Christmas Past

[CherryAcid]

Yeah I've seen them in the shops. They are one of my favourite memories of christmas past, but I could never have them in my house

Each year i consider getting some for a laugh so I can have a 70s/80s xmas but I just cant bring myself to do it haha

 

[CherryAcid]

A full on 80s Christmas. I know my kids would love it, but I remeber all the little holes in the ceiling from the drawing pins and the dust. I might just buy one and sniff it instead like a weirdo

Yea thats what puts me off tbh, all those drawing pins! I did buy some 80s style string lights that i am putting on my window as it already has hooks in the corners.....maybe i should get one of those dodgy garlands to go with it and have an 80s xmas window?

 

[TinyDancer2602]

Someone should totally start a ‘Christmas in retail’ thread. We could share horror stories!!

 

[Phoenix Lazarus]

I always used to like getting chocolates, as I always did as a child. Board games were also a big present then, in the 70s. I don't think people play them so much now. My all-time favourite presents were the Pippin Annuals for 1973, when I was not quite four, then 1974, when I was nearly five.

 

[CherryAcid]

The Christmas specials of popular programmes like Only Fools and Horses, the soaps and comedy shows. They just don't seem to be as much now.


Do it!!!!

Watch this space! technically I will be on trend as the 80s are in!

 

[BethanyGilbert]

We used to go to my Aunties guest house for Christmas Day. Used to be allowed to play in one of the guest rooms which felt very special. There was so much food it was unreal. Used to love playing with our cousins some of the toys they got were insane!

 

[Belulah]

I worked one Christmas in a Build-A-Bear that was bloody magical when all the Christmas stuff came in. There was a scent you could buy that smelt like candy canes. Unfortunately none of the reindeer had been quality checked so many of them had to be stitched by hand and we ran out of stuffing so had to go borrow a bale from the next store which was several hours away!

 

[Kthxbye]

Oh they are still on but the BBC lost them years ago, I don't who will be transmitting them this year.

Just looked it up, its BBC4 now

 

[Kthxbye]

3 channels, no internet, no video recorders but at least we had a couple of decent movies to watch.
In the early 80's the BBC started running the original FLASH GORDON Cinema series.

Oh and One BBC tradition lost forever, Royal Institution Christmas Lectures, watching that was
mandatory in my house.

The Christmas Lectures are still on every year? This year is a Planet Earth users guide

 

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The Christmas Lectures are still on every year? This year is a Planet Earth users guide

Oh they are still on but the BBC lost them years ago, I don't who will be transmitting them this year.

 

[Kandy floss]

I used to love getting an early Christmas present on Christmas Eve even though it was the exact same every year - new pyjamas ready to put on after my bath

We had (and still have actually) white stockings with different Santa designs which my mother wrote our names on so she knew whose was whose, and we'd put them at the bottom of our beds. I remember trying to stay awake to see Santa but never managing it and waking up to find the stocking full of presents.

Loved getting up early while it was still dark and opening presents with my older sister while my parents were yawning on the settee watching us, with the inevitable "oh that's your sister's actually" because without fail every year my mother would put a few of my presents in my sister's stocking or vice versa

 

[CherryAcid]

Love this thread. One of my favourite Christmas memories is getting up at about 6am, it may have been Boxing Day, and only my dad was up. He’d got Alastair Sim’s Scrooge on DVD and we watched it together with the Christmas tree lights on. My parents Christmas decor hasn’t changed since the 70s, so all the lights and baubles and tinsel are a clash of different colours and I love it.

One of my favourite presents was a toy Post Office. I would spend hours and hours playing with it.

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I had one of those!! i LOVED it!
Film is something my dad and I have in common so we would always watch stuff together, the Alastair Sims Scrooge along with Oliver Twist were always on growing up. The last few years we have been watching the musical Scrooge from the 70s("thankyou very much, thankyou very much, thats the nicest thing anyones ever done for me!" )
I always take my tree and decorations down on New Years Day as it was always me and dad's job growing up and we would always watch Mysterious Island while we did it for some reason.

 

[Youre a wizard Harry]

Thinking back to Christmas as a child gives me a warm and fuzzy feeling
My younger sister and I used to decorate the tree at my grandparents house. We had a fake tree at home but they always had a real tree and I remember stinging myself all the time on the nettles
We always had a second Christmas Day on Christmas Eve with my older (half) sisters as they spent xmas day with their mum. My mum would always get drunk on Malibu when cooking the turkey and we would go to Tesco the evening before to buy special fizzy drinks for me and my younger sister,usually limeade or panda pops. That was such a treat for us!
ah to be a kid again. I do love the time I spend with my nieces and nephews on Christmas Eve , and watching them opening their presents

 

[NP]

Xmas as a child growing up in the 70's was fun, especially when I have a Birthday 2 weeks BEFORE xmas.

We never had a real xmas tree, just this silver tinsel tree for decades, my Dad would decorate the tree on
his own. Xmas day, unwrapping all those presents, some of which were Birthday and Xmas presents.

The main feature was the Turkey, Mum would break out the extra large plates, after the roast would be the
home made xmas pudd. The Turkey would last us a few days ending up as Stew which we still do now.

Back in those days xmas ment something unlike now when it's just one massive commercial load of bollocks
and the true meaning has been lost forever.

TV was very limited, 3 TV channels only but we had a lot of great programs to watch, especially in the evening
with the xmas specials and all that. My Dad and I would look at the listings and decide what to watch.

My mum would get out massive plates as well that were reserved just for Christmas. Turkey leftovers were the best!

 

[Platypusfattypus]

I saw some of these for sale at a local garden centre yesterday. Only about six of them- I did wonder if they had been trotting them out since the 70s!

Yeah I've seen them in the shops. They are one of my favourite memories of christmas past, but I could never have them in my house

 

[CherryAcid]

Xmas as a child growing up in the 70's was fun, especially when I have a Birthday 2 weeks BEFORE xmas.

We never had a real xmas tree, just this silver tinsel tree for decades, my Dad would decorate the tree on
his own. Xmas day, unwrapping all those presents, some of which were Birthday and Xmas presents.

The main feature was the Turkey, Mum would break out the extra large plates, after the roast would be the
home made xmas pudd. The Turkey would last us a few days ending up as Stew which we still do now.

Back in those days xmas ment something unlike now when it's just one massive commercial load of bollocks
and the true meaning has been lost forever.

TV was very limited, 3 TV channels only but we had a lot of great programs to watch, especially in the evening
with the xmas specials and all that. My Dad and I would look at the listings and decide what to watch.

The xmas telly book was always so exciting

 

[Belulah]

The smell of the shiny garland decorations.

I saw some of these for sale at a local garden centre yesterday. Only about six of them- I did wonder if they had been trotting them out since the 70s!

 

[Mulholland Drive]

Xmas as a child growing up in the 70's was fun, especially when I have a Birthday 2 weeks BEFORE xmas.

We never had a real xmas tree, just this silver tinsel tree for decades, my Dad would decorate the tree on
his own. Xmas day, unwrapping all those presents, some of which were Birthday and Xmas presents.

The main feature was the Turkey, Mum would break out the extra large plates, after the roast would be the
home made xmas pudd. The Turkey would last us a few days ending up as Stew which we still do now.

Back in those days xmas ment something unlike now when it's just one massive commercial load of bollocks
and the true meaning has been lost forever.

TV was very limited, 3 TV channels only but we had a lot of great programs to watch, especially in the evening
with the xmas specials and all that. My Dad and I would look at the listings and decide what to watch.

WOW! Only three channels and no internet!

 

[Phoenix Lazarus]

I remember we had a lightweight, quite short plastic Christmas tree up in the hall. Both our cats were by its base and one was playing with one of the decorations hanging from the branches and in doing so made the tree overbalance. It was funny watching both the cats panic and flee as the tree slowly toppled towards them.

 

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WOW! Only three channels and no internet!

3 channels, no internet, no video recorders but at least we had a couple of decent movies to watch.
In the early 80's the BBC started running the original FLASH GORDON Cinema series.

Oh and One BBC tradition lost forever, Royal Institution Christmas Lectures, watching that was
mandatory in my house.