A 90s History of Christmas

[@IntelexualMedia]

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[@IntelexualMedia]

1. I had no idea this was Marge Simpson’s dress but I love that y’all spotted this 😂😂 My apathy for the Simpsons will be clear from this series and I’ll admit my bias lmao 2. This video is missing a 1997 top movies page, which mentioned Jack Frost and Beauty and The Beast (not Home Alone 3) I’m now realizing I can’t pin to the comment section 😢😂

[@emvu4276]

I’m sad to hear about your indifference to the Simpsons!! I love to think about wedgie it gave Bush- that was when it was incredibly mild, too. What a square. Love the look and love the video, so excited for this series!! Thanks for all the effort you put in and the work you do!

[@IntelexualMedia]

thank you! I think it's just because Family Guy, American Dad, and King Of The Hill were my preferred cartoons growing up, The Simpsons always seemed tame in comparison (though I recognize its value in the zeitgeist). Thank you so much!@@emvu4276

[@kerycktotebag8164]

project runway had a challenge where they designed dresses for marge, an homage to the chanel collab

[@RRonco]

Marge Simpson's Chanel dress! Hooray!

[@bowspalding-xv3kc]

Literally came here to praise the fit and makeup sooooo good

[@MsGigglesluv]

Is that a real outfit?

[@vanitysmirror]

The way Margie kept flipping that dress. Lol.

[@LeoUnicorn814]

Yesss I love that you caught that!!! Brava! 👏🏿

[@JukuduB]

According to Wikipedia.... Marge's suit was modeled on an actual Chanel suit, and also the type of dresses that former First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis used to wear.

[@Ohsnapitzann]

As a early 00s( I was born in '92) child One Christmas I was gifted a colidoscope and a cash register. My sisters and I loved running down the aisles of tops grocery store and grab a bunch of coupons from the dispenser machines. We would use the coupons when we played store. I loved helping my father decorate the Christmas tree.

[@transsexual_computer_faery]

awwwwwwwwwwww

[@businessbuilder92]

92' here 😅❤

[@maddmaxxpain]

My cash register was a favorite as well! I think I have one fake coin left😂

[@Reverse_Cowgirl-cat]

The coupon dispenser! You just unlocked a memory lol.

[@resilientbodies]

I was born in ‘84, and am definitely a child of the 90s. This decade of holiday seasons was the best, I’ve always said the 90s a time to be alive. It’s wild to think it was 30 years ago! I absolutely love your channel, whole heartedly. Your commentary and approach is so well appreciated.

[@Jesus.X]

True I was born 1985

[@4220E]

Yes ma'am I was born in 84' too...yes the 90's were the best of all times I can't believe it has been that long neither I miss those times so much....We were 2 fly

[@Jesus.X]

@@4220E it was great time to be a kid. computers and smart phones ruined gen Z and gen alpha it is like idiocracy the movie in real life now.

[@brittneytaylor2996]

Born in 85 and yes it truly was a time to be alive!

[@ariellejanae2806]

It's so nice to hear about the 90s. I have no memories of Christmas during this time because I was born a month and four days prior, so I was getting used to being alive. 😂😂😂

[@IntelexualMedia]

Lmao!

[@3s_muycar0]

Nah fr im the same (born in April of ‘99) I can only go off of what my folks would always say being teens in the 90s lol

[@kjb3221]

@@3s_muycar0Also born April ‘99! Hey!

[@JukuduB]

Tickle me Elmo craze was the Cabbage Patch Doll for my age group. My Grandmother said she was cursed out trying to get me a Preemie Cabbage Patch Doll ! Miss you Granny. 🙏🏾

[@MAGICKALSHANTE888]

This touched my soul ❤ fellow 90s kid here . The 90s was the best

[@carayj]

My daughter was born in 1993, I got her a Black Holiday barbie, we still have it in the box never opened

[@Kxngteezy]

At my elementary school some of the “pull down maps” were so old they still had Russia listed as USSR.

[@dfjulesful]

We had a jigsaw of Europe that's till had the USSR 😂

[@dsxa918]

To be fair, The USSR was a country longer than it hasn't been, since dissolving. When I was a kid reading about history and whatever I was more confused for a time to see pre-1920's Russia and had to understand that there was the intervening time with expanded borders, called "70 years of Union"

[@TeddySaxbang5690]

I was born 1990; top Christmas gifts were a Playstation (1997) and Gamecube (2001). Not only was it exciting to have our own gaming consoles at home, but that made future gift ideas easier. My passion for video games became a significant part of my identity and friendships, and exposed me to types of music I wouldn’t otherwise hear (I’m now a professional musician with an Honour’s Degree). But I’m grateful for so many good memories and gifts throughout my childhood, even hand-me-downs from my _cool older cousins._

[@LisaF777]

I still remember the exact day we purchased our PlayStation 1. It was magical!! Crash Badicoot ❤️

[@peppermintea420]

Currently watching with my sister and my mom while wrapping presents. So many Christmas facts that we NEVER knew!

[@IntelexualMedia]

this makes me so happy, you don't even know!

[@concamon1364]

Wooh, we're finally here! Lexi does the 90s. Again, I'd like to apologize if my comment under your quickie made you feel rushed Lexi. I just *love* the content.

[@michaelaporee260]

I have been waiting! So excited!

[@TheGearChat]

it did and you should feel bad

[@Gimmie_my_legoz]

Idk how you're still underrated, you're an incredible indirect source of information

[@iinkdy]

Lexual does the 90s is FINALLY HERE!!!!!🎉🎉🎉

[@Gimmie_my_legoz]

FRRR I'm so excited

[@MuseMoriah]

That dirt devil vacuum had me feeling like Molly the Maid wearing maid outfit like I always do 🤣

[@deelnickole65]

😂😂😂😂

[@lieshaboo16]

😂😂😂😂

[@bougiebohemian5393]

😂😂😂😂

[@abbysings13]

You are silly 😂😂😂

[@calliekittyvideos]

My favorite Christmas memory is putting together the gas station Lego set with my uncle Ricky at my grandmas table in 1999. I was four and he died the next year. It’s the only memory I have with him 🥺 Christmas makes me think of my grandmas house. Green carpet, menthol cigarette smoke, ancient ornaments and dusty recliners

[@stevarino1989]

That’s so sweet! I miss Christmas at my grandparents house too. My grandpa had a motion activated animatronic singing Santa 😆They also had some old 1970s/80s ornaments and a fake tree and they’d wrap silver garland and lights around the wrought iron banister on the stairs. My grandpa also had this little box where you’d plug the tree lights in and it would sync to MIDI-style sounding Christmas songs 😊 On Christmas morning there would be a huge pile of presents under the tree and we’d all eat a big breakfast. I also used to love baking Christmas cookies in the old kitchen. Yes my grandma smoked as well. I’m really happy we have a bunch of 90s family Christmases on home video.

[@againstthegraingolf301]

I knew something big was happening on the first but I couldn’t remember what. Literally screamed when I saw the upload! I’m here for this!!!!!

[@staruletto9194]

The 90s were such a crazy leap in tech for videogames! We went from 2D pixel sprites in Final Fantasy vi to full 3D CGI cutscenes with motion capture in '99 with Final Fantasy viii! Not to mention games went from being just a thing for kids to a realized artistic medium.

[@Xtinaiyayi]

I was born in 89. My favorite memory is around the time home alone 2 came out and we watched it on VHS. I also remember a year where I had a cupcake doll and a mermaid doll that I loved so much. Too many great memories in the 90s! Especially the early 90!

[@grantpark9093]

Nice hit of nostalgia ... even though it happen in March, the Blizzard of 1993 always stands out in my mind... I was 10 and hadn't experienced weather like that as a kid before. Thanks for the video!

[@lolabugge]

We had to go to the mall so my friend with asthma could use her nebulizer since all of us had no power. Only thing that beat that was the ice storm in 95!

[@malakcanvas]

I miss when tv episodes synced up to air their Christmas episodes. And cartoons. Also miss Black Christmas music being aired 24/7 on Black radio stations. 🎄 Pokémon and Gameboy were life! 25:24

[@businessbuilder92]

Born in 92' and that movie was my fav its wild you were born 94' and thats your fav 😅

[@cctv318]

the mary kate and ashley bit was WILD 🤣🤭

[@beyondthefamecelebritystories]

Intelexual media is just the best ❤

[@Jennyboomboom88]

OMG LEX!! I LOVE YOU! ❤️😘💕 I’m so excited for the Lexual does the 90’s series as this is my childhood! This Christmas special reminded me how spoiled I was, I had all of the popular toys! 🤣😁🤦🏽‍♀️ and my Irish twin little brother(the only boy in the family) had every game console & all of the power rangers. My parents were struggling so I have no idea how they did it! 😂🤷🏽‍♀️ I’m watching all of the 90s Christmas movies this month! ❤❤🎄🎄

[@Jennyboomboom88]

@nitrofairywing1541I know right! 😂

[@seun0203]

Excellent as usual, Home Alone 1 & 2 & The Preacher's Wife remain my favourite Christmas movies.

[@toniowilliams6905]

Thank you Nana indeed....for bringing us the intellectual and beautiful Lexi! 😍 This will probably be my favorite decade since I grew up then and remember all this vividly but always love to learn more.

[@briannadavis555]

And the I ❤ the 90's series begins I've been anticipating this for so long 🙏🏿

[@pinkmenace2452]

so excited for your 90s series!!

[@Meine1111]

Girl 👌🏾🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥this was everything

[@naturallysieisdope]

I believe my favorite memory is getting a giant Reptar stuffed animal. My sister got a giant Tommy doll. Rugrats was my absolute favorite show and having Reptar felt so good. I wanted a Talkboy SO bad! Still kinda salty about it😫 Super Nintendo was king in our household🙌🏾 It was SO satisfying watching Ralphie kick his ASS! He had enough of the bullying and took matters in his own hands. Thank youuuuu for the blast from the past💛🌻

[@BertoV]

Born in 85. My parents couldn’t afford much, my aunts pulled through & got us SNES in the early 90s & WWF house shows in the late 90s. I cried when I opened the gift to see SNES 😭😭

[@bboicrazy8]

Some core memories here from Tamagochi to Jon Benet to Y2K. Christmas was epic to me growing up in the 90s. I got my Addy American Girl and loved her and read her books. Some people totally give that doll too much criticism especially as a doll that was based in real research and by a Black creator within American Girl. I appreciate them not overly sanitizing her story. Thankfully they do have more Black dolls though in other time periods. The Santa Clause and The Preachers Wife are still favorites! I also remember the Tickle Me Elmo craziness which was ridiculous and I didn’t get it even as a kid.

[@DrShak2009]

One of the best 90's xmas moments for me was I think... '94? It was an El Nino winter, in Canada, which meant it was actually warm enough that snow was melting. It was warm enough for me to use my newly received rollerblades to head over to my grandma's house that year. Of course, that pales in comparison to '90 (or '91, I can't remember) when we got our NES.

[@evanwebber5164]

Whew I remember my Sega Genesis & Playstation, talk about bringing back memories!

[@katieswann3311]

I remember the Furby craze well. I was a 92 baby and my sister was born in 88. We waited at the toys r us. My parents actually took turns in the line from the early morning on until they opened. I remember dad calling mom to bring us up there and we picked out furbies out. Mine was purple. It was my most prized possession lol

[@J.B-sn1fs]

Bop It, that Mouse Trap game, & Moon Shoes 🤩

[@ymechelle]

why am I crying watching this..1989 baby. We will never get these years back .thank you this was a great video and trip down memory lane

[@simplyjuannie5128]

I loved when my grandma got me a dollhouse for Christmas in the 90s.

[@michellecrocker2485]

American Girl dolls were great when they were historical. My grandma got me my first Samantha for Christmas when I was 9 or 10

[@witabif]

number one, I love this look for lex. two, "well damn grinch" is my favorite thing. *edit: third, I love that batman was top tv when I was born

[@inthemixwithleahbpodcast]

Wow you’re bringing back memories… I was kid in the 90’s

[@GOGEISTGO]

Lex got the marge pink chanel suit on how can you not stan?

[@kryssalou]

as an 89 baby, i love seeing you do this series on the greatest decade of all time. just enough nostalgia to keep me together this year, when the holidays have become just another day.

[@michellecrocker2485]

I remember going to see Home Alone when it was in theaters.

[@fvances]

i loved trolls so much as a kid and collected a lot! also, was shocked to actually get a talk boy as a gift! it was the coolest.

[@electralexa99]

Wow! I loved this! You forget the culture FR. Like so much pressure for parents to deliver a good Christmas - how it was such a mark of “success”. It’s hard to say, but I think consumerism was more active back then (& not just due to inflation!) - always been high consumerism in America but dang! Felt like there was so much “stake” in life at the time.

[@TheReCar1]

21:02 Jingle all the way Is my favorite Christmas Movie 😍

[@Jennyboomboom88]

Same! 😍

[@dokiepkosa]

This is def the video that convinced me to join the Patreon because I was desperately trying to find the 90s episodes mentioned or even a wiff of a hint of more info AND ALSO I’d love to know your sources omg 💖

[@dokiepkosa]

THERE’S A BOOK TIER???

[@Nellasheboo]

I love your commentary! Omg I had a Giga Pet!

[@mimi5769]

Ok your channel is literally one of my favourites ever, and I follow like thousands of people. You're just the top of the top

[@s-wo8781]

Never seen or heard of that Mary Kate and Ashley Olsen movie or seen that clip. That shit is wild!

[@naryrunestone9388]

AHHH YES!! A perfect historical video in time for christmas season. As someone who wasn’t alive during the 90s this was very entertaining and educational !

[@ninashewchuk8976]

Love this holiday edition of your '90s series! What's more '90s than a Christmas special after all? I was born in '87 so I was a total '90s kid. As a diaspora Ukrainian in Canada my family always celebrated two Christmases - the "western" one on December 25th, and then "Ukrainian Christmas" on January 6th/7th. Plus as kids we'd get gifts on the Feast of St. Nicholas on December 19th, so the holiday season was very gift heavy for us. I'd probably say that my top Christmas gift was the Sega Genesis I got in 1994 (along with The Lion King game). Still got it (though it's currently in storage since I've got nowhere to hook it up)! My mom was also a teacher, so most of her students would give her some sort of little Christmas gifts. After school on the last day before break she'd haul all of her gifts into the living room for my sister and I to open. She got LOOOTS of boxes of chocolate, much to our delight.

[@courtneypuzzo2502]

born in 85 grew up in the 90s so def remember the big toys from those holiday seasons such as Skip it or tickle me Elmo

[@LexyconDevil]

Me and my friends watch Jingle All the Way every year since it's hyper ridiculous so I'm very happy it was included at the appropriate moment. It's very fun to watch Schwarzenegger do action scenes in the context of crazy Holiday shopping. It's not a work of genius or anything but Phil Hartman and Sinbad really make it hilarious and iconic for me. My mom wanted to get my sister a Barbie Dream House and ended up telling her they'd have to pick it up after Christmas since it was such a sought after item. I think that was the closest my mom came to the insane swarm over a single toy item--and my sister was old enough that she could wait, so mostly remember that it was STILL insane at the mall when we went to pick it up. Also Tickle Me Elmo kept evolving and being the number 1 sought after Christmas toy for a reeeeally long time! He kept advancing with technology and Elmo as a character was so much more popular than he was when I was younger. I'm actually glad we're over this part of consumerist culture purely for everyone's physical safety. I think Black Fridays were always worse but there's a reason an action/comedy movie was made to parody this.

[@teewills8306]

Another great video! I just love your channel. I was born in ‘87 and I loved reading about Addie’s adventures.

[@SNOWQueen87-v1g]

The 90s my childhood

[@DarkChibiShadowYT]

THANK YOU!!! always so grateful for all your xmas content... cuz i love xmas!!! and it's nice to learn more about different pop culture stuff around it!!!

[@heather957]

I was a 90s kid, and I was the only kid I knew that had two Playstations- one at my dad's house and one at my mom's house. I had absolutely NO idea that they cost that much until this video. I remember I used to hook the one at my mom's house up to different TVs around the house, and then at my dad's house, we would actually bring it along with a smaller TV set to his office building so I could play on it there as he worked. I have so many fond memories playing Crash Bandicoot, Spyro the Dragon, Parappa the Rapper, and Gran Turismo back in the day. If I had been a child of the 80s, I honestly don't know what I would have done.

[@AntoinetteChanel]

10:46 girl Christmas 1993 was everything!!!

[@cheneil08]

In the 6th grade, one girl in my class had a Tickle Me Elmo. I was so jealous 😭

[@KurosakiLuvar01]

I’m giving you a like still but I can’t deal with watching this right now without getting emotion. My whole family including my Dad who passed away back then in ‘95 made these 90s Christmas so special. Love you and will watch when I’m not being an emotional baby 🥲💖

[@ZiziOnkabetseMasizana]

You’re wonderful! Thank you for doing this work! x

[@d6mafia13]

Yesyesyesyesyesyes!!! Been waiting with so much patience for this series because I know it takes an insane amount of work but I am just so stoked for this!!!

[@Zuziacze-K]

Was on a binge of your videos today ❤ thank you for this fresh vid!

[@tnhankins1]

I was a teen in the 90's thank you for the nostalgia, love your videos.

[@neekyboo77]

I worked at that Chicago store where the Tickle Me Elmo fight broke out. It was Kay Bee Toys at River Oaks Mall. The two ladies were screaming and cussing and the next thing I know shelves were being knocked over! We had to shut down the store to clean up and didn't reopen until the next day.

[@mikailagray]

Best pick me up for my terrible day! Also I can’t believe you are 1 year older than me! I feel like we have been circling each other our lives between the Carolinas and Ohio. So crazy.

[@lovechild1024]

💜💜💜 LOVED THIS!!

[@bxllxdxnnx]

loved this, i was born in 88 so my first memories started in the early 90s, i remember watching the first A Christmas Story marathon, it was kinda a forgotten movie until then. best present was a playstation that my grandparents got us, against our parents' wishes lol

[@tiffany23484]

What a beautiful walk down memory lane ! Thank you for this video ❤️. It also reminded me how grateful I am as a mom of a 2 year old that Tickle Me Elmo is not a thing anymore 😂😂😂

[@themousegoddess]

Congratulations, you've beaten my (currently unmedicated) ADHD with this one 😅. I actually watched most of it in one sitting!

[@saritalil9116]

You encapsulated my child hood in one video I’m grateful

[@rheathecreative5612]

I also was born in 1994. For Christmas, I remember getting the pink power ranger and the motorcycle she’d come with.

[@lexa_power]

Not sure if it was regional but amongst my circle of friends, Gigapets were the name brand ones we all wanted and Tamogotchis were considered the off brand one that was less cool. Also I’m surprised you didn’t dive more into talking Tellitubbies but was glad to see they were at least highlighted in a photo - appreciated the clip from my favorite boy meets world Christmas special too! That one is a classic. I still have my talking Po and talking Lala!

[@afrolofi]

I can't wait to get into this

[@BryonyClaire]

Loved this lil slice of Christmas cheer, Lex!

[@IntelexualMedia]

🥹🥹 I’m glad! I loved being able to do something fun and breezy

[@heatherward6175]

94' baby here as well, i had a tickle me elmo! i loved it so much!

[@MsDisneylandlover]

90 kids, 90s fashion is the best, 90s shows was the black show, 90s disney channel best, 90s nick was the best, and 90s music oh yes.

[@Ozviewer976]

This really hits me with nostalgia. Super Nintendo and Game Boy Color with all its glory. 😁 amazing video !

[@Mightilyoats]

I’ve been waiting for Christmas Day to watch this one

[@withonforafteratbyin]

this is so wholesome but still perfectly critical

[@bloomjuliaeslavin525]

My favorite memory of Christmas in the 90s was probably Christmas 1999 Christmas that I was six finding out that Santa got my family so me and my brother and our parents a trip to Disney to be taken that coming June so I’ll be going to Disney World in 2000 which was one of the few Christmases that I can remember that wasn’t bad. I have a complicated relationship with Christmas. I think this Christmas the Christmas out of six was the last Christmas I can when nothing went wrong, and it was a truly merry Christmas past 23 Christmases since not so much hopefully hopefully this coming Monday, Christmas 2023 at the age of 30 or finally have a good one again be more than overdue after 24 years cross your fingers toes, and anything else that can be crossed and send out good process positive vibes through the hope that I finally have a at least semi-decent Christmas for the first time in 24 years because I need it this year more than ever before. I’ll do the same for anybody else who needs it, but yeah my favorite Christmas memory from the 90s is also the last Christmas I can remember that it was a truly merry Christmas at least for me personally

[@rockstarTraveler]

Stumbled upon your channel. Very well produced video! Great job.

[@nueshb4797]

This video is super interesting to me and might have reignited my fascination with the 1990s.

[@ElPatron42069]

This is literally my childhood born August 1990

[@aliyahaliyahkent6204]

I swear things like this let me know we are all connected. I have an Amazon cart full of nastalgic 90's toys I like or had. This is my Christmas gift to me😊

[@RainbowMilk1996]

I remember my dad saying that he nearly got robbed for the Tickle-Me Elmo that he'd gotten me. I was just born in march of that year so... Yeah. Also, my brother and I got a Nintendo 64 in 99. I sucked balls at it, but I played anyway. We had Yoshi's Story, Banjo-Kazooie, Kirby 64, Hey You Pikachu and Tonic Trouble. My dad even got us the Pikachu themed N64

[@nursiegirl]

That’s my favorite part of a Christmas Story too 😂 when his friends try to stop him cussing 😂😂😂

[@artman2oo3]

Ah the 90’s, my favorite decade, and I loved this video. Thank you!

[@cliffs9458]

I was still living with my mom and dad for two years before get my old apartment and stuff Christmas back in the 90's was kind of good

[@anthonysuter3611]

This is such an excellent video essay. My goodness

[@NosferatuCrone]

born in 86 and I think I just found my new favorite KZbin channel ❤

[@jeromysmith6085]

My pops bought me the PS1 a year after it came out for Christmas. That was the first Christmas I actually remember. The game I remember playing most was crash bandicoot 😂.

[@NerdPlanetThird]

My husband misunderstood your last sentence about the WTO protests thinking you meant you had already done those videos and we could look them up instead of hearing it as they're future videos to be released 😅 He's really interested and looking forward to them!

[@MsPinkston]

I loved this episode!!! Girl, no one does it like you! So nostalgic 😍

[@lolabugge]

I remember being a teenager waiting in line all night outside of Bradlees in 1998 so I could get Furbies for my much younger siblings. I did the same thing for Beanie Babies too but at the mall. The 90’s were a wild time!

[@gadeyeye6268]

This was so nostalgic I appreciate this. I forgot about this. You a youngin. Great video goddess