Christmas 1963 Home Movie

[@tonyspada2744]

Just like my family Christmas when I was a kid. Miss those times❤

[@jackneidinger9544]

I bet I could turn that tv on. Just walk right up to it , grab a knob and turn it on. And watch it. I miss those days.

[@pmsusana]

Amazing youngster, makes sure everyone else gets their gifts before opening his own!

[@Edwardo485]

I wonder if he grew up to be a mail carrier the quickness the way he distributed all those packages wonder where he is today?

[@lindaward3156]

This could have been our tree & living room when I was 7. Thanks for the memory tickles

[@gregs3153]

Thanks for sharing your home movies ! I grew up in the 60s brings back lots of memories it was much more simpler then .

[@jackneidinger9544]

Too bad there are no stores anymore. And I miss all the magazines.

[@monicacabrera8714]

Love everything about this. Thanks for sharing.

[@jackneidinger9544]

Things weren"t simpler back then, they just had grownups that took care of all that stuff for you.

[@margiecasado9310]

I was born in 1953 and the grownups had their share of struggles back then. Us children were taught how to help out, how to respect others and how to become decent citizens. It wasn't as easy as you think!!!!

[@jackneidinger9544]

This was just a few weeks before the beginning of time. So long ago.And far away. A different planet.

[@alisonrobinson3253]

I like old home movies. They are a cool look into a past sometimes remembered. My parents have lots of photos from this time with my grandparents too. I loved looking through them as a child always asking my parents who people were if I didn't recognize them.

[@Sonicman1979]

Very nice. I was about the same age as the little boys, and now I’m almost 62.

[@donhoeber4115]

I was thinking the same thing. I turned 63 not that long ago most of the adults in the video if not all of them have passed away

[@robharding5345]

Wow ! what a Xmas 1963 was. My first one that I remember, the excitement was everywhere .Happy days for all the family, Well at least it felt that way.

[@genacunningham1731]

Nice tree mural on the wall!!

[@Johncourt409]

One thing I remember about shooting 8mm movies was the hot, bright light you had to use. It was always fun to get the projector and set the screen up to watch our home movies though. I wonder what they would think of our technology now?

[@rolmaguiland21]

Love 🎉 sewing machine

[@1953childstar]

I know, I was excited for her...

[@NYVoice]

Kennedy was gone but life went on. America at it's best.

[@505LandOfEntrapment]

Merry Christmas! I bet some of these ladies are in their 90s today???

[@CherieAllen-g2y]

First Christmas in LAGUNA BEACH 💦 ca . Mom and us 5 kids after our parents divorce what a blessing however.one of the sweetest towns in the USA and Still going strong .however a little more expensive 😒🤦

[@Italy55]

Our house in 1963 had that same carpet!!

[@samanthab1923]

December ‘63 was our first Christmas in the new house in NJ.

[@BlueSky-eb7ru]

Christmas 1963 - JFK was killed a month before, THE BEATLES would change everything in 2 months This is the last Christmas that we never heard of Vietnam .

[@shawnmalone9711]

Oh, Vietnam was in the TV news and newspapers of that era. The average person didn't care, unless they had relatives serving as " military advisors".

[@the_gilded_age_phoenix8717]

@@shawnmalone9711 US involvement went all the way back to Ike...8 or so years before this film.

[@shawnmalone9711]

@@the_gilded_age_phoenix8717 It began in 1950 , under President Harry S Truman. Secretary of State, Dean Acheson convinced Truman to send money and weapons to France. France wanted to hold onto its former colony and Acheson wanted to keep France in NATO, as well as because the US was fighting in South Korea , and France would be able to stem the Communist aggression in VietNam. Ike upped the ante after the French were defeated at Dien Bien Phu in 1954. US military advisers were sent to South Vietnam to help support Diem's governtment, 1954-1963.

[@the_gilded_age_phoenix8717]

@ The first advisors were sent to VN in 1954-55, under Ike.

[@shawnmalone9711]

@@the_gilded_age_phoenix8717Hey, reread my comments that's what I said, Ike sent military and technical advisors to South Vietnam in 1954-55 , after the French withdrew from Indochina. You should read these books: Vietnam: An Epic Tragedy 1945 -1975 Max Hastings (2018) The Vietnam War, An Intimate History , Geoffrey Ward, and Ken Burns (2017) Embers Of War : The Fall of an Empire And The Making Of America's Vietnam. Fredrik Logevall (2012) Vietnam A History The First Complete Account Of Vietnam At War Stanley Karnow.( 1983) I'm currently reading, The Vietnam War A. Military History. Geoffrey Wawro(2024)

[@jackneidinger9544]

All I can think of is "That guy's dead. Definitely passed on. Long ago." What the hell is wrong with me?

[@cashcreators]

I was born the next day!

[@PaulTesta]

Happy Birthday!

[@heathermichael3987]

This would have been an upper middle class family .

[@TheGuyclark1958]

I was 5.

[@5tone_10]

raelly cool

[@Thomas-ky3rl]

It took money to afford a color camera not to mention the film. I had a close family in 1963 and my parents took photos but couldn't afford moving pictures.

[@samanthab1923]

I was thinking someone was doing well in this family. TV sets were still rare & there are a lot of resents under that tree. Nice big living room too. 🎄

[@SkullCrusherking8487]

Jfk was only dead a month ...wow😮😮😮😮

[@gkiltz0]

Good resolution for 8mm but why is the camera so "jumpy?"

[@pmsusana]

Film is being projected too fast.

[@milesrobinson7399]

Don't eat these bubble guppies characters with hairball hair