny and grand auntie were still around during Christmases in the 80s, it was an innocent time yet hopeful despite not having the internet and social media.🌲💚
I've cried and laughed watching this. Thank you for a treasured trip down memory lane.
Christmas Eve with Uncles and Aunts. Listening to Muppets and John Denver Christmas Together, eating way to much ham, playing Win, Loose, or Draw and then watching old 35mm home videos of sleigh riding of years past.
I'm now 48 and have become one of those Uncles. No one gets together anymore. The entire feeling of Christmas has changed so radically. It's barely joyful anymore.
@@Schwansonian_Townsonian agreed 😔🤍
No one wants to really know aunts and uncles anymore. Regardless of living near or far, extended family are a thing of the past-not included anymore. Sad…
I'm holding back tears watching this. We lost our dad to cancer this past July. This will be the first Thanksgiving and Christmas without him. Lots of wonderful 80s Christmas memories.
My sincere condolences. Remember the happy memories, he will always be alive in your memory. My dad has been gone 33 years. I think of him everyday. 🙏🏻❤️
Know how you feel. Lost my mother this last spring. First holiday without her.
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Sorry for your loss.
I lost my wife to septic shock in 2021 so I remember the first Christmas without her to this day. May your deceased relatives rest in peace. Three years later it hasn’t gotten much easier but I still have some kids to celebrate with.
The 80's were the most incredible time to be a kid! My dad set up a scavenger hunt for me to find the ultimate gift.... my Atari 2600. I have never forgotten it and i am a diehard gamer to this day at 49. Also got my first walkman and my first tape... Poison Look what the cat dragged in. Would not change one single thing!! Merry Christmas!
Im from a family with 9 children , i realy mis Christmas from the 80ths because it was way more authentic than now .The preparations started 2 weeks before Chrismas ,people were shopping and on every corner of a street you could have a congnac or a gin .
Best childhood ever. I still decorate my tree with old ornaments handed down, bought for our family and the ones my kids make. Kids are only young once. I choose to make memories with them. Ot have the perfect decorated tree..
I Love & Lived in the 80's !!!
GOD BLESS THE 1980'S 👍🏻🪙👍🏻
I remember so many things...decorating the tree with handmade ornaments, waiting for snow to come to make it feel more like Christmas, the smell of the dinner cooking on Christmas Day, opening gifts on Christmas morning (my Mom told me that Santa came until I was 14), shopping at the mall for great gifts, and finally, watching the classic Christmas specials each year. I'd love to go back to those times just once and have that feeling again.
I still have a lot of the old store bought ornaments from when I was a kid in the 80’s. I still enjoy looking at them.
Great observation at the end. Presence. Being there. The personal investment. Everybody being invested together on the same schedule. What i miss most.... the loved ones who were there, and aren't here now.
I was a child of the forties and fifties, even better, no tv and you could visit without fear of disturbing the households viewing like these days. The eighties were good too, my kids loved them.
@@brendaroseblade2858 - I was born late 40’s. The 80’s were a nice time to raise my children. I do miss the 70’s and 80’s. I do miss the old heavy tinsel from my childhood. It hung on the tree so well, looked fabulous. The lightweight stuff that followed was awful. Apparently, the heavy tinsel had lead in it. Who knew?
Thanks for such a heart felt upload I was born in 1981 and I'm just starting the journey of having no caring parents left my mom died 1 month ago and my stepfather 3 years ago but most of my fond memories of Christmas are mainly from the mid 80's to early 90's so this video definitely hit home.❤❤❤❤ One gift I remember getting fondly was my Atari in 1985
I still send out over 60 Christmas cards a year, I hope it makes people smile.
I miss the emotion of that exact second you gaze into the room where the Christmas tree is and see how different it looked from the night before because Santa had visited. Realizing he literally was in your living room, eating the cookies you left him, drinking the milk, stuffing the stockings, and putting down the gifts you asked for… that moment of emotion is something I would like to experience again. But since mine will never be the same I put 200% effort in making sure my kids experience it…. and then year after year, I almost experience it every year myself. 🎅🏼 🎄 ❤
I was born in 1991 and I can still resonate with everything mentioned here. Couldn’t agree more with the “presence” that was commanded back then. Life and Christmas are both very different today, so it pays to look back in attempts to reignite these older, yet still genuine feelings. Merry Christmas!
I miss Christmas as a child growing up in the 60s. Nothing like it. My son was born in 1985.
I was born in 1985 too. New Year’s Eve.
My first Christmas memory is actually my very first Christmas memory. I believe the year was 1989, right at the end of the 80s; I was born in 1984. I remember there was so much decoration and so many different color lights. Mom and Dad kept giving my sisters and brother packages and just kept saying "open, open"! I had never received so many toys before. I didn't know what was going on at the time. All I knew was there were toys, cartoons, everyone was smiling, and everyone stayed home that day. Which was great to me 😊!
Definitely! 80s UK family Christmas was such fun and no digital distractions! We've been watching Christmas Vacation every Christmas day since the 90s.
I’ve carried over some Christmas childhood traditions into my adult life with my own kids. I hope they carry them on and create new ones of their own once they have a family.
i needed to see this video. thank you for these memories. cherished times.
The 80s really had the BEST toys! I remember getting Barbies, My Little Ponies, Rainbow Brite, Ninja Turtles, Star Wars, Care Bears.
My mom like to theme presents. One Christmas I got the full line up of Care Bear Cousins. Another year, it was all Barbies and her outdoor deck setup. My favorite year was when I got Lady Lovely Locks. All the dolls, the castle, extra pixie tails, a nightgown, coloring books. If it had Lady Lovely Locks on it, it was under that tree.
Yes, I’m an only child. How’d ya guess? 😂
I was born in 1973, and I like seeing this. Thanks, and cheers from northeast Ohio.
Hey there neighbor! Hugs from northwest Ohio!
I was born in 1978, I miss the 80's so much 😢😂❤
@@hollypierce3076 , thanks! And I too miss them, such a great time to be alive! :)
@@hollypierce3076 78 here too. From northwest Ohio, but now living in northeast Ohio. ❤ I so miss my hometown and the 80s!
Greetings fellow Ohioans. Born and raised in Cuyahoga county. Retiring in Lake county.
Born in 1973, also. I miss the 80s.
I miss beable to feel and smell Christmas in the air getting excited about going shopping decorating the tree 🎄 love the 50/60/70/80s they were tge best times that's when i had the time of my life 😊
When my Dad passed years ago, I was going through the boxes in the garage, and I found the original Christmas light bulbs. Remember those? They were the size of eggs and shattered if you dropped them. Those lights brought back a flood of memories of him climbing the ladder and hanging them by nails on the roofline.
76 born, i remember all my 80s Christmas with grandparents etc round, or us round theres. It still feels like such a rustic and authentic experience in my memory compared to now..i remember our real Christmas tree being hauled into the house like it was yesterday, and i actually loved my stocking most of all, which was just a pillow case on the end of the bed. Im nearly 49, and i just last week I was at a pub with one of my nans whise still with us, almost 99yrs old, im so greatful to have her around still, im also a nan myself now when is so bizarre lol 😆 most people i know haven't had grandparents alive for a very long time, despite the 80s being the best Christmas times, im blessed to still have a piece of it still here with us today ☺️
This made me cry. Thank you.
Aye the good old 80s... what a heartwarming time...best gift: classic pinball machine...I was super happy... it still puts a smile on my face😅🎉😂👍🌏💯 thanks for sharing
Same here!
This was just precious. I sat here with tears in my eyes, and nodding the entire time. My mom always made my Christmas’s so magical. And you hit the nail on the head when you said how Christmas back then required presence. I honestly think that is what I miss the most. My favourite gift was my Cabbage Patch Kids that I got when I was 7 years old. Santa really came through that year, 😂. I also really loved my Barbie camper. Thank you so much for this video. It was so wonderful to go back in time and remember when life was simple, carefree and happy. Merry Christmas. ❤️
I raised my family of three girls during the 80s and this brought back so many happy memories
I was a teenager in the 1980ls. I remember getting lots of make up and hair products for Christmas. I also got lots of clothing with shoulder pads and wide belts. My father gave me a TV, one year. It was a 4-6 inch screen and it was a black and white TV but I thought I was lucky to have a TV in my bedroom, spending many nights arranging the antennas so the picture might come in less "snowy". Good memories.
Thank you for this beautiful video yes remember those times full of so much joy and togetherness my children were little at the time and those were the best memories we still have and talk about always. My children are adults now but we all remember how cozy and magical those times were and we will always keep in our hearts
I loved the Christmas in the 70’s, I grew up in 80’s from the age of 10( 1980) to age 19 ( 1989). Those years were changed for my life, but the 70’s were great 🎄
Born in 84 and Christmas in the 90s were very special to me and my brother. Boy how I miss those times. I often dream about them. World today is a joke and everyone in it is a part of it.
I'm a Boomer, but 60's & 70's Christmas was just the same. It was challenging for many autistic & ADHD people, though. I hated crowded malls, loud noise, and having to smile for relatives who I didn't care about. But I loved the pretty lights (as long as they didn't twinkle!), my favourite Rankin & Bass and Peanuts specials, and the music.
For many years, I was hung up on all things medieval, especially during wintertime. Ivanhoe and Lancelot were my literary kiddie crushes. One year my mom bought me a reprint of a medieval chivalric romance, with lovely book paintings. I treasured it for years, until it got lost during a move. RIP Mom! ❤😢🤗
80s Christmas. BEST of the BEST ever. Thank you for the video my head turn flashback to that era. Everything is more Quicker nowadays.... Back then, the more is the WAITING more "flavour" as the GETTING. I miss so much the 80s Christmas.
I still remember going to Pizza Hut in 1986.
Me too!!!!
I miss old pizza hut.
I miss those days. Now that all my grandparents..my parents and almost all of my aunts and uncles are passed all I have now is my own family. Still the memories of opening presents and seeing them over for supper on Christmas Eve Christmas day are forever in my mind.
It's because you were young with no responsibilies. Everyone misses the Christmases of their childhood. Believe it or not someday someone will be saying that they miss the Christmases of the 2020s.
You’re right. Somehow though I think Christmas prior to 2000 and the rise of social media was better. Social media has ruined a lot
That “something special” is just human connection. A long lost relic of the olden days 😂. Also, you forgot the smoking aspect. Everyone smoked everywhere in the 80s still. 😂
I miss Christmas in the 80s so much! My brother, sister and I actually got 4 Christmases - Christmas Eve we went to my grandparents' house on my Dad's side for dinner, carols, and presents. Christmas Day, itself, we got our presents at home followed by going to my Mom's cousin's house for dinner, where all our relatives on my Mom's side came for Christmas dinner (and she had cable, which we did not, so we got to see all kinds of Christmas specials we couldn't otherwise see). The day after Christmas, my grandparents on my Mom's side came over and brought our Christmas presents from them! Finally, closer to New Year's, my aunt would deliver big gift baskets (usually laundry baskets) full of all kinds of unique gifts! I sure didn't realize how good we had it back then. Somehow, we always got everything that was on our Christmas lists, too!
I was born in 1973 n i remember having the time of my life all those years with my younger brother.Getting the new Easy Bake Oven,Light Bright,Cabbage Patch Kids,Barbie Townhouse,my lil brother got the Dream House,lol....Edit-Favorite Christmas memories...I grew up in NJ and we would go to John Wanamakers in Philadelphia for the beautiful light show,that and us going to our grandparents house ,also in Philly for church and the diner by their house..I have had alot of loss, including my only child Jacob n his father Jay.I would give anything to just be with them again.Family is really the most important thing.God Bless and hug your lived onrs extra tight.🙏🧑🎄🎄🦌❄️💚❤️⭐
i was a teen through the 80's What an amazing decade it was. We had so much freedom and so much fun. In the uk we would go to the pub at weekends from about the age of 15 (under age i know but no one seemed to mind as we were all very well behaved and decent.) with our friends. Christmas time was especially magical.
Christmas in the 80s meant hoping in the Volvo station wagon and driving to Grandma and Grandpa's house. All of my Aunts and Uncles would be there and my brother and I were the on ly kids for about 13 years till my Aunts and Uncles started families of there own. The smells of cookies and Pies filled the house and the Christmas tree at Grandma and Grandpa's was always bigger than the one at my house. Everyone was together playing board games and talking and just being connected. My favorite gifts I ever received was Castle Greyskull and a 12 inch Indiana Jones doll. 😊 The 80s was the best decade ever! ❤
I was born at the end of 1985 and miss Christmases of my childhood.
I work in retail and the holidays always feel so rushed nowadays (doesn’t help that I often am exhausted after work). I miss being able to really just savor the season.
Our family has always had a fake Christmas tree (in more recent years I do like to buy a real wreath at least). My favorite garland is a blue-green garland (blue on one side and green on the other)-one you can’t find anymore. We still have a little bit of it although it’s definitely seen better days. I put a bit in one ornament at least.
For my first birthday, I got my beloved Garfield stuffed animal although the video footage shows that I was more interested in my brother’s toys, haha! I still have several of my childhood stuffed animals as well as a few childhood dolls (such as my CPk). I eventually added my maternal grandpa’s smaller Garfield stuffed animal to my collection and I call him Lil Garfy.
beautiful Christmas 80's memories wow 😊
Knowing you would have to wait a year if you missed the TV special made them much more special than today!!
My favorite 80’s Christmas memory was having snow on Christmas morning in southern Mississippi sometime in the early 80’s. It was my first time ever seeing snow. I think it was when I was 10 in ‘82. I got a Polaroid camera that year and used up all the film taking pictures of the beautiful snow.
I don’t understand why we can’t realize this is all we need. The world is so terrible now.
The 80's were the best. I used to get a lot of model kits as a kid and looked forward to getting a new kit to build every Christmas. My favorites were always the Aurora Monster model kits. Fun times back then.
If I were to "blame" anything for the lack of that 80s magic in todays christmases (I mean, apart from the obvious "internet convenience and constant dopamine rushes") it'd be myself. It's now up to me to make christmas magic for the younger generation. I don't have children of my own but my brother have two (2 and 1) so starting this christmas I'm going to make more of an effort to BE the christmas I remember, instead of wanting it back. 🎅🎄🌟
Oh, my best Christmas memory is all of them. I can't single out something. My mom and other relatives were very good at making it special, every time. Well, I obviously liked that it was similar every year, being on the spectrum I do have a soft spot for somewhat predictable holidays. But one thing I've always loved is leaving the table before everyone else and walk around in the darker, colder parts of the place we're celebrating at. Hearing the voices in the distance, faint Christmas music, ornaments sparkling in the dark. Like a moment of reflection and appreciation.
This literally covered my childhood 😭 ❤ Sometimes I wish I could pull a Back To The Future and take my daughters to 80s. Thank you so much for this video!!
At a time, the best memory was toys and video games, Ghostbusters, he-man, voltron, ninja Turtles and NES games but now it’s the memory of my family when everyone was alive, healthy and happy.
I was a kid more so in the late 70s into the 80s, but same vibe.
Waiting for the animations and cartoons and then chstting about them next day in school was unique to those times.
I remember Christmas Programs in Elementary School in the 80s and still attend them every year and they were so much fun and I remember the Sears, J.C. Penney, and Service Merchandise Catalogs and I loved it. I bought the J.C. Penneys Christmas Catalogs every year and no matter which location I go to, I made sure I get one every year. I never heard of Woolworths and never lived by one. I still treat Christmas like it was the 1980s and still go out to do Christmas Shopping the old-fashioned way. The 80s was the best decade ever.
I miss the magic and anticipation of frosty and Rudolph and grinch etc. only coming on once.
I wish Christmas was more like this today too! This is why I wish I was an 80's kid!
I was born in '86, so I kind of missed the '80's, though watching videos like this reminds me how Christmas was in '89 and 1990, when I was a little kid. Thank you for the memories. One of my favorite gifts my dad got me from Toys R Us when I was very little was a action figure playset (actually my only one) it was The Real Ghostbusters FireHouse. He also got me the Ghostbusters car (Ecto-1) and a bunch of the action figures that I still own to this day.
I remember Garfield’s Christmas and Will Vinton's Claymation Christmas Celebration on TV. We would bake cookies and place them in the tin cans. It would be snowing outside.
Thank you for making this. It was amazing feeling that magic again.
Christmas Eve @ our house...Aunts and Uncles (all passed) and cousins. Making merry, great food, exchanging gifts...great memories.
i was born in 1972 & grew up in the 80s. as a kid in the 80's i go bat shit crazy when it came to Christmas. this was the time i get the best toys like he-man & the transformers. i got the Atari 2600 for Christmas in 1980. i was 8 at the time. it was best day ever. then when the nes came out i got one for Christmas. i played the hell out of super Mario bros/duck hunt until i got bored with it good side was i could go rent nes games back then to tie me over until i bought a game i liked
You nailed it all I think -- I'm in my 50s now and remember the Christmas season in the 1970s/80s very well. What stands out to me after all this time is what you already touched on -- how the season was more of shared experience for lack of a better word. Everyone waited for the Sears Wish Book; everyone watched the same Christmas programs and television specials. I remember talking with my friends on the playground about Charlie Brown Christmas being two weeks away and how we all were so excited to see it again. There was more of a sense of wonder I suppose? We've gained so much but lost something in the process forever I think.
I also miss how structured the holidays were back then. You didn't start thinking about Halloween until about October 15; Thanksgiving didn't come on the radar until about November 10; and the malls and department stores didn't decorate for Christmas or sell Christmas items until the day after Thanksgiving. I think people would have truly been perplexed to see a Christmas tree before Thanksgiving. Now, I start seeing Christmas merchandise in July/August. I can't blame the retailers -- people buy it! But it is strange.
Yes 80s was the best Christmas. My dad always done a cooked breakfast before we were aloud to open presents. And mums cooking was amazing, the main meal at 2pm followed by a large spread of pickles and cold meat with salad was lovely in the early evening. Now im 55 with my own family i try to put this in place but my kids were never in to it like that .happy Christmas everyone
Yup those days I definitely miss,and thanks for sharing this loved it 🎄❄⛄🎅💚💙💜💛❤👍😆...
In the 80's, my mothers side of the family (huge Catholic) all lived in the same area. I remember going to help my aunt's prep the house and drag tables out. And seeing all my cousins. It was a blast!!!! Now, everyone has moved to different parts of the country. I have great memories though. I think my favorite toy I received was a Cabbage Patch doll my mom had to literally throw down for to get me! LOL!!!