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

[@forgiatocapone7279]

Bc there wasn't police brutality -YoMomma

[@grammaticalchainsaw7318]

@@skoop651 ur another obsessed internet American. Get better.

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.

[@neurodivergentautie]

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

[@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...

[@MrDummyisDumb]

@@LEYTHLEGACY That's just your perception. People live way more in their echo chambers today, the reality tho is the world really isn't all that much different than 2003. Only real difference is people are less sociable, but again that goes back to being caught in the echo chambers on our devices. Post 9/11, not much has changed

[@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

[@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.

[@hashbrown777]

@@AverageDude-v1c 2:07

[@heronoverdose]

What a good time

[@alexanderwill2847]

@@AverageDude-v1c They might have been talking about Cheaper by the Dozen, from the future director of Deadpool and Wolverine. I can’t imagine considering that muy interesante, let alone the greatest movie of all time, but there’s no accounting for taste.

[@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!

[@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.

[@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.

[@digodinn]

@@eascec8374 alright mister no fun

[@beartackle]

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

[@stephenjohnson9632]

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

[@annoynmous1]

@@stephenjohnson9632 JESUS!! 🤗💯🎁

[@HazmatKat]

The world's first pyramid scheme!

[@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.

[@AnthonyThompson-z2w]

@@fruitiger dude shut up😭 ain’t NOTHING wrong with missing the past

[@fruitiger]

@ keep coping

[@diamond3838]

No news as news is actually ironic and funny as hell

[@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

[@skinnyp98]

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

[@jalonglover4488]

Peace can be achieved.

[@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

[@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!

[@PhuryousOne]

The way the news reports now, we can't even have one day of peace.

[@johnflores9915]

How i miss the 2000s and early 2010s

[@anticitizenokapi4634]

my childhood, easily one of the best parts

[@Professor_Utonium_]

They were fun, people didn't take as many things so seriously :)

[@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

[@ray_x6959]

​@mattburrito there has always been crime no matter the year

[@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

[@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

[@streakingclothed]

i want more of this energy in news

[@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.

[@c_h_]

naw nobody in struggling. must be poor.

[@hera7884]

@ you sound like a homeless person

[@warriyorcat]

@c_h_ me when I lie

[@IsabellaShapiro]

we are going to send peace and stop the war Jimmy Carter.

[@Theinsomniac826]

Merry Christmas 🎅 🎄 ❤️

[@abagar2000]

This feels like a Daily Show correspondent segment in the best way possible lol

[@NerdyDerpy]

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

[@jennyferj0]

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

[@agbook2007]

@@jennyferj0, it got me, too. It was the delivery of the line in a slight crime noir style and the absurdity. It was brilliant. 🤣

[@fredrick1176]

My family and I watched LORT ROTK extended edition the day after Christmas. It’s just a great movie

[@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.

[@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.

[@Professor_Utonium_]

Would love to see more of that

[@greenpickle9606]

How times have changed.

[@DutchMaster2025]

It’s sad

[@BaseballPlayer0]

how so

[@WeTube-mf1it]

Yeah, crime rates went down

[@nocturnemusique]

man i wish we lived in a time where "no news" could actually be a thing that happened

[@076BossStatus]

Good ole days

[@jordinometry1589]

I miss these days… I was only 4 but even I can see right now is just hell… literal hell on earth

[@okpoptart]

this is amazing.

[@chimaamanambu6067]

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

[@Deadsphere]

If only every day could be like this.

[@imrustyokay]

i like when things are quiet around Christmas.

[@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

[@capt_howdy]

RIP Marshall Fields

[@Parker_Theemotherian]

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

[@Larkatiel]

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

[@dennischi4598]

I’m a month older than you!

[@Akac3sh]

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

[@diamondgaming-]

No news is good news has a new meaning!

[@fanenthusiast3802]

That dig at Chicago Tribune.😂

[@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.

[@Professor_Utonium_]

​@@junkboy555Pretty much this. There should be no such thing as 24/7 news channels. News should be 2 hours in the morning and 2 in the evening. If you can't fit it inside those two times, it probably isn't worth sharing!

[@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.

[@migs8497]

I was 3 years old when this was aired.

[@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!

[@urboihaz]

U know...if u turn off the news and never turn it back on, there is no news...

[@AnIllusiveFlorentine]

Luigi Mangione fights to bring us back to this reality.

[@robinsonfrancis1498]

No news is indeed good news. Merry Christmas.

[@GshockFilms]

This version of America is gone forever.

[@anticitizenokapi4634]

I miss living in boring and uneventful times.

[@ronaldvernon788]

My favorite year ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@EatingFuzzyDonuts]

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

[@Ejoel07]

What a peaceful day bro

[@one_step_sideways]

The happiest day of the 21st century

[@Stringmeme]

Evidence that those really were peak times of tranquility and calmness... maybe

[@Professor_Utonium_]

Definitely still chaotic and crazy, but we didn't focus on it so much. Life is better when you also take some time to have a little fun and be light-hearted. "Take the good with the bad, smile with the sad"

[@anapham4724]

So ironic a news without a news is Good news😂😂

[@ChaseRiver2]

I moved out of chicago several years back. Youre telling me the horses downtown are gone?!??!

[@andrewsteen1427]

No smartphone in sight

[@21972012145525]

iPhone put in 2007

[@mac6626]

I’m glad the guys liked the movie.

[@pilsenmexican]

I graduated from high school that year 😅😅😅

[@davidw4781]

So did my brother.

[@ChloeVanNostrand]

i wasnt born and my bf was 8 😭

[@vendettx8837]

reminds me of that one episode on gumball when there wasnt news

[@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

[@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

[@EnergeticGiraffes]

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

[@fleecejohnsonn]

If only everyone knew how good they had it.

[@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

[@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!

[@KKingTy03]

This was my first Christmas

[@alexandermartinez129]

Racism must of been at an all time low at that time. Not mentioned once

[@TheUsername217]

Reporter: The moon and Venus are especially bright, a special occurrence. Here's James Ang Sctientist: *starts speaking Chinese* Reporter: *NO NEWS!* lmfao

[@AgentAO7]

MERRY CHRISTMAS Everyone! 🎄

[@rafaeldiaz8129]

Amazing times

[@victoriagaul6690]

😢

[@Maw0]

It still feels like no news sometimes.

[@Luckypants2113]

Lmao credit where it’s due. That’s a pretty funny bit for a local news channel.

[@rjules1083]

Elf also came out in 2003!

[@MrMustang13]

Chicago 2003. A way better year in time.

[@colehowe]

Holy cow the Hulk gloves were sweet

[@audiogus2651]

Woah! 2003, pre MCU Hulk gloves

[@kweisi2204]

No homicides

[@Damian_Hacz]

"Sometimes no news is good news" might as well be our state of the union address.

[@dillonwood3096]

21 years ago there was no news in Chicago on Christmas

[@mj1205]

we currently live in hell

[@one_step_sideways]

Relax, it'll be worse

[@JuanAguirrre]

1:41 😂😂😂 just because 😭

[@waterbottles4744]

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

[@ColZep]

What?

[@waterbottles4744]

@@ColZep Avoid downtown. Not worth going.

[@LaLaGrunge]

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

[@maleeks_world]

one day i wish i can travel back in time before technology ruined so much and everybody became brain dead 😭

[@samartz]

Lovin that gangster voice!

[@FriedChiliCheeseDogs]

I had those hulk gloves

[@darkangel7589]

Most peaceful Christmas ever was my first Christmas lol (born in July 2003)

[@snowjack1-u4y]

Back when life was actually worth living

[@haymantaylor7583]

A reminder that Abu Dhabi owns a considerable amount of the parking meters in Chicago.

[@AnneRavenStar]

No news