This was my childhood. I think about kids today and I don't envy them. Yes , they have the internet, smartphones, and every kind of high tech thing you can think of. I had a creek. I had had freedom. I could ride my bike the few miles to the movie theater, and did so many times. My only constriction was I had to be home in time for dinner. Kids today can't even camp out in the backyard anymore. I feel bad for them. And most have no idea what they're missing out on. I'm gratefull I grew up when I did.

@svenmartin840

2 жыл бұрын

So did I at Schofield Barracks 1977-80

@TyhlerNovac

2 жыл бұрын

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@jamesk370

2 жыл бұрын

You took the words right out of my mouth.

@gwwayner

2 жыл бұрын

We all need regular connection with nature and the great outdoors for good mental health. I'm 71 and ride my mountain bike almost daily even in winter. Seeing a young person outdoors is as scarce as a sighting of bigfoot.

@susieqb472

2 жыл бұрын

Most kids these days won’t camp in the backyard they don’t wanna give up the internet i grew up in a great time 60s and 70s life was great I had a Banana seat Bicycle I road all over my small town delivering newspapers those was the good days

This makes an old timer like me want to cry. Those were the days.

@d.vaughn8990

2 жыл бұрын

Those were the days!!

@CaliChaos99

2 жыл бұрын

Agree

@ConglomerationCat

2 жыл бұрын

I was totally thinking the same thing!

@stephendacey8761

2 жыл бұрын

I'll be 60 in July. Where has the time gone.

@joannamcpeak7531

2 жыл бұрын

We were blessed

I wouldn’t trade my 70’s childhood for anything kids have today. 😊

@Butterfly-tg3oz

Жыл бұрын

Me either! That's when things were good & wholesome. When people cared about 1 another & gave from the heart ❤️. Today kids r so much different. If they don't like it they give it back, or return it to get the money & do whatever. To me, it's ungrateful & disrespectful!! If we ever acted like that! Well, let's just say that wouldn't of happened! We knew better!

@wayneguy6043

Жыл бұрын

Porn is better today, though😂

@theshadow3103

Жыл бұрын

Agreed!!

@hiredgun7186

Жыл бұрын

it was us that started them down that road , so dont pity or anything like that , its our fault , but if you look at the little ones during christmas you see the joy. I am tired of people dumping on the kids of today when its us that put them on whatever road you see

@Butterfly-tg3oz

Жыл бұрын

@@hiredgun7186 Yeah, & life is having common sense! & yes common sense is just knowing yourself or is learned by u growing & going to school, & seeing how others interact. Now, whether they choose to use it or not? That's up to them! U no how u want to be treated. So, why would u treat somebody else different in a way that's not nice? & knowing u wouldn't want to be treated that way yourself!🤔. Because they don't care or they r selfish! So, they get what comes back to them in life. & back then they had screwed up families too.

The 70s was the best decade to be alive as a child. Didn't realize it then... But I realize it now. Everything was great.

@createinmeacleanheartohgod6871

Жыл бұрын

That era had a lot of unsolved crimes that have been uncovered in current era.

The spirit of Christmas just isn't the same anymore. You would see the coolest window displays at department stores and the whole atmosphere was just different. I wish my children could go back in time and experience what I did.

@TyhlerNovac

2 жыл бұрын

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@HighOnLife1985

2 жыл бұрын

I 100% agree with you. I'm 36 going on 37 in a few weeks. Let me tell you when I look at Christmas now and think to myself, as a tear rolls down my cheek, "Yup, just another day on the calendar." Seriously, the meaning of it all has vaporized. People would try to tell me every now and then that just because I'm old enough now where the meaning shouldn't be what it was when I was a kid, that I should be thankful for the roof over my head, the food on the table, the clothes on my back, and the little bit of family and friends that I still have. Yes, I can agree with that, and along with that, my gifts go from "want" quota to "needs". No one today will EVER feel that kind satisfaction. Christmas for me now, and the few years gone back, I was eternally grateful whenever now I receive socks, shirts, pants, deodorant, body sprays, you name it. I look at it now and go "Yes, just want I NEEDED."

@zlatte2594

2 жыл бұрын

I feel the same. I miss those days

@zoom539

2 жыл бұрын

I will be 60 this July and you are 100% right Christmas is just not the same it seems like how much money I can spend family and friends are no longer celebrated just taken for granted and the TRUE meaning of Christmas is forgotten!

@ConsidertheCrows

2 жыл бұрын

It was definitely magical. Residential areas were into it too. Lights everywhere.

I was 10 in 1970. Mom and Dad are gone now. This brought back a lot of memories.

I grew up in the 1970's. Christmas in 1970's was magical. I cry at the same time.... most people then are now gone.

@jc4388

Ай бұрын

It's ok, some are still around.

This makes me smile and cry all at the same time. I am so grateful I grew up in this era. Best days of my life. ❤️

@TheNewGranada

Жыл бұрын

one year i made a dvd from all of our old home movies from christmas; talk about smiling , laughing and crying :)

@stevesabo1269

Жыл бұрын

I wish I could go back to that era

@robertmaxey5406

Жыл бұрын

I agree. Take heart in remembering that our parents and grandparents would lament the loss of the Christmas they remember so fondly.

@lindasmith1865

11 ай бұрын

Agreed!

@lmb1962

7 ай бұрын

I'm crying and smiling, as well. I'm 61 now, lost my dad in November of 2021; Christmas has not been the same without him. I fondly remember all my Christmases from my childhood because dad always made it special. I would go back in a heart beat, if I could, to a much simpler time of no internet, cellphones nor social media, but a time that family got together and enjoyed the season.

I was born in 1960. The 60s and 70s are something hard to explain to those who weren't there. But Christmas, let me tell ya, my mom and her Kodak Disc???.... For me, it was all about Hot Wheels and Major Matt Mason space toys. Hell, I was 10 and men were walking on the moon. Nothing was more incredible. What a time to be a kid!! (Plus, we had the coolest bikes ever.)

@Mark.G475

2 жыл бұрын

I loved Major Matt Mason!!! Those toys are expensive on eBay!!! I have a mint/unused Major Matt Mason coloring book.

@TyhlerNovac

2 жыл бұрын

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@cinemafanaticreviews

2 жыл бұрын

I was born in 1993, and I didn't grow up with popular toys, as I usually made my own. I can assume that it's similar to the late 90's early 2000s, minus certain technologies, like computers, video arcades, VHS and cell phone. I had a landline until 2008. I would watch TV, read books, play with toys, draw etc.

@feelnrite

2 жыл бұрын

I was born in 61 and Christmas then was a special time. I never got much but what i got I really liked. I could not sleep at all that night and after all of that Christmas now means nothing to me. It is like doing the best drugs you can get and then going to aspirin. It just wont do the trick anymore. I can still smell a new Hot Wheels.

@LynyrdSkynyrdFan

2 жыл бұрын

I was born in 60 also. Great memories.

i was born in 1970 and let me tell you, from i'd say 1976 to 1982, it was absolute pure magic. sadly, holidays started losing that 'feeling' once more relatives would pass on, and i can say now as a 51 year old without kids i feel none of the magic i did as a kid. my family still totally celebrates and i still get many presents but it's just not the same as being a kid. but...the 70s and early 80s man...there was nothing like it. we were still steeped in old time values but times were changing; pop culture, electronics, music (i was and still am a huge KISS fan). we were certainly not spoiled or rich but i almost always got what was on my list ( i never asked for anything too crazy) and of course got many surprise gifts. the house would be filled with classic christmas music ( johnny mathis, andy williams, robert goulet), cookies, and my favorite was filling out my christmas coloring book. but, the one absolute favorite thing was the Sears Christmas Catalog!!! we looked at that like it was the Bible. i studied those pages like it was my job. indeed, nothing like being a kid in the 70s!!

@4985boo

Жыл бұрын

I was born in 1970 also. I absolutely agree with you.

@mattbowers9717

Жыл бұрын

I agree 💯

@soganoflarider

Жыл бұрын

I was born in ‘72 in the south, everything about the 70’s seemed like a nice wish for me. Now I wish it could be the 70’s again

@jenniechurch5337

Жыл бұрын

Even tho I was born in 1977...I am so feeling your comment! Christmas was just more magical back then...and time seemed to be slower! The Sears catalog was amazing...I would go to the men's section and circle guys that I thought I would marry one day! 😂

@TheNewGranada

Жыл бұрын

@@jenniechurch5337 haha that's awesome. i won't say what i was checking out in the womens pages in the 'big' sears catalog hahahaha. but yes, i think only gen x'ers get it. it was just such a wonderful time to grow up, i wouldn't change it for anything

I am a Gen x born in ‘66. This video hits home as a Canadian from that era as well. Pouring over the Sears Christmas catalog every evening, still has me smiling to this day. I have some toys and other artifacts from this era still… Great holiday times with my family. :)

Christmas in the 60's and 70's, although highly commercialized, still had a luster of tradition to it. You knew that you were going to be watching 'It's A Charlie Brown Christmas' and 'Rudolf the Red Nose Reindeer' with the family. You knew that you were going to be visiting your grandparents on your mother's and father's side of the family. You knew that the Christmas decorations your parents had since before you were born were coming back out of the attic. Just a few of the cherished memories of Christmas past....*sigh*.

@createinmeacleanheartohgod6871

Жыл бұрын

Are you in your 80's now?

@itiswhatitaintanditaintwha1427

9 ай бұрын

We also watched The Grinch!

@donnaplumridge9769

8 ай бұрын

I too grew up in the 60’s and 70’s, watched the same Christmas programmes as you, with the addition of How The Grinch Stole Christmas. Had the same Christening traditions as you as well! Such a magical time!

@user-cc2zk6gi2u

7 ай бұрын

May their Memory be Eternal!

@georgeporge7124

20 күн бұрын

Same!

What I miss the most about Christmas in the 70s is family. There were 17 Aunts, Uncles, Parents, and my sister. Out of 17, my sister, myself and one cousin are all that remain from the original family. We have our own families now. I have nine grand children and hope the memories they have of Christmas as kids, are as fond as the memories I have today.

@TyhlerNovac

2 жыл бұрын

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@electricfetus100

2 жыл бұрын

I love the patch !! My dad had one too. He was 101st screaming eagle 🦅

@brucekirk5081

2 жыл бұрын

Exactly, I'm the same. I remember the HUGE family Christmas dinners don't really remember the presents

@stephendacey8761

2 жыл бұрын

Good point. I miss the days that all my cousins, aunts and uncles would meet at my grandparents house every X-MAS. Today, I only see them during funerals...sad.

@David-sc2ir

2 жыл бұрын

Same with me, Wade. Those huge family Christmas Eve parties with all the aunts, uncles, and my gang of cousins running amuck! Out of all those people there are only three of us left now.... thankfully we make sure to get together two or three times a year for a get-together and we remember back to these golden days. How the heck did we end up getting old?

Born in 65 so the 70s are my best & most memorable Christmases ever!

@TyhlerNovac

2 жыл бұрын

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@zlatte2594

2 жыл бұрын

Also born in 65. We got to see how great things were back then but looking at life today it makes me sad.

@lim4275

2 жыл бұрын

@@zlatte2594 Same here. I was born on Christmas Day in 1964. Those childhood Christmases were magical!

@jond1965

2 жыл бұрын

Same here...born in 65...loved Christmas with my family back then

@okmjtmm

2 жыл бұрын

'65 too!! The magic and the memories made with my family warms my heart each season. I try to convey this to my grandchildren and hope, in the crazy world we are now living in, I have instilled in them the core family values and specialness the holidays bring. Can't beat the Sears catalog and the Kodak experience though...

This was my childhood and I loved every moment of it. Unfortunately, the kids of today are really missing out on what we adored.

My parents really went all out for Christmas in the 60s and 70s. They started their Christmas shopping in July. With six brothers and sisters half the living room was filled with presents. But before the presents we would wake up and find a stocking on the nightstand packed to the brim with goodies. Every year my mother made the most impressive gingerbread houses that we couldn't touch until Christmas Eve. My favorite Christmas was Christmas 1967. I thought we were all done opening gifts and here come my dad walking up the stairs with a brand new Stingray bike with a leopard skin banana seat and multi-colored tassels on the handle bars. I was so happy I screamed. 🎅

Wow, how we loved looking through the Sears and Roebuck catalog with such big dreams of Christmas. Thanks for this look back and Merry Christmas everyone ✌

@TyhlerNovac

2 жыл бұрын

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@danielmorgan4899

2 жыл бұрын

You had to have lived it to explain it to these twenty somethings today the look in their eyes is like what are you talking about.... good memories

@d-mack-ga5340

2 жыл бұрын

The Sears Wish Book - my sisters and I would fight over it, the pages were thoroughly worn and earmarked by December, the toy section was completely memorized, and the excitement was incredible. Years later it was a joy to watch my kids on Christmas morning but nothing compares to those Christmas' of the 60's and 70's.

@psychedelicpython

2 жыл бұрын

It was the Sears and Montgomery Ward catalog for me.

@PA-Tammy

2 жыл бұрын

The Sears Wish Book in my house of 12 kids was more then one book could take..

I grew up in the 60's and 70s. Part of the Star Wars generation, I guess.. LOL.. My memories are filled with family gatherings and the feeling that all was good in the world, regardless of the News. Hope is eternal.. I so wanted a 10spped bike but on Christmas morning, after the excited 2 brothers, myself and my little brother, race down the stairs in the wee hours, upsetting out parents to no end...LOL. I didnt find that bike and felt a bit of disappointment through that morning. Then our "Gramps" (our Dads Father, so our Grandfather) showed up and we started to open the presents under the Tree. A tradition that lasts to this day. After all the presents were opened and I have another set of underwear and "spiffy" pants and shirts, my Gramps left to go to his car. When he returned, he brought with him an Orange Huffy 10 speed,,, I had no words,,,, I miss those days and the people and family I had then... God Bless and Thank You..

@d.vaughn8990

2 жыл бұрын

Receiving a bike for Christmas, back then, was equal to receiving a new car today! I received a Team Murray BMX bike, for Christmas, in 1978 or 79? - My first new bike!! Bikes cost A LOT back then!

@ericw1314

2 жыл бұрын

One thing we can definitely forget about the 70s is the Star Wars Holiday Special

@d.vaughn8990

2 жыл бұрын

@@ericw1314 I loved it! "We" were so hungry for more Star Wars, no one (I knew) criticized the Special.

These videos of growing up in the 70s actually bring tears to my eyes. What happened to these wholesome and innocent days of youth….😢

@diabeatit5189

Жыл бұрын

Technology happened. It brought out the ugly in people and cultivated it. And for those of us who could not care less about those things, get left in the dust. I surround myself with all things 70s and 80s, i keep that way of life ALIVE.

@TheUnFairAdvantageCrypto

Жыл бұрын

it was the dawn of big time consumerism. tasted like sugar back then, but now we see how it has rotted us. even so i was a kid and they were the best years of my life. id go back in an instant

@Sarah-lb8cs

Жыл бұрын

@@TheUnFairAdvantageCrypto that’s a good point

@Sarah-lb8cs

Жыл бұрын

@@diabeatit5189 I agree. Technology has done the human race serious harm for sure especially our children.

@TKaePetras

2 ай бұрын

@@Sarah-lb8cs I sometimes think it is not technology itself that has caused this harm but the extremely fast pace with which it has been unleashed on us. We are nearly helpless to keep up or to protect ourselves.

There is nothing I’m more grateful for than being born in 1967. Being a 70’s kid was EVERYTHING. It was a vibe. It was the best. I’m so grateful I was in my 30’s before getting a cell phone and the Internet started. As for Christmas, what makes it special for me today is keeping the traditions and spirit and memories of 1979’s christmases alive in my heart and home.

My kids were born in the 70's. Best Christmas I ever had was with those kids. I worked for a company that made boxes for Tonka toys. They offered us a discount on Tonka toys. I got my 4 year old a giant Tonka Toy fire truck and he absolutely loved it.

@larryboone2804

2 жыл бұрын

Pron

@TyhlerNovac

2 жыл бұрын

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I was a freshman in high school in 1970 and wish that I could relive Christmas of 1970 very much

Im so glad to have been born in 1969. What a wonderful childhood it was. I feel for kids now. Life in captivity

@hiredgun7186

Жыл бұрын

born in 67 here and I have to disagree, I watch my grandkids at christmas and see the same joy and wonder, different , but not absent

The anticipation and joy of watching treasured Christmas classics will never be forgotten.

Growing up in the 60’s and 70’s we had wonderful Christmas’s !!! My parents always made sure of that!! Miss those times❤️

During the seventies money was tight in my family, but Mom always made sure that we kids had a nice Christmas. She always did some nice Christmas decorations and made nice Christmas dinners, sometimes substituting game hens for turkey. I spent one Christmas in Denver with my Dad. We went to a Christmas tree farm where you could cut down your own tree. I helped his wife make stained glass cookie ornaments. One day during my visit Dad grilled fillet mignon steaks on his hibachi grill on his small balcony, when it was snowing.

@pegs1659

2 жыл бұрын

The trip to Denver sounds fun and bless your mama for trying to make Christmas nice for you.

@TyhlerNovac

2 жыл бұрын

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@LynyrdSkynyrdFan

2 жыл бұрын

Same with my mom. She passed away in June and I'll never recover from it.

@roslyngeer7698

2 жыл бұрын

My parents always made Christmas wonderful for us and exciting.I am glad that I was born in the 60s life was simple life was good i am glad I am at the age I am.I would not want to be a kid today.People were different back then They loved and cared more about each other.They help one another at least were I lived they did.I lived on a place I called heaven on earth.

@stephendacey8761

2 жыл бұрын

People lived a more simple life back then despite many companies going on strike (unlike today), but I think family and neighbors helped one another more during tough times.

Was born in 1970... happiest decade of my life . Too many good memories!!!

Being born in 62, I got to experience Christmas as a kid in both decades. I don’t think it matters much which decade you were born in, your Christmas memories as a child are always going to be magical and the best.

@createinmeacleanheartohgod6871

Жыл бұрын

Yep, everyone's era is always the best and worth remembering year after year. Our Christmases back home in a 3rd world country were so simple, that having a bottle of coca cola on Christmas was a big big feast to our eyes. Having a loaf of bread with a margarine was already fabulous Christmas, no gifts , no santas. I am in America now where i can have access to all the luxuries of Christmas i want, but this is not the Christmas i grew up with. I always desire to celebrate it the way it was back then, simple. I have Jesus Christ now, HE is the one that matters to me now whether it's on Christmas or Easter. Jesus Christ is my Christmas every moment of my life.

@nja3224

Жыл бұрын

@@createinmeacleanheartohgod6871 Ain’t that the truth! It’s family traditions/celebrations around the birth of Jesus that makes Christmas so special. As a young child, and the baby of the family, it was my job to put baby Jesus in the cradle in our nativity set. I felt like a big shot. The memories we have are priceless.

@angelicabasbas7522

7 ай бұрын

Yup, i was born in 1999 and the year 2006 to 2012 is the most magical year for me

I was born in 1967 and grew up in the 70's and 80's. During the 70's Christmas's were the best. I now know my parents did not make a lot of money but my half brother and me made out like bandits. Those were the best Christmas memories of my life except the ones with my wife and kids. Some of the best presents of my life. Wish I had some of them back. There were my grandparents, aunts, uncle and cousins.

@EricPetersen2922

2 жыл бұрын

I was born dec 66, I get it.

@TyhlerNovac

2 жыл бұрын

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@davidallan2951

2 жыл бұрын

Exactly that as I'm Aug. 66 . Great Xmas days with all the family friends The tree &gifts dinner ect. Video games were the huge item ☆☆☆☆☆

@mitchellbradley464

2 жыл бұрын

I was born October 1969...great times.👍

@jameskox872

Жыл бұрын

Being born in 1967 . . . It's great . . . Think about this . . . Good 1970s were your childhood because in 1980 you became a teenager . . . 13 teen in 1980 and so you were off to a good start for the '80s by being a teenager at the start of the 80s . . . So being born in 1967 is pretty good . . . You got to couple years of the '60s and your childhood was through the 70s and you became a teenager in 1980. . . And starting off the 1980s as a teenager was pretty damn nice . . . It sure was for me anyway .

Born in 1971. At school, we made angel wings out of construction paper and decorated them with glitter. We wore our angel wings in a Christmas pageant where we sang Christmas carols for the parents. This was before people were offended by Christmas in schools. 🏫🎄

@waynemclaughlin8937

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah! I remember having Christmas parties in the school classroom just before the two week Christmas holidays started. I remember buying a Christmas present for my teacher and having to pick a name out of hat and buying that student's Christmas present. I remember having chips and popcorn and cookies and cake at the Christmas party and I remember my grade 4 teacher taking us students down the street from our school to buy a real Christmas tree at tree 🌲 lot and setting it up in our class room and decorating the tree with homemade decorations we made for the tree including a cut out star from a box that we wrapped it up in tin foil and put it on the top of tree. Those happy days with children laughing and being excited about about Christmas coming closer. Now a days none of this would happen in today's time because it might upset some teachers and students who don't celebrate Christmas. The same can be said of Halloween party in the school classrooms too no more of that or no more Valentine's day party and exchanging Valentine Day cards with other students. A lot of these traditions and parties were taken out of the schools. But it's perfectly okay to teach the children from kindergarten to grade 4 about transgenders and tell the students that there are like 67 genders. This is the type of society that we live in now. 😔

@willmack5909

2 жыл бұрын

A very sweet memory :')

@231mac

2 жыл бұрын

Remember the Valentines parties? Can you imagine the shear confusion and fear of 'offending' if they had one these days?

@matthewhanna9835

2 жыл бұрын

Marxist have taken over every aspect of life in the United States.

@summerrose4286

2 жыл бұрын

We did the exact same thing. I had the thrill of finding the wings in a closet a couple of years ago in the church i grew up in. They were selling it because attendance was low, and a woman who was in a Bible study at the new woke church coming in took the wings and said she was going to use them for her students at a pageant. It never happened. She took the wings and they were gone. Still breaks my heart to this day. She knew I had made them in Sunday School; I told her. She saw how thrilled I was to find them. Oh well.

That video brought tears to my eyes remembering how Christmas morning used to be when I was a child in the 70's. Our country has changed so much since then. I never thought I'd be that person sitting around reminiscing about those good old days. Thank you so much for that wonderful trip down memory lane. It truly warmed my heart.

What special years they were. My parents were loving, generous, kind and wonderful. I will always be grateful for the great holidays I experienced growing up a child of the 70''s

The 70s are some of the most memorable Christmas's to me being a teenager and starting my young adult life. Thanks for sharing

@TyhlerNovac

2 жыл бұрын

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@davidmommerency4589

2 жыл бұрын

Me too

Born in '65. It was always Christmas eve at G'parents w/family and friends. Fond memories.

@TyhlerNovac

2 жыл бұрын

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@ge2623

2 жыл бұрын

I was born on Christmas Eve so I REALLY cleaned up then. But I lived in a cold climate so when I got a baseball mitt and a bike I had to wait MONTHS to use them, Real torture for a kid!

The 1960s and 70s Were the Best Christmas ⛄🎄 Times of my Life. I will definitely Never forget it.PERIOD

I remember those Christmases. I was born in 1964 and my younger sister in ‘67. We had 3 older brothers with the youngest being 6 years older than me. I remember the silver tree on the table in front of the windows. The electric candles in the window sills and a color wheel. I had this gold ornament with an angel face on it. I nearly died when I dropped it and it broke. My sister and I would write notes to Santa telling him where to leave our stuff. Boy it was exciting to wake up to the stuff. They were wrapped. Lol! One year I got a pair of 6 Million Dollar Man pjs. I ran around the house in slow motion. We had to take our things to our room and display like a museum for when our grandmother came. Gave tours. Lol! I miss those days.

Karen Carpenter deserved better. One of the best voices to ever exist, full stop.

@nomadbrad6391

2 жыл бұрын

Her voice was a unique MUSICAL INSTRUMENT....not to be duplicated.

@onefatstratcat

2 жыл бұрын

Mama Cass should have shared that sandwich :)

@michaeljohn9263

2 жыл бұрын

I remember my parents playing The Carpenter's Christmas album on 8 track every year until they bought the CD player finally in 1992 LOL! Come to think of it it's amazing that tape made it that many years without breaking or being ate.

@jasonwomack4064

2 жыл бұрын

@@onefatstratcat haha. Beat me to it.

@TyhlerNovac

2 жыл бұрын

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I sure loved the Carpenter's Christmas Album (I still do) and my Kodak instamatic camera. One Christmas my parents gave me a ring with tiny diamond chips. I was so impressed. I still have it. Now that my parents are gone, these are some of my most cherished memories.

@LMDinNC

2 жыл бұрын

I asked for a diamond ring every year and never got one 😁 - I’m glad you have this memento to cherish!

The 70s were my childhood. I remember toss across the game and getting Lincoln Logs. It was so magical. I Loved all of the old Christmas shows like Rudolf and Year Without a Santa Clause and all the rest. Very sweet video.

Im an 80s baby. The 70s looked just as amazing as the 80s. What a great 20 years we had of memories. Thank you parents, for all the amazing christmas mornings!

Born in 1967 so this definitely brings back good Christmas memories of the 1970s.

@TyhlerNovac

2 жыл бұрын

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I circled everything I wanted in the JCPenneys catalog. Didn’t get anything from there unfortunately but just to be back in those times even just for one day, would be my wish now. Great memories!

@JustinCase780

2 жыл бұрын

Yes!! That was my experience as well and it was understood that we more appreciated whatever we woke up to... I guess it was more about the dreaming of what if you could just have these things. Here we are decades later when kids can do so online.. haha

@joehernandez8208

2 жыл бұрын

Same here. Had the Sears, Wards, JcPenny all circled. Maybe got one or two items. Money was tight, one or two was all anyone needed.

@TyhlerNovac

2 жыл бұрын

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@Stand4Victory

2 жыл бұрын

And I believe the toy section was in the back of the catalog so I would start there and work my way to the front....until I got to the clothes section - BORING!!ha ha!

@Tigerh8r

2 жыл бұрын

My cousin and I went through my grandmother's Sears and JC Penny catalogs every year and circled our wishes, with the same results, but it didn't matter. The dreaming was its own gift. Lying on the floor in front of her tree looking through those books together was amazing. That time of year is literally magic when you are a child. Besides, millionaire kids couldn't have gotten all of the things we circled! :P

Born mid 60's but grew up in the 70's and like we didn't have much but what Christmas was about and special was visiting uncle's aunt's and grandparents on Christmas eve and Christmas day will always cherish those memories and moments cause most of my aunt's and grandparents and uncles passed on since then 😢 but will always cherish the memories ❤️

Born in '66, so all my best Christmas morning memories well represented in this video. Nice work. Nothing better than wearing out the Sears and Wards catalogs in anticipation. Loved going to those stores at Christmas time, getting a buzz from all of the decorations and Christmas music piped in.

Born in '69, I remember many of the toys I received. Mostly now, I remember the "feeling" of Christmas. My parents were the ones that made it so magical, especially my mom. Also, going to midnight mass AND Christmas morning mass! Beautiful times. Miss you mom and dad❤

@brucekirk5081

2 жыл бұрын

right there with you, I still get that 'feeling' at Christmas time

I'd give anything to go back to the 1970's

Christmas in the 70’s meant my mom baking cookies for weeks. And giving trays of cookies to friends and neighbours. It meant decorating the whole house, and putting lights on the outside, we had a fake cardboard fireplace as well. I never felt anywhere near as much magic with my own children, to the point that I haven’t even wanted to put up a tree for the past 5 years. We spent time with our entire family, grandparents, aunts, uncles, everyone. My dads work used to throw a Christmas party for the employees children, and I recall going and watching a magic show followed by seeing Santa and being given these giant candy canes as a gift. I can’t imagine a company doing that nowadays.

It was a different time for sure and I feel pretty lucky to have grown up in that era, free of cell phones and social media. This video captures that feeling very well. I miss the 70’s the most.

If I could go back to the 70s and be a kid again but change one thing, I would get my Mom gifts that were for her rather than household items. Of course I learned this (and did it) later but what I wouldn’t give for a do-over. RIP Mom - I love you forever ❤️

@jamesfrost7465

2 жыл бұрын

That is so sweet. I'm sorry for your loss.

@pjesf

2 жыл бұрын

@@jamesfrost7465 : Thank you so much, James - happy holidays

@megofan5734

2 жыл бұрын

I've been saying that for years, only I would like to return as the middle-aged adult I am so I can enjoy the decade more and give my younger self some good advice! Thankfully most of my family is still living, and I would gladly take them with me in the time machine

@cheezheadz3928

2 жыл бұрын

❤

@d.vaughn8990

2 жыл бұрын

So funny!! I bought my mom a Black and Decker Scum Buster one year. She complained, constantly, how much scrubbing the shower hurt her shoulder. I thought it was a fantastic gift! She examined the wrapped gift, placed under the tree, for weeks! She was sooo excited while unwrapping, but what utter disappointment once the wrapping paper was removed!! She didn't say anything - but even as dense as I am, could read her expression. I never bought her a practical gift again.

I'm 70's kid ❤️❤️❤️🥂 great list

With Amazon, everyone now shops for themselves every day. Back in the 1970s, as a kid, you got presents only twice a year - the Holidays and birthdays.

We didn't even know how awesome it was at the time and how fortunate we were, makes it sweeter now 💗

I was a Child from the 70s to the 80s and I so LOVED my Holly Hobbie Doll, Snuggles Doll, Kissing Barbie Doll, Mother Doll rocking her Baby Doll to sleep with a lullaby when you wind her up and other Baby Dolls for Christmas💚❤🎄✨🎁🌟🌟!! I remember my Brother getting racing cars ( we both play with together) , a Fisher Price Garage ( we both played with that) and other things like match box cars and an Incredible Hulk you could stretch!!! I also so remember being in Kiddie City as a very small Child looking up at all the toys😃😃 and going to Malls with lovely Christmas Displays🎄🎁✨!!! And my Brother and I were given an Atari by our Late Grandfather in which we played with together, which now it goes into the 80s with Pac-Man and a Pitfall game!! We had so much fun!! WE all LOVED to watch Christmas Specials on T.V.💚❤🎄 and Christmas as a Child felt so magical and full of love ❤💚🎄✨🎀🌟🌟!!!

Christmas of 71 I got my new trumpet. It was great going from a student to a pro horn. Only thing under the tree for my that year, but it was more than enough. Merry Christmas, and may God bless!

@TyhlerNovac

2 жыл бұрын

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@marusiaphillips4791

2 жыл бұрын

Do you still have it?

My family was stationed in Yokohama while my dad was in the Navy and I remember our first Christmas there. I was so worried that Santa wouldn't be able to find us cause we had moved a lot. That year was the best Christmas ever! Santa found me alright - he left me a new bike and a life-size walking doll with her own high chair! God bless "Santa" 😉

I wish I could go back to these better times!❤️

I grew up in the 70’s and 80’s. I truly believe we lived in the last best decades in America. I had my first job in a mall at the Gap and remember Hickory Farms always had a cheese stand every Christmas. Those days the malls were packed all the time. I have many memories of Sears! The last of the American stores that went under. We shopped there for cloths, tools , appliances and even car maintenance. I remember well the new electronic toys to the TV shows that were on all of November and December. And we all watched the Waltons because it was a what reflected America and the basic importance of family values at the time. We had real TV back then. We had to wait for Everything, even pop corn. I remember having the toys and computers as they were starting to emerge. I even remember that wrapping paper in this video ! And then Star Wars …OMG! I had all the models hanging in my room. It was also the beginning of all of the legacy moves that the new generation enjoy like Star Trek, Star Wars, Superman Predator, Aliens to name a few. It was truly the last of the best decades in America!

@d.vaughn8990

2 жыл бұрын

Funny you mention Sears. I have a theory: I believe Sears was undermined from within, by a series of really bad CEO's, with golden parachutes. Funny how Sears died and Amazon took over so precisely... If anyone doubts this theory, consider this: Sears always hired the brightest people out of College. There is ZERO chance that Sears did not see the internet coming!! I wish Sears was still the Sears of my childhood! What an amazing place during Christmas!!

@kswensen2481

Жыл бұрын

Hickory Farms and JCPennys 👍

I was a child growing up in the 70's and Christmas was always so special, 2 weeks off from school, great holiday food and the toys then were the best. I had everything from Atari to the Lone Ranger to Batman and Six Million Dollar Man, but my favourite toy all times was getting a table top hockey game that came with 8 teams and the plastic figures had player stickers you had to place on each one to build each team. These memories are ones I will never forget.

Born in '66, these shows are fantastic. This needs to be a weekly show on The History Channel or something.

I remember on Christmas Eve we could open up one gift, then waking up Christmas morning to so many gifts under the tree! My favorite gifts were an Easy Bake Oven, a Frosty Sno-man snowcone machine, a Pizza Hut pizza oven, and a record player to play my Disney read along books on. Such wonderful childhood memories!

@robertrosejr1

2 жыл бұрын

So great miss those times. I remember my sister received the Pizza Hut oven

I was born in the early 60s, but the seventies are my favorite Christmases. My favorite present? A Coleco table hockey game in 1975.

@willmack5909

2 жыл бұрын

I had one of those too! Awesome stuff.

@mewster1

Жыл бұрын

I still have one of those, along with a cheesey Oculus VR version.

Born in 1971! I remember those Christmas’ very well. Mom read Jesus stories to us, and she played those Christmas albums on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day. She never spoiled us with gifts, but I remember that digital hand held football game with the “dashes”. I played that sucker until my fingers bled. All the Christmas lights and decor were so cool. We didn’t know it, but Dad was on the roof stomping with bells! Mom made us hide so as to not scare the reindeer! Lol! She would open the bedroom door, and we sprinted to the living room…Santa struck again! Oh yeah!

@KnightOnBaldMountain

2 жыл бұрын

I loved that Mattel football game.

@earlt.7573

2 жыл бұрын

@@KnightOnBaldMountain I remember that crazy little blippy game, we would get in trouble in grade school on account of playing that thing during class. The Nuns would confiscate the game and we wouldn't get it back until after school, sheeeeesh, ha-haa

@TyhlerNovac

2 жыл бұрын

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@JDashRider

2 жыл бұрын

I still have a Mattel football game like that. Wore the buttons out on it.

@tomy.1846

2 жыл бұрын

Oh yes, I loved driving around at night looking at all of the houses lit up! Always hated to see them taken down, wanted it to last longer. :)

I was in my 20's. working and going to college. I worked at Frederick and Nelson in downtown Seattle for 5 years...Christmas decorations were really something and festive...I miss Seattle of the 70's 😢

I was born in 1950, started my family in 72, great memories.

I was in my tween years and married by the end of the 70’s. Looking at these pictures I see furniture we had, styles of clothes I wore, hair styles, the console TV’s and big family gatherings. I remember my sisters getting Pong in 1977 for Christmas.

@klodoen1

2 жыл бұрын

That's cool

@gregorycyr9272

2 жыл бұрын

I loved wearing the shiny polyester shirts from the 70's

@TyhlerNovac

2 жыл бұрын

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My parents used to take my brother and I downtown Chicago to see the Christmas window displays at Marshall Fields during the late 70's.

Growing up in this era was the best...I hear young people saying all of the time that they wished that they could have grown up in the 60s, 70s and 80s....Great times

Born in 1971! I remember having fun with a key car. That was my favorite toy growing up!

We had a small, Sears catalog store in our area and seeing the Christmas catalogs at the counter was always exciting.

@TyhlerNovac

2 жыл бұрын

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@gregorykiernan7849

2 жыл бұрын

One of our neighbors was a manager at the Sears store and would always bring one to us.

My brother and I would fly down the stairs, on Christmas morning, to find an abundance of gifts. Our parents didn't make a lot of money. However, they always managed to buy us the toys that we so desired. I have wonderful memories of those days. Thank you, RR, for your well produced videos. You always manage to bring a tear to my eyes. Merry Christmas !!!

@d.vaughn8990

2 жыл бұрын

Same here!! My mother wouldn't buy us anything - ever. I wouldn't even ask out of fear - she'd get pretty mad! Birthday's we're pretty lame, gift-wise, too. But Christmas...!! My Mom never failed to impress! Three days after Christmas, I'd find a gift or two, I forget about - never removed from the package, buried under the abundance! I will never forget how my Mother softened, and became child-like on Christmas day. She was more like a best friend than a parent! I'd give about anything to go back for one day!

It's both joyous and heartbreaking to watch these videos. I grew up in the 70's, it was a magical time that I wouldn't change for anything. It's so sad to witness what we've become. Fifty years from now I can't imagine a child of the 2000's, 2010's, or 2020's reminiscing about how wonderful , innocent, and magical their Christmas was. Sure, they will have fond childhood memories, but they will never fully understand what they've missed. I hate to sound like an old curmudgeon, but I often wish progress stopped around 1980.

This video was a nice treat to my inner child. As a child of the 70's, this brought back a boatload of memories! I vividly remember all the ornate decorations and lights on the trees of my grandmothers, the Christmas-themed music that would play on the radio, and of course, all the cool toys that made me giddy! The early years meant lots of those Fisher Price toys for babies and toddlers, and by elementary school, there was Star Wars, Shogun Warriors, Hot Wheels, Matchbox, The Six Million Dollar Man, Energized Spider Man, my Huffy Thundertrail 78 bicycle, the Evel Knievel Stunt Cycle, Lionel trains, slot car sets, comic books, board games, and God knows what else! It was a great time to be a kid, and I consider myself very fortunate to have experienced childhood in that decade.

I got lots of the usual toys for Christmas as a 70's kid. But, I'll never forget the Christmas of 1974. I was 6 and my grandfather thought it was time I started learning financial things. He gave me stock in Hasbro, saying I'd learn more by keeping track of them, than I would getting Hasbro toys. I WAS HEARTBROKEN (as little ones get when we don't quite understand). He assured me in his way, that I'd understand as I got older. Oh how right he was! Those stocks have saved my financial bacon a few times and taught me invaluable life lessons. That giving is from the heart, patience really is a virtue, and we may not understand those gifts, no matter what they are, until we mature.

@TyhlerNovac

2 жыл бұрын

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@garyowen9044

Жыл бұрын

Ha! Mine was stock in Baltimore Paint & Chemical. God bless Gram, never forget her.

Christmas 1978 , the best , got the Star Wars Death Star, X- Wing fighter, and about 5-7 Star Wars action figures. Not to mention a Hot Wheels race set. The Christmas classics of Rudolph and Charlie Brown were shown and you set your watch to it. Now you can see them whenever, kind of takes the fun out of it

@earlt.7573

2 жыл бұрын

OH YEAH, it was ALL about Star Wars stuff then, Battlestar Galactica stuff got real popular around 78--79 too.

@willmack5909

2 жыл бұрын

Agreed, the specials back then no longer are "special" anymore, which is kind of a shame. Christmas 1978 was a very very bittersweet one for me. My Dad had died suddenly and unexpectedly in Mid July 1978 when I was just 11. I remember Christmas Eve night turning to my Mom and I asked her "How am I ever supposed to feel happy at CHristmas ever again?" and without missing a beat, she said "Because that's what your Dad would have wanted for you." Little did she realize at that moment, that she gave me the best and most healing Christmas gift of my entire life. I will love her forever for that. It's already been 21 Christmases since my Mom passed and 44 since my Dad. I am grateful to have had them while I did and more grateful to have had parents like that TO miss...

@GEO-xx6sq

2 жыл бұрын

@@willmack5909 ....I was 8 years old in 1974 and my father committed suicide and I have been fearful in life ever since. It just felt scary to not have a father when you're a kid.....I wish I could have a do-over

The magic of Christmas in the 70’s will live in my heart forever! The best time in my life. I’d give anything to go back in time and stay there forever just to be with my family! I miss them so much… I believe they were the magic of Christmas never to be replaced…🎄🎄🎄Merry Christmas to everyone🌲

Wonderful, warm memories.I'm sitting here, Sunday, day after Christmas, feeling nostalgic, so im going through 70s videos on youtube. Growing up in Chicago, in the 70s we had Ray Raynor, Family Classics, Hardrock,Cocoa & Joe, the great malls in their heyday (including the outdoor ones), the Rankin-Bass Christmas specials,etc. I remember grabbing a blanket, loading up the station wagon with the family, and Dad driving us around to look at Christmas lights, it seemed like every house was lit up. The toy catalogs were amazing. I must've put an X by everything! Star Wars, Evel Knievel, Micronauts, Matchbox, Legoland, Battlestar Galactica. Going sledding, record albums, moon boots, snow days, picture albums. I loved growing up in the 70s!

Baby Boomer born in 1959 & grew up in the 60's & 70's those were the best decades to grow up in for me..

I was a child of the seventies, thanks for the memories 👍

How awesome was it when CBS would have a holiday special and play Charlie Brown or Frosty the Snowman? I also remember the Sears catalogue would always have a page or two just for model trains! My dream came true in 6th grade when my parents got me a big set and a huge table to set them up in my basement! That was my best Christmas present ever. 😁 Hope everyone has happy memories! One last thing, anyone remember the Happy Days episode when the Fonz acted like he had plans, but ended up alone eating a can of beans? It was sad, and it hit me even as a young kid. The 70s were so much fun!!!! 😎😎😎😎

I loved Christmas growing up in the 70’s . Born in 68 . We always strung popcorn and gathered acorns out of our back yard for the Christmas tree. Going to my grandparents house to open gifts with all my cousins is a cherished memory forever. Thanks for the wonderful video I truly enjoyed !

@DavidJDavis-wd1oy

8 ай бұрын

Was born in 68 too..tomorrow my birthday

Growing up in the 60s and 70s, Christmases were great. I'm talkin about Schwinn Stingray's, Lionel Trains, Tonka trucks, Hotwheel sets, Tyco racecar sets, Mattel and Coleco handheld electronic football and basketball games, and yes getting the dreaded clothes too. Couldn't wait for Rudolph and Frosty to air on TV during the once a year they came on. Christmas records on the Hi Fi. Bing Crosby, Perry Como and Andy Williams Christmas TV specials. Yep those were the glorious days of Christmas in the 60s and 70s.

@ChristopherSobieniak

2 жыл бұрын

I miss my Stingray.

@domsalexa

2 жыл бұрын

I had a Tonka Dune Buggy! My one and only as they were expensive back then i guess…

@ge2623

2 жыл бұрын

I had the Coleco baseball game. There was a way to silence the beeps so we could play it in class at school and not get caught.😁

I grew up in the 70S and I love the Christmases all of them sometimes we had a lot of toys sometimes we only had a few it depended on the year and if we had money or not but the late seventies from 1976 until 1980 was absolutely wonderful I thank God for the lovely memories and the lovely memories you're making recreate right now thank you so much for your videos❤️🤗

@barryjohnson409

2 жыл бұрын

@ Bianca Grade - wonderful memories...I can remember.🌄☺️

@gregorycyr9272

2 жыл бұрын

I loved wearing the shiny polyester shirts from the 70's

@TyhlerNovac

2 жыл бұрын

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@stephendacey8761

2 жыл бұрын

I just close my eyes and play "Silent Night" to help remember what X-MAS used to be. It used to be the birth of Jesus, today it's just another day.

@josephschmoe2376

2 жыл бұрын

I totally forgot about that! Wow. Thank you.

I miss those days.. waiting all year for the sears and JCPenney wish book, kids will never know that feeling.. everything now is instant gratification and it’s sad.. makes me tear up thinking of those days..

The 70's where great & so many good memories

I was born in 1965, i grew up in the 1970's and 80's and i can still remember those times with vivid memory. I often miss those times...before the world went all crazy like it is today. I remember the Sears Wishbook, as well as the Eaton's one. Circling the toys i wanted Santa to bring me..carefully writting down the page number and the item number in a list. Getting the Sears Wishbook, meant Christmas season had started!

So good I almost started to cry.

I’m an 80’s baby and had some incredible Christmases during that decade but I sure would have loved to see my parents’ Christmas mornings when they were kids! ❤️🎄❤️

I’ll always remember growing up in the eighties. It was 1984 and me and my brother got a hockey game for Christmas. We were so unbelievably happy.

Ah, the 1970's! My favorite Christmas toy was the Sears Karosel Kitchen made for Barbie sized dolls. It had a dishwasher, light up stove with a rotisserie chicken that turned, a sink and came with a bunch of little dishes and canned foods. The 1970's really had some cool toys!

@carolineconnor2156

2 жыл бұрын

Wish I had the foresight to save all my toys back then! Wow 🤩 it would be so cool to have them now

@TyhlerNovac

2 жыл бұрын

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@maryhuetig5250

2 жыл бұрын

Oh my gosh! I had that too!!!!

@rhiannon5627

2 жыл бұрын

I loved that Karosel kitchen! So neat how the whole thing rotated. Loved the little spinning chicken. Really unique toy.

@siameseblue4824

2 жыл бұрын

I got the Barbie Townhouse one year and I was never so happy!

I had great 70´s Christmas memories as a kid. In the 70s we lived the transition from "traditional" to electronic. It was truly magical. Thanks for this video.

@d.vaughn8990

2 жыл бұрын

We had the best of both worlds - that's for sure!

@jamesslick4790

2 жыл бұрын

"Generation X" was the FIRST generation to have ANYTHING digital as a child. It was a defining era.

@eyecomeinpeace2707

2 жыл бұрын

I remember my first calculator and digital watch in 1977 and 78. They cost a mint back then. Now I can pick up both at a dollar store for less than 4 bucks.

@carriagecrestkid5626

2 жыл бұрын

Man I remember getting the Atari 2600 Christmas Eve 1979 , my mom and dad got me a Donkey Kong Cartridge, I played till 3-4am into Christmas Day

@d.vaughn8990

2 жыл бұрын

@@carriagecrestkid5626 it was probably Christmas 1982, as Donkey Kong for the 2600 wasn't available until around the Fall of '82. Great memory though!

As a family of six small children...My lovely Mother would bundle us up to meet the bus and travel to downtown Indianapolis to enjoy the Christmas experience of the lights and the windows of the season. Thank you Mom for these wonderful experiences. You are missed ❤️😊

It was a time when family still came together ! This was the heart of my life ...the 70's!!!!

The 70s were my kid growing up years. Christmas was always the best!🎄

@TyhlerNovac

2 жыл бұрын

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I was born in '65 and my warmest Christmas memories are from the late 60's to mid 70's. Back then the highlight of my year, other then Christmas and my birthday, was the the day the Sears Wish Book arrived. Damn I miss those times SO much. Miss you mom & dad.

@TyhlerNovac

2 жыл бұрын

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I was born in '64 so the 70's are my memories of Christmas. I thank God and am grateful for those memories. The pictures my dad took of us children in front of the Christmas tree opening presents after going to midnight mass and the pictures Christmas morning are the best. I miss my AFX slot car set and my Vertibird helicopter toy, the best presents ever !!! Thank God for the pictures that captured a certain time and place in all of ours lives in that home on Christmas. I would like to that the person who put this video together so we can all remember those times :)

I think my favorite Christmas of all was Christmas of 1963. I was a little boy living in Bossier City, La. On Christmas Eve night it started snowing, and we awoke to a white Christmas. In August of 1964 my family moved to Dallas, Tx. On Christmas Eve of 1964 in Dallas, Tx., the thermometer hit 99F.

I was born in 1970 so my grade school years were the 70's. We gathered at mom's side of the family on Christmas Eve and dads on Christmas day. We still do. I love Christmas and it's my favorite holiday to this day, even for a grumpy old middle age guy. Merry Christmas and happy holidays to everyone!

This was my decade and you better believe I had the 6 Million Dollar Man figure. The next Christmas I got the spaceship/operating table accessory. What memories.

I miss those lovely old traditional Christmas carols. I rarely hear them anymore today, and when I do, they're all jazzed or rocked up. Never hear the religious carols anymore. We used to sing those in school when I was a child, and daddy would always put Christmas records on the turntable that we got to listen to while opening our gifts. What I miss most are loved ones who were alive in the 70s but are all gone, now. This world is a lonelier place without them.💔

The good old days. Most people today don't know what Christmas is all about. Hope you do more videos from the past.