A look back at Chicago 2003 when there was no news on Christmas

[@willyjoerockhead]

"Nobody robbed the liquor store on the lower part of town...nobody OD'ed nobody burned a single building down" - Anne Murrey

[@willyjoerockhead]

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[@skoop651]

Weird for a blk city

[@juliusnepos6013]

I like that song

2003 was a great year. I miss it dearly

[@CaptainDarkFighter]

Wasn’t born yet :(

[@musicman76enator]

Me Too!! Greatest Year Ever!! 😊

[@Sweetie-wd2ch]

Was born in 2003 😂

[@delphvine89]

Same 😢

[@GuitarBillCurran]

I was 15-16 and I had a blast! Congress declared 2003 the "Year of The Blues" and I saw more live blues bands that year than I think I ever have since!

[@tonymante8759]

has your horse bit anyone today? no almost a dog tho "NOT NEWS" im dead lmao this is a comedy skit.

[@krist-yonnarain7786]

@@tonymante8759 Im glad Im not the only one who realized this not everything on the news is actually informative or important for the public to know but a lot of it put on for shock value.

[@AlmightyLatinKing]

Sure do miss those days.

[@michaeljeffery7466]

Same.

[@LastSaturday09]

2000’s ❤️

[@junkboy555]

As do we all!

[@WeTube-mf1it]

You miss when the crime rate was higher?

[@darkmatter21_xx]

​@@WeTube-mf1itThe Crime Rate in Chicago was higher in 2003 than 2024? I appreciate you kids just making stuff up.

[@neurodivergentautie]

No News, that’s not a curse, it’s a blessing! Especially on Christmas

[@nightcr_wler]

As someone who worked at a news station this past Christmas. I just want to wish everyone who does a very Merry Christmas ❤️ it can be lonely and taxing but the work you do makes some people’s day a lot better!

[@KiraLangington]

He meant parking meters that belong to the city not longer exist. Thanks Daley

[@nicolecocopatrice]

Right that really hurts to see the reminder 😅

[@Seawolf277]

That didnt happen till 08

[@aj-gd2bq]

The early 2000's were really somethin' else

[@kyleliegel]

Nostalgia is the blindfold of joy

[@darkmatter21_xx]

​@@kyleliegelIt's not nostalgia, the 2000s were simply better times. Unless you're just a poor loser that never had anything. Blame your parents.

[@LEYTHLEGACY]

@@kyleliegel i mean compared to nowadays

[@krabgrass]

@@LEYTHLEGACY True dat. Society went downhill and deteriorated severely after the Plandemic happened...

[@beartackle]

I hope the Hansen kids find this video! Happy holidays to everyone reading this!

[@GBL2001]

When Chicago was still GREAT and NORMAL, when Chicago was TRULY CHICAGO!!!

[@47SK29]

Yeah, because there was no crime in 2003.

[@Chicago_Jayhawk]

Still great.

[@MrAjpurdue]

Still great

[@tonymante8759]

Chicago death toll 2003 712 chicago death toll 2024 513. Chicago is great and better and safer than its ever been in the last 30 years crime wise statistics HOWEVER the news and social media will be telling you other wise. Becuase newsflash in 2003 people didnt have social media and phones to spread information as it happensto everyone. you either saw it on the local news or it didnt exist to you. Chicago- better than ever

[@gaberzucek8397]

Still great

[@pedrobasantes8784]

I miss how Chicago was then, those days were awesome..kind of saddens me a little

[@fruitiger]

You miss the crime rate? Or do you miss your childhood? Stop romanticizing a place, when in reality, you should be romanticizing your childhood, and even that, isn’t good. Let go of the past.

[@gavinbryce8089]

@@fruitiger captain bitter over here

[@darkmatter21_xx]

​@@fruitigeryou kids still pretending crime was worse in 2003 than 2024. Couldn't be more wrong.

[@hera7884]

Everything went downhill starting on September 11, 2001. It was like all the money in the United States shifted to war and tentacles of global overreach. It’s a shame what’s happened to this country since, everyone is scared and struggling today.

[@RockTheClock247]

Exactly.

[@stephenjohnson9632]

Amazing! No news on the day we celebrate the greatest news ever!

[@annoynmous1]

@@stephenjohnson9632 JESUS!! 🤗💯🎁

[@HazmatKat]

The world's first pyramid scheme!

[@timothy4545]

That is rare and funny.

[@eascec8374]

They should've placed a Please Stand By card instead of random reporting on people having a fun time.

[@Gtasplayer]

I was about 2 years old at that time. This is exactly how i remember the city being when i was a young kid

[@skinnyp98]

Me and mother went to see Return of the King Christmas 2003.

[@AverageDude-v1c]

1:29 for people wondering what movie they saw, it was Peter Jackson's Lord of the Rings The Return of the King part 3, released December 17 2003.

[@honkhonk8009]

Man back then, the news was what youtube was today. Look how natural, normal, and likeable they used to be. I love local news. Their always so accurate and have a sense of community. Theres no reason for national or international news to exist in 2024. But there is for local!

[@fewkeyfewkey5414]

well ye ofc local news gotta do that or else they got a good chance of loosing business where international is nation wide and they make so much profit they don’t gotta worry too much

[@jalonglover4488]

Peace can be achieved.

[@johnflores9915]

How i miss the 2000s and early 2010s

[@juliethompson8685]

Better times!

[@DutchMaster2025]

Seriously

[@mattburrito]

back when things had common sense and no one was at a shooting rampage yet corruption wasnt this bad before

[@juliethompson8685]

@mattburrito And news was news without opinions and commentary. When POTUS and SCOTUS were revered. When we went sledding and ice skating and stayed out past dark, without fear. It was just so perfectly boringly normal. I'd give anything to revisit those days.

[@justaguy5770]

​@@mattburrito sorry but this is right when we had one of the most corrupt vice presidents, making millions off sending the first wave of invasion forces into Iraq in March of 2003

[@muffycrosswire]

Sucks that Chicago got rid of horse drawn carriages bc some Karen’s didn’t like it.

[@90stype20]

Really suckz

[@SexyPapi708]

Yeah...that was always my favorite part coming up as a kid. Now we have bike carriages 🙄

[@ManDom878]

So true. I remember how magical riding the carriages were during this season. Stupid woke karens

[@luis-iy9qr]

Those rides were the best on Date night when it was Snowing. The world has been overcome with 🐱😂

[@Heyu7her3]

Ahhh, this reminds me of Central Park & "Eloise at the Plaza" ...I might go find that to watch!

[@diamond3838]

No news as news is actually ironic and funny as hell

[@laffeydude3558]

My favorite year of the 2000s! 💕💞💓💗💖

[@BaseballPlayer0]

2005 was better

[@laffeydude3558]

@ 2005 is my second favorite year of the 2000s.

[@michael85225]

I personally enjoyed 2006. I was 16 and the future felt so bright. Now life pretty much sucks and I can't afford anything.

[@KKingTy03]

Me too only because it's my birthyear though

[@BaseballPlayer0]

@@KKingTy03 u missed bartman

[@morvieous]

Not city debt crisis no migrant crisis no covid crisis

[@MaximusTheChosenOne]

Get a grip clown

[@bewareofsasquatch]

There was 2 immigrants in this video. People are just afraid of them now.

[@Bammer2001]

I guess these media outlets need to understand that news isn't about the doom and gloom. It's finding all the ordinary things in life and raising spirits to everyone.

[@chimaamanambu6067]

It's rare to have days like this in the news world.

[@adaonetube]

Yes. Back when Chicago actually had a mayor who looked out for the law abiding citizens and would put criminals behind bars.

[@GSHAPIROY]

You mean the guy that had a runway demolished in the middle of the night without telling anyone?

[@adaonetube]

@GSHAPIROY Chicago waa much safer to travel to back then. Period.

[@BenMonares]

True but iPhones didn’t exist back then

[@RobFRC]

@@GSHAPIROY Another boss move

[@bewareofsasquatch]

Cities have ups and downs. Don’t forget Chicago was a bloodbath during prohibition.

[@AnIllusiveFlorentine]

Luigi Mangione fights to bring us back to this reality.

[@Larkatiel]

I was born in December 2003. Glad to hear my birth month was as peaceful as it was uneventful 😂

[@greenpickle9606]

How times have changed.

[@DutchMaster2025]

It’s sad

[@BaseballPlayer0]

how so

[@WeTube-mf1it]

Yeah, crime rates went down

[@Theinsomniac826]

Merry Christmas 🎅 🎄 ❤️

[@076BossStatus]

Good ole days

[@EatingFuzzyDonuts]

HULK SMASH!!! I still have my Hulk Hands I got that very year.

[@diamondgaming-]

No news is good news has a new meaning!

[@eascec8374]

This is exactly like my local ABC station's newscasts in a nutshell. I remembered at one time my local ABC station covered a Breaking headline on a random old man eating a hamburger a couple years ago. What the hell is wrong with newscasts nowadays?

[@junkboy555]

It’s on too many damn times a day.

[@Ejoel07]

What a peaceful day bro

[@robinsonfrancis1498]

No news is indeed good news. Merry Christmas.

[@Akac3sh]

I wish I could live in the early 2000s forever sometimes

[@NerdyDerpy]

Life was good back in the years 1980s-2015. Miss those times

[@okpoptart]

this is amazing.

[@capt_howdy]

RIP Marshall Fields

[@SgtCoaster25]

That was my birth year

[@michaeljeffery7466]

Good lord that makes me feel old. & on top of that you're old enough to drink!

[@SgtCoaster25]

no alcoholic drinks for me

[@michaeljeffery7466]

@@SgtCoaster25 You were born after 9/11! You don't remember video games before 3-D graphics or pre-internet or cellphones. No O.J., or Bill Clinton for you!

[@BaseballPlayer0]

i was 27, seeing bartman ruin the cubs

[@rahstara]

Mine too!

[@kweisi2204]

No homicides

[@MaximusTheChosenOne]

What movie did they see?

[@AverageDude-v1c]

@MaximusTheChosenOne most likely the Lord of the Rings The Return of the King, which was released December 17 2003

[@space_1073]

This is literally utopia. “Yeah nothings going on we’re all just living”

[@ari_california-ffx]

Ahh the good old days. I was 12 years old in 2003 probably playing my ps2. 😊

[@zachmarshall6059]

damn you where 15 when i was born

[@jivesnarker8105]

I was 6 years old back in '03. It's kinda crazy how you could still go on the street and pay physical coinage for a paper from a machine back then! My parents even told me how they used to stuff money into envelopes and leave them in the mailbox to pay the bills. It's kinda crazy how the 2000s were really a transitional period from the 90s to the 2010s. A lot of people look back on the 2000s as the true birth of the digital age, but forget how primitive things still were by comparison to today! I wish I could go back to that year every day!

[@dillonwood3096]

21 years ago there was no news in Chicago on Christmas

[@Sagadali523]

It's interesting how Chicago looked more peace and cherish And now it sadly filled with some crazy people nowadays, good thing I'm not an American though

[@mac6626]

I’m glad the guys liked the movie.

[@ronaldvernon788]

My favorite year ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@Parker_Theemotherian]

This was kinda of neat to be honest and cool loved it.

[@EnergeticGiraffes]

“I can’t believe today was a good day” - Ice Cube

[@MisterSkullium]

There is no gang violence in Chi Ca Go

[@Big_Diehl]

Hulk Hands!

[@colehowe]

Holy cow the Hulk gloves were sweet

[@jennyferj0]

“Reporter feeds meter with no car” 😂😂 idk why that made laugh

[@JohnDoe-cd6ro]

I wonder what movie it was.

[@LaLaGrunge]

The streets were emptier because there were more Americans who celebrated Christmas back then.

[@Maw0]

It still feels like no news sometimes.

[@KKingTy03]

This was my first Christmas

[@adsadam1]

Everything used to feel way more slow in a good way

[@silverthefuture]

Chicago News today. The Bears stink... wait that isn't news ether.

[@ByronNoe]

All of Chicago's pro sports teams stink

[@MrMustang13]

Chicago 2003. A way better year in time.

[@theelephantintheroom69]

The irony that this became the news tho 😂

[@pilsenmexican]

I graduated from high school that year 😅😅😅

[@davidw4781]

So did my brother.

[@ChloeVanNostrand]

i wasnt born and my bf was 8 😭

[@2d_enjoyer]

While i wouldn't wanna go back to being 12 it'd be nice if we could go back to the less hectic times we have today

[@The_Doug124]

Oh baby the good old days, early 2000s and the turn of the millennium. Our grandma used to take us on Metra every other weekend and we’d just walk. There wasn’t ever any plan, we did something different each time. I remember when they installed the bean…we’re looking at this thing thinking how is it supposed to be famous? Lmfao. Good times

[@Nargon46]

Lord of the Rings, Return of the King being one of the best movies ever was definitely good news!

[@jethal]

This is when you license out "Gary Gnu" from the old "The Great Space Coaster" kids show. Because No Gnews, is Good Gnews.. with Gary Gnu"

[@audiogus2651]

Woah! 2003, pre MCU Hulk gloves

[@waterbottles4744]

If you avoid downtown, doesn't matter if there is news or not.

[@ColZep]

What?

[@waterbottles4744]

@@ColZep Avoid downtown. Not worth going.

[@TheMpo1986]

Sounds like the Simpsons. Was it news? NO NEWS! Hi, I'm Troy Mclure you might remember me from memorable headlines such as Chocolate vs White. Can Milk be racist?" and "Killer on the lose? This paper disagrees."

[@kandykornpumpkins]

I was born the next day, one state over.

[@christophermanley3602]

@@kandykornpumpkins happy birthday

[@kandykornpumpkins]

@christophermanley3602 Oh thank you lol!!

[@rafaeldiaz8129]

Amazing times

[@Shadowkey392]

Ah, for the days when nothing was happening.

[@AgentAO7]

MERRY CHRISTMAS Everyone! 🎄

[@snowjack1-u4y]

Back when life was actually worth living

[@ydne]

CRT computer screens are also missing.

[@hacker4chan180]

The early 2000s were really something weren’t they

[@General_MacArthur]

No YNs

[@fanenthusiast3802]

That dig at Chicago Tribune.😂

[@andrewsteen1427]

No smartphone in sight

[@CaptainDarkFighter]

Why did I think it said NY in 2003 and then guessed 9/11 💀🙏🏻

[@RockTheClock247]

9/11 happened in 2001…

[@CaptainDarkFighter]

@ I mean because of post trauma

[@AngelRios-m2y]

Not Chicagoans going insane from boredom when their city isn't burning down. 😂

[@JustSumChillAlien]

Why does the headline sound satire simultaneously? 😭

[@gdeech]

First of all, that is Freecell, CHICAGO.

[@ryansmiley5495]

I guess if you ignored the murders and kept your eyes closed

[@Flowerz__]

No news is good news

[@eklektikTechno]

GenZ were still babies pretty much so no street take overs

[@mintyperidot]

@@eklektikTechno what

[@RockTheClock247]

@@eklektikTechno your ignorance is deafening

[@Bloop373]

The little girl excited about getting a sweater and pjs for Christmas vs some little girls today

[@gabe6959]

I was 5 years old

[@doomngloom96]

1:52 awww I was about their age at the time!! Now they out here paying taxes and probably have kids of their own 🥰

[@CountyLaw]

Bring back Richard M Daly.

[@SaltySpatula]

He’s the one who made sanctuary cities protected by law. F him!

[@LuemD]

Got I love seeing people fantasying about the past and thinking it was perfect instead of moving on

[@michaellibassi9468]

Could have done a segment on the local guys deployed to iraq/afghanistan

[@ChicagoPatriot123]

Well now every day USA gotta have a lot of tragic events

[@coldcaincash]

Fr let’s cut the news altogether 👍

[@Clinton_Gore96]

Real life Gotham bro, 1 big angry city. Keep it