Christmas as it was a 100 years ago: Merry Christmas to all my viewers!

[@Rick88888888]

Wishing all my viewers a *very Happy Christmas* . This film shows that Christmas not always was a festive season with food and presents in abundance. The message of this video is: "Count your Blessings" and make a New Years Resolution to be less selfish and help others in stead, as well as halt the increasing agression in this world. *Here is my Christmas playlist* : kzbin.info/aero/PLP_6hUsQRi8vaFzHH-8A43zIf3IhFpofr FYI: I manually added the orchestral music to "The First Noel": it wasn't easy to synchonize the music with the choir!

[@lindavandenbraber5019]

@@Rick88888888 Hele fijne dagen en 't allerbeste voor 2025! Keep up the good work!

[@WilliamAkins-rw2hv]

This is a wonderful Christmas reminder. Thank you. ❤

[@deanie557]

Merry Christmas to you & yours too. 😊🎅

[@rikspring]

Thx rick ,same wishes for you and family 🎅

[@stefanmuller9185]

Merry Christmas! Thank you for sharing your work with your us !

[@JohnLove-q3j]

People nowadays have no idea of how to appreciate how fortunate we are!

[@tellinadona]

Di quanto fossimo stati fortunati. Prima.

[@suzanneandersen7319]

My dad was born in 1924, he just passed away in November at 100 yrs old. We miss him terribly. He loved Christmas and it’s just not the same without him.

[@rocco...]

Now there's a legacy.☺

[@Lorallyne-cb2ix]

@suzanneandersen7319 it's the worst. So sorry.

[@aruglaempire2518]

So sorry you lost your Dad.

[@baseballmomof8]

I’m so sorry for your loss. We do not go through grief, grief goes through us. We have no control over the path it will take. Embrace it. ❤

[@lisamcarthur6175]

My dad was born in 1924. I miss him and my mom so much.

[@philblane5752]

Born 11-18-1924: He is still here.

[@edwinthompson6510]

My dad was born 1.8.1899 my mom 7.12 1903 i am 83 born 5.4.1941 Edwin J

[@danrhinehart1134]

My dad was born in 1923 and I can't even begin to tell you how much of a loss it is to our country every time we loose a member of the Greatest Generation. I had the blessed privilege of having come to age during the Reagan years and yet have been the child of a Greatest Generation dad.

[@debbyscott1]

@@lisamcarthur6175 my dad was born in 1921 and my mom was born in 1930. I miss them so much.

[@lisamcarthur6175]

@@philblane5752 thats awesome.

[@maryminty5876]

I was born in 1932, slept like a sardine in a little iron bed. .I recall the sheer weight of a Christmas stocking. But more than anything the novelty of the idea that its contents were just for me, In those very lean times was almost incredible.

[@danutka420]

Bless you darling. Wish you peace and good health ❤

[@ruthking7884]

My mom was also born in 1932, the youngest of 11 kids. She is alive and well.

[@maryminty5876]

@ruthking7884 1932 was a good year for girls. Your Mum , me and Elizabeth Taylor. We outlived the famous quietly. We are in much better shape, aren't we! Give Mum a sisterly hug and happy New Year too.

[@christinegookool2635]

It is so sad how Christmas is treated in the present day society. It seems like the true meaning of Christmas is hardly mentioned

[@pannamal5182]

My father is going to be 100 this year. And still with us. History as such

[@rocco...]

Keep on truckin'!

[@aruglaempire2518]

You are so lucky. Good health and happiness to your Family.

[@sandcastlelyndylynneklynch766]

That's great!

[@Phoebe-i6r]

You are so blessed!

[@barbaraedgley2634]

100 years ago mom was 3 & dad 5, with their whole lives ahead of them

[@pamelanovelli1239]

My parents and Grandparents lived during these grand days and these souls were the best of the best:) They had FAITH they had excellent moral compasses they were ladies and gentlemen :) Respect was a live :) Mannors were used! They went through depression and war;) They raised us well they raised us in love and faith!

[@randallkarlin4115]

@@pamelanovelli1239 they all had pride and respect for each other.

[@MrJckpttsn]

Life was so much simpler back then when my Dad was just a 6 YO kid.

[@bermudaguy5003]

Life is a Blessing! I am grateful for the life I have lived as an ordinary guy.

[@Gary-oy1ji]

I see the true Spirit of Christmas In This Film...and it's Beautiful.

[@Alex-ft1df]

Yeah, I did, too. I miss that 😕 😪 😞 😔. All it is now is buy, buy, buy commercial stuff that pressures you and your family and friends into buying stuff that isn't a part of that at all.

[@Alex-ft1df]

My Christmases in 1994 and all throughout the 90s were awesome and fun and happy, and had the true Christmas spirit in it that today's years of Christmases all lacked entirely.

[@christinegookool2635]

Too bad it is not like that today. Even the catholic church shortens christmas

[@Gary-oy1ji]

@christinegookool2635 I just try to keep it in my heart, all year.

[@carolinehops]

My dad was born 1907 and my mother 1914…I miss them both.

[@mvv67564]

And one of the best things about those days was the much lower crime rate!! Even in the wealthiest parts of town, people didn’t need alarm systems in their homes, and you didn’t have to worry about constant muggings and robberies. There has always been crime, but for the most part, people were raised to have the fear of God in them!

[@shirleyfrench2895]

Christmas had a much different feeling back then, a lot simpler, not all the commercial pressure of today. We have have given way to the buy, BUY, BUY!

[@Tristan0712]

@@shirleyfrench2895 Christmas is what you make of it

[@punkyspray]

My mother was born in 1923, I sure miss her and everything she did at Christmas, lost my sister in August 😢 Thank you for sharing 🎁❄️🎄🎅⛄️🐧🦌

[@Voucher765]

Awesome to hear, My friends August Caccavone and Eugene Iconetti WW2 veterans were children when this was happening

[@geofflepper3207]

My friend was born in 1918 in a relatively small community. She once talked about travelling by horse drawn sleigh as a little girl, not as part of a recreational way to experience the way things used to be but rather because that was the only way her family had to get around in winter. She passed away a few years ago in 2019 and always had a positive outlook and a keen inquisitive mind even as her body experienced the effects of aging. A lovely woman to know.

[@thomasm1964]

Simpler times. Harder times too but I wonder what we have lost in these times of instant gratification. Beautiful film. Thank you. And best wishes for Christmas and the New Year to you and everyone you hold precious.

[@Rick88888888]

Merry Christmas to you too!

[@debbyscott1]

My dad was born in 1921. My mom was born in 1930. I miss them so much.

[@cathypetroski9858]

@@debbyscott1 I'm so sorry for your loss . I know how much it must hurt especially around the holidays. May God comfort you and keep you 🙏 ❤

[@gingerfragtdiekarten2311]

Ich fühle mit Ihnen. Seit meine Eltern nicht mehr in der Welt sind, ist die Welt nie wieder gewesen wie zuvor. Ich vermisse meine Eltern auch sehr. Mein Vater ist 1922 geboren und starb nach langer Krankheit 1983. Meine Mutter, geboren 1934, starb in meinen Armen nach kurzer Krankheit 2011. Wenn ich heute versuche, Weihnachtslieder mitzusingen, laufen mir die Tränen. Dann hatten Sie und ich sehr liebe und gute Eltern, wenn sie so vermisst werden. Ich umarme Sie im Geist der Weihnacht aus der Ferne und grüße aus Norddeutschland.

[@cathypetroski9858]

@@gingerfragtdiekarten2311 English please

[@Rick88888888]

Why don't you just use Google's translator? There are more nationalities on this Earth, you know! There are 130 million native German speakers. The US+UK is only 400 million...

[@bubbles4905]

100 years ago, my grandfather was 23. It's cool to see how he would have celebrated Christmas. I think he was newly married then. My Christmases starting in the late 60s as a baby, as a child in the 70s were pretty simple. Christmas pageants were done then, and it was fun to participate and to watch . Usually we played with what we got, unless there was snow outside to play in.😊❤

[@catherine7147]

My mom was born in October 1924. Sadly she passed away at 97. Thank you for these memories.

[@aruglaempire2518]

1924 was the year my Dad was born. It is nice to see what his world was like. Thank you. Merry Christmas, to ALL!

[@StarshipTrooper2050]

I miss my grandma who was born 12/24/1924….

[@susansheldon3177]

@aruglaempire2518 My Dad was born in February 1925

[@shaunlucia524]

Merry Christmas to you too.

[@Voucher765]

Same here, My Uncle's father was born in Astoria Queens and fought in WW2 in the Navy

[@aruglaempire2518]

@@Voucher765 My mother and father were in WWII. They were in the Army Air Corp stationed in Florida, My mother had a dual citizenship from Canada and joined the US forces. She taught all of her kids to love this Country and to respect the military (as my dad did too). Her brother died in Italy in 1942. He was only 22 years old. A Salute to your uncle's Father. He was a hero. Merry Christmas!

[@robertalcock1523]

Beautiful video, definitely a simpler time. Excellent choir!!

[@AnnaBrown-h4e]

In a few churches we have went to, before Christmas Day some of us would go "caroling". Going from house to house and dinging a song or two. Yes, even then it was a little "old fashioned"!!😮😊 But it was so much fun!! And people seemed to enjoy it!! Oh, how I miss doing that!!😮😊❤❤

[@sherriianiro747]

@@AnnaBrown-h4e We did it too in high school - it was a requirement if you were in choir, which I was. Not only was it so much fun but we would get hot chocolate and treats at some of the houses. Our local elementary school first graders did it for the first time this year and they were so cute! Their teacher said the kids didn't even know what caroling was!

[@teresajohnson5135]

We went caroling on our horses one Christmas in 1973 in Lakeside California. It was so much fun! I find myself tearing up hearing and singing the carols now.

[@yahuchanonyakov]

Times were so much simpler back then...1:02....and that poor boy is getting a face full of snow!

[@terencebarrett2897]

Absolutely wonderful ,isn't it amazing,"" merry Christmas everybody🌹🌹🌹🌹

[@Gary-oy1ji]

Merry Christmas

[@erichvonmolder9310]

My family was living on the lower East of Manhattan back then. They did sleep 4 to a bed though and froze. Good old days.

[@independentpuppy7520]

It would have been very different back then. Not commercialised, and people caring. Great vid and thanks for posting. Merry Christmas.

[@paulnicholson1906]

it is just that people had less money. Things are not that much different really. That is the amazing thing to me.

[@jayarajjohnson2476]

👍

[@Марта-й7е]

Видеото и мното трогателно. Благодаря, че ни го показахте. Щастлива Коледа за всички добри хора по света! От България

[@geralderdek282]

I watched the little rascals as a kid and got an idea of what things were like for my mom and dad when they were kids in the 20s. Same time period. ill never forget the one where little spanky mistook the burgler in his house for santa!😂

[@LeoLover-l9e]

@@geralderdek282 😂🤗

[@Ms7of8]

That choir looks to be a lot later than 1924. I look at the style of hair, glasses, etc. It looks much later than that, although in 2024, it is still old footage.

[@Rick88888888]

Indeed, the choir is from the 1940s/1950s, used to illustrate the 1920s footage

[@rodneydavenport4646]

My dad was born in 1915 and my mom, in 1920. I miss them but know where they are.

[@Tristan0712]

🙏🙏🙏

[@buddylove346]

It is such a comfort to see Christmas in the past and we remember loved ones who have passed and how precious those memories are to us but it also comforts us to know when we believe and place our hope in Jesus that we will be reunited with all our past loved ones and spend eternity with them forever, God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen✝

[@sofiadober1239]

Beautifully said ❤

[@buddylove346]

@@sofiadober1239 God bless you❤

[@AlexanderWeurding]

Bedankt Rick voor al je mooie toevoegingen! En een hele mooi Kerstdagen met familie en vrienden!

[@Abby-sn9iw]

Thank you for this wondeful look back at how things were and I wish the spirit was the same ❤. I'm 65 and the spirit was still amazing in my time. God bless and Merry Christmas ❤

[@jayarajjohnson2476]

A simple but most beautiful video of days long gone... Nostalgia...

[@Sisyphean1775]

This is one of the coolest things I've seen in a long time.

[@susansheldon3177]

Merry Christmas GOD BLESS EVERYONE❤

[@sturmgewehr70]

Much better and simpler times.🎄✝️☃️

[@rebeccaa2433]

Better for whom exactly?

[@alpha-omega2362]

@@rebeccaa2433 I know. Everyone seems to look at the past with rose colored glasses on. It seems like it must have been very cold, needing to sit near a wood burning stove. 3 kids in one bed? one who is a boy? I hope it was just done for this film... a bit odd, I might add... well, anyway, it was simpler but let's not romanticize the past... they surely had hardships....boy , we sure are grinches aren't we? lol

[@rebeccaa2433]

@@alpha-omega2362 My grandparents were born in 1925 and life was hard! No money, one had no electricity until they were 10! One of my grandmas said her family could only afford to heat the first floor. They used horse blankets to stay warm and had multiple kids in each bed. Their water glasses would freeze in the house overnight! No showers, only baths in the tub once a week. They had little money and most had to drop out of school to help support the family. Then all the boys got sent to war. Not better times by any means. I'm not even going to go into the segregation/racism at this time. People truly romanticize the past.

[@SandraGarcia-ho4lb]

My mom was born on Martha's Vineyard in 1926.. Grandpa would take mom, sisters and son to the woods, cut their tree, decorate with popcorn and ornaments they made. Mom use to say, some looked so sad quite sparce of limbs but on Christmas, the trees always looked so beautiful. God rest her and dad.❤❤❤❤

[@dustbowlhammer7119]

This brought a smile to my face, like seeing my father running around as a little kid! Love is timeless.

[@rickkeegan5977]

My parents Generation. They knew what sacrifice and being frugal really meant without being cheap and still being generous with what little they did have Greed & self- centeredness & self entitlement is destroying our generation. Like it says in Proverbs “They have more than heart could wish for”

[@jdmack1]

Beautiful. Great work. Merry Christmas!

[@da_flippy]

Thanks for all the joy you brought us with your videos this year, merry Christmas!

[@l.l.2463]

Thank you. That was lovely. Merry Christmas to you and yours!

[@Rick88888888]

Same to you!

[@robertwilliams5082]

A very Merry Christmas to you & yours Rick ! Thank you for your wonderful content !

[@carolynellis387]

My mum was born in 1924. She didn't have much as a child with the Depression era following on. But she really made sure my brothers and I had wonderful Christmases and food. Bless her, a great mum.

[@beacee]

And we had snow!!

[@lindaparker7199]

There was no government welfare aid yet in the 1920s. People relied more on themselves and family. A sweet video, though, and a Merry Christmas.

[@carolinehops]

That’s true..they had no choice.

[@be6715]

Not much bank regulation either - crashes happened fairly often, and people hid their money (what they had) under their mattresses.

[@lindaparker7199]

@@be6715 Some people were suspicious of banks and felt their money was safer at home. But I imagine more of them were scared to put it in banks when the great depression hit....if they still had any. The 20's was actually a fairly affluent period for many until that time.

[@susanstreet1]

@lindaparker7199 gov welfare is not good or adequate in the uk,figures in the news are mostly lies! and you get in trouble if you get a donation of help other than your gov help. The gov help it is from the national insurance we all pay into when in work.

[@dougfowler1368]

Grandma was 3 w/siblings 4 and 1; 1 not born yet. I inherited some books, including a 1st edition Lincoln Library their parents got that year or next. Possibly the couple's only gift, they had no electricity yet (built home with it in '27), kids got a few things. But most importantly, a heart filled with love and laughter was in all, with my great-grandmother's favorite saying. The secret to long life is at least one good belly laugh a day. She lived to 95. (Edit: One from the sixties said christmas, this was datedJune, 1924 with the familyname so maybe anniversary. Still, great example of how cherished something like that was, a few smaller books like a Zane Grey have Christmas and a year in the front, to show the importance of the one or two gifts)

[@louisepacifico6344]

My mother had nine kids,me my younger brother , and sister had to sleep together. Fond memories.

[@charlesschauer8927]

My dad was born in 1923...love & miss you Dad❤

[@patriciaoreilly8907]

Beautiful. A different time but a time united as one nation. Thank u for this special video.

[@Rick88888888]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@blueamenaa749]

Merry Christmas. Thank you.❤❤❤

[@Rick88888888]

Happy holidays!

[@blueamenaa749]

@Rick88888888 thanks!!! You too.

[@mariadeissinger646]

Hi from Sweden 🇸🇪 My father was born in Germany 1924. ♥️

[@jnooyen9076]

Dankjewel Rick voor weer een prachtige film en je tomeloze inzet ervoor aan het einde van dit jaar. Fijne & gezellige feestdagen met je dierbaren!

[@juanitaalejandrasanchez8822]

Felices fiestas navideñas, paz amor y mucha salud para todos 🎄

[@Nina-ud9ws]

Precioso. Feliz Navidad 🎄🌟

[@sandyfay9929]

It was definitely better back in the day!!!

[@LoriannSmithsanpell]

Merrly Christmas to everyone! This film was absolutely! I loved it and the warm wonderful feeling of family and the celebration of the spirit of Christmas. ❤

[@alpha-omega2362]

I bet the parents were real happy that Santa brought that kid a drum.....lol.... oh boy

[@evirose973]

Merry Christmas and happy new year to you too Rick!

[@Voucher765]

My friend Eugene Iconetti USMC vet during WWII was born in November 1923 and remembers this well as a kid growing up in 20s and 30s

[@julienielsen3746]

Nice little film to watch after I watched "The Homecoming" which was the pilot for "The Waltons" TV series. Such a nice Christmas story.

[@williamflack5767]

@julienielsen3746 I remember I was 11 when the Walton Home Coming first was shown. It's such a treasure. I wish each of you Merry Christmas.

[@julienielsen3746]

@@williamflack5767 I was 12. Merry Christmas. I watch Judy Norton's channel about The Waltons. She just did a video on her memories of making The Homecoming.

[@amyheltonwalker]

I grew up watching the Walton’s and then later watched the reruns with my Grandparents. I truly loved Grandpa and it wasn’t the same after he died. I’ve watched the Homecoming many many times. Always lived back in the day how they would advertise the special shows. We grew up with one clear channel and one very snowy one.

[@christopherwall444]

Love all your vids Rick..and the music is always a perfect compliment...I'm a composer .so special appreciation

[@Rick88888888]

Thank you kindly

[@roland6954]

Both my parents were born in 1924. Mother lived to 97, but my Father only to 71 years old. Wonderful video!

[@indianasunsets5738]

A better America when things were simpler and faith was the center of life.

[@tubulardude44]

History wasn’t taught in your school.

[@indianasunsets5738]

@tubulardude44 yes, it was. Have a nice day.

[@watchit5985]

@@tubulardude44 what a childish comment. What does that even mean?

[@donladmulligan4676]

@@watchit5985 statements like indiana are the real consequences of nationalism.

[@donladmulligan4676]

Thanks for the magnificently restored holiday magic. It hits home, shared experiences.

[@mimicotom]

Good video. I can't imagine how much time it took to edit, get the speed just right, not to mention the colourization. Well done, sir!

[@Rick88888888]

Thanks! It took about a day to do. The most difficult part was adding the orchestra to one of the choir's carrols.

[@Barbarellacapsule]

Awww this is So lovely & all of the Snow is so magical,the World was so very different back then & less Complicated, thanks so much for sharing this Window into the Past❤

[@theavannooijen6621]

A very merry Christmas and a happy New Year! Thank you for tis beautiful video!❤❤❤

[@Rick88888888]

Happy holidays!

[@pennydubose9867]

It’s wonderful and sad at the same time to watch videos like this, and realize that while our society has advanced by leaps and bounds in many ways, it has regressed in others. I wish we still had the simple, honest values that are hard to find today, but were the norm back in 1924.

[@cinnamoncider9167]

Just wonderful to see! Thank you and Merry Christmas! 🥰🎄🎆🔔🎶

[@amiedetherese]

Many thanks and blessings to you, Merry Christmas Rick!

[@csidun9087]

Good stuff. Thank you and have aMerry Christmas!

[@georgegoodyear9631]

Charming to watch and hear. Well done.

[@MrBulky992]

It's odd hearing our cousins from the US singing "Now bring us some plum pudding" when they don't ever eat plum pudding nowadays so might not even know what it is! Was it ever a thing in the US? Plum pudding has no plums in it! In the most common variant of this carol in the UK, we sing "Now bring us some figgy pudding". It's the same thing as plum pudding and does not usually contain figs either: the main ingredients are raisins, sultanas, cherries, nuts, orange and lemon peel, wheat flour, brandy, rum, sherry, whisky, spices. On Christmas cards, it is often shown adorned with a sprig of holly. This Christmas pudding (the most common term for it) is traditionally flambéed with brandy or some other inflammable alcohol in full view of the diners before being carved up and served. It is always eaten around Christmas Day (most often on the day itself) with a creamy topping of brandy sauce, rum sauce, brandy butter, custard, plain cream or (heaven-forbid) ice-cream. Traditionally, the pudding would contained a silver coin (a sixpenny piece when I was young) which would bring good luck to the one who found it. "And we won 't go till we've got some ...!"

[@jaysverrisson1536]

As an older American, I also knew the lyrics as "figgy pudding," albeit when I was a little kid I thought they were saying PIGGY pudding, which sounded weird! I don't think plum pudding it was ever really an American thing--it was mostly something we only heard about in readings of A Christmas Carol. However in the U.S., other traditional ethnic deserts are sometimes trotted out at Christmas time amongst descendants of various immigrant groups who came to America in waves during the late 19th and early 20th century. I suspect, though, that such practices are fading as our immigrant ancestors recede ever further from living memory.

[@peradean]

Merry Christmas!

[@davidveilleux4688]

Absolutely beautiful, thanks for sharing. Seeing Christmas when my parents were children how special. God Bless Everyone

[@karafreeman3873]

I enjoyed that soo much.Now that was family and life memories.Where did it all go??

[@jennifer_m.8613]

My grandfather was born to immigrant parents in 1924; we lost him in 2002. Beautiful to see the holidays how he and his brothers and sisters and many others (including my other 3 grandparents, all deceased, and their families) saw it.

[@khaterehlunden5136]

🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉merry christmas and happy new year

[@AndrewCSmith529]

Ahhhhhhh, 🎄the memories. Thanks and Merry Christmas. 🎄

[@salvatoregiglio7364]

Bellissimo video molto sentimentale e pieno di pace familiare un po triste per il tempo che passa inesorabilmente su tutti noi...😔🙏

[@StacyL.]

Oh look everyone proof that they did walk up hills both ways in the snow up to their hips😂😂😂😂 great grand daddy was right lol

[@oynque27]

My parents were 5 in 1924. This was so cool to see how they lived!

[@CtrlAndF4]

Love this little window back in time, thanks and merry christmas to you too!

[@joeyjennings9548]

*M e r r y* 🎄🎅🙏💒 *C h r i s t m a s*

[@nickgatrell5019]

Merry Christmas Rick! Love your channel! Your images of the past are so educational

[@kruszynka72]

It was beautiful. Merry Christams 🎄🎁✨Wesołych Świąt🎆

[@fiorellafenati5395]

Buon Natale!!!|!❤🧡💚💙

[@markusr7421]

Merry christmas back to you and thanks for your great work!

[@Carolem494]

My dad was born in 1926. He lived to be 90. My mom 1929, and lived to be 87. I miss them every day.

[@chriskeller4563]

Merry Christmas 🎅 Rick to you an your family,,, thanks for sharing your videos 😊

[@lizzapaolia959]

Thank you so much. Merry Christmas too you and God bless 🙏🎄❄️

[@Rick88888888]

Happy holidays!

[@Steve-yo4ld]

Well done, thank you!🎄✌️

[@Rick88888888]

Thank you! Cheers!

[@PlanetImo]

Thanks, Rick. Happy Christmas to you too, from Wales, UK. :)

[@UnusSedLeo-w5l]

Wonderful! Fijne feestfdagen Rick!

[@lenievanseters5256]

Mooie Kerstdagen en een Gelukkig nieuwjaar ...🎅

[@weatherboi]

Fantastic! Thanks for posting. A few days ago TCM showed a group of old Christmas silent movies, gave us a good idea of life in those days.

[@Rick88888888]

Happy holidays!

[@GailSiebuhr-de6sb]

My Grandparents Rupert & Olive were married on Christmas Eve 1924. Special

[@MelG-ut3hs]

Wishing you a merry Christmas and thank you for your wonderful videos.