Christmas shopping at a mall in 1995

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Күн бұрын

Footage of customers meandering about at a mall and visiting various stores.
Shots of people inside Modell's Sporting Goods store (among others) looking at different items.
This video last around 11 minutes.
#Modells

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@magamaga1827 Жыл бұрын

1995 was really the last year before the Internet took over. It was around but not many people were using it. My "bit time" corporation in NYC didn't even have email in 1995. I'd say by 1997/98, people's behaviors started to change in society with regards to the internet. And then by 2007 with the Iphone, its been downhill ever since.

@RVAMotorsports Жыл бұрын

Smartphones ruined everything

@Cause4Alarm Жыл бұрын

Bingo you're so right I just got my first home computer in 95 after hearing about the Great Wide Web and every corporation at that time had a joke of a website that was the multi corporations like McDonald's, Coke, Disney with non-functional interactive pages. It was still a great time to be an American to buy anything you wanted regardless of your income during holidays.

@Miss_Chick 26 күн бұрын

I agree. A steep downhill.

@plumalynne1399 Жыл бұрын

Would love to go back...even for just one whole day.

@crimsoncola Жыл бұрын

I was 14 when this was shot. I thank my lucky stars I lived as a teen through the 90s

@lisamays912 10 ай бұрын

I was 12 years old in 1995 we didn’t know how good we had it

@crimsoncola 9 ай бұрын

@@lisamays912 Amen!

@map3384 Жыл бұрын

Christmas of 1995 was my first Christmas married to my wife. Newly wed Christmas. Love going shopping with her at Paramus Park and Garden State Plaza Malls. The 90s were definitely happier and better times for America.

@mr_m4613 4 ай бұрын

Now THIS was America as I remembered it.

@Mike-xo8on 3 ай бұрын

Same. Old america is lost for good now.

@Vendzor Жыл бұрын

Why do I find myself yet again feeling so nostalgic for an era I never lived through, and will never experience. I tell myself, it'll never be like that again. They must have had it so much better than I do now, in current year. I convince myself that they put less effort into the decorations now and that the malls would be less lively and all this nonsense. And then I think about all the people in the video who inevitably would enter the 2000s, react to 9/11, COVID-19 pandemic, and everything that came with the 21st century. I look at all the commercials and brand logos and styles and music of the 1990s and it seems like almost a perfect period for humanity. Technology was here but not too crazy, pizza hut was on its prime. Now we have to deal with oversimplified brand logos, dead malls, screen addictions, etc. Sighhhh.

@micai.j8920 Жыл бұрын

I feel that way for the 80s and 90s. But I lived through all of the 90s as a kid. I can also watch commercials from those eras for hours 😂

@lightningblue648 Жыл бұрын

I was born in the 80s and always longed for the 60s. Seeing more and more of these things about the 90s gives me goosebumps that I lived through that decade and it seems like we hit peak in 2000. Few could ever have expected what was right around the corner like you mentioned with 9/11, etc. but I’d add the fallout of the 2008-2009 economic collapse too.

@atlantic_love Жыл бұрын

Why do people keep repeating this meme? They see the question posted somewhere, notice the likes its get, and run off to another video to repost the question.

@Vendzor Жыл бұрын

@@atlantic_love It's not a meme, man. At least not to me. And I couldn't care less about likes, I'm just here for conversation.

@atlantic_love Жыл бұрын

@@Vendzor Not a man, lol. It's all good, but if you've watched comments it's the same shit asked over and over, all over KZbin. People are literally copy/pasting.

@LouSaydus 8 ай бұрын

completely oblivious to the fact that they lived at the absolute peak of human comfort and society. Most of them are probably still alive today and look back at those times with nostalgia.

@KenKaniff-dw4jw Ай бұрын

I was 10 then. It was amazing. My dad worked in a factory out of High School and raised 3 kids and my mom stayed at home. Money was alot easier to obtain then. Hell they got 10% interest in savings accounts in the 80s

@melaniexoxo 12 күн бұрын

I was 33. Some good things about back then but I much more prefer tech. It has freed up so much of my time and energy. Life is so much better now. The main thing I miss about the holidays during this time was the majority of ppl in the US celebrated Christmas. There was almost no question and it created a sense of unity that Christmas was about family, good friends, and food. There would be buzz about what we were going to do over Christmas. I miss that.

@KenKaniff-dw4jw 12 күн бұрын

@melaniexoxo life is not better, for you maybe because it's obvious you accumulated wealth which I am happy for you. But we lost so much since then.

@vistatiger7493 Жыл бұрын

The Holiday season is the one time I enjoyed working in retail. So busy, never a boring moment and the time on your shift would pass so fast.

@halloweenville1 Жыл бұрын

I loved working in malls throughout the 80's/90's, and i also loved Christmas, everybody was happier back then, and the festive decorations was also uplifting for the staff.

@kevinonthank 9 ай бұрын

@@halloweenville1me too! Worked in the 90s at Chess king and loved going on break and seeing all the lush Christmas decorations.

@halloweenville1 9 ай бұрын

@@kevinonthank I never got bored with the Christmas songs on a loop either, lol.

@micai.j8920 Жыл бұрын

Christmas ‘95 was perfect for me. I believe that year we had a real Christmas tree and I still remember the smell so every time I smell them I think of my childhood

@atlantic_love Жыл бұрын

Just get a real Christmas tree.

@ville666sora Жыл бұрын

Same for me. It was nice to have a real tree for once, but it was also the last time we had a real tree due to the pine needles falling off and making a mess, and our pets wouldn't leave the tree alone. Our dogs kept trying to pee on it lol, and the cats wanted to climb it. They don't do that with the fake trees.

@micai.j8920 Жыл бұрын

@@atlantic_love I probably will this year, nothing too big

@atlantic_love Жыл бұрын

@@ville666sora Our cats sure love to climb our artificial tree. We'll come home from work and there's feline tinsel hanging from the tree, and nice round indentations where kitties were raising, and branches that need to be reshaped. It's aggravating to fix, but part of the Christmas fun. It's their Christmas, too 💖😸

@atlantic_love Жыл бұрын

@@micai.j8920 We also have an artificial tree that has color-coded branches that go into certain spots on the trunk...

@bluewings4345 12 күн бұрын

I was 8 years old. Christmas in the 90s were 100x better on many continents, asia, australia, europe, north america, all the same vibes, peaceful and the magic of christmas was there.

@MeadeSkeltonMusic 15 күн бұрын

I was 16. You would never see a mall crowded like this today, not even at Christmas. It's really sad

@RockOn-h9h 7 ай бұрын

I deff miss the 90s

@Allen1350 2 ай бұрын

9:07 EVERY RECEIPT PRINTER IN THE '90S!!!

@accordionSWE Жыл бұрын

Everything looks so decent.

@Lanae8199 Жыл бұрын

I remember the 90s like they were yesterday. I was 14 in 1995.

@atlantic_love Жыл бұрын

You are a young pup. I was born 1972. This year I'll turn 51.

@magamaga1827 Жыл бұрын

I was 23. You are on the youngest bracket of GenX. Basically mid 60s to mid 80s birth years. However I feel bad cause you really didn't get to experience the 80s/90s as an older teen/adult before the internet/cell phone zombie appocalypse.

@superpayaseria Жыл бұрын

I feel the same way. I've never forgot any of it. Feels like yesterday still. Where did u live? I was Idaho.

@Lanae8199 Жыл бұрын

@@superpayaseria I lived in Florida.

@ShadowWarrior88 Жыл бұрын

Man I was only 7

@JunipersQuest 4 ай бұрын

I was 8 in 1995, The 90’s was my entire childhood and everyone actually talked to each other even in stores. The internet itself wasn’t as popular as it is today cause not many families could afford a computer with access to the internet. Prices and living costs were very affordable not like today with inflation in 2024. The Holidays where a staple in the 80’s an90’s cause back then it was mostly about being together and having a good time.

@daequanburns2444 Ай бұрын

1995 the year I was born

@glennjoselane1690 Ай бұрын

This whole Christmas thing is maddening. I don't deal with it anymore and put my full attention into birthdays.

@Allen1350 2 ай бұрын

I was 4 when this all happened. I knew this all existed. It feels so long ago that we were at the top of life. 😢 Id give anything to see culture return to this. I remember bits and pieces from life as a 4-year-old. ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️ Everybody just seemed happier and more connected!!! Take me back in time already!!!

@CandyChanni Жыл бұрын

I was born in 95 so this was my first Christmas 😍

@DaniSmith_95 Ай бұрын

Same here, I was 3 months old

@CandyChanni Ай бұрын

@@DaniSmith_95 me too! Born September 15th!

@balateroedelyn2797 18 күн бұрын

Me October

@JDboxbox Жыл бұрын

4:33 that big pile of golden retriever stuffies. That was my favorite childhood stuffed animal, I still have him. Crazy!

@kmartradio 4 ай бұрын

I was born in the summer of that year. My first Christmas

@bottomfeedervideo8316 11 ай бұрын

Would you mind if I used snippets of this for the opening of a Christmas themed horror film that we are shooting? You'll get closing credits plus a few free copies of the movie on DVD when its wrapped.

@maze95 7 ай бұрын

Few days later i was born

@banksterkid5930 5 ай бұрын

7:24 My daughter almost got run over by taxi 😮😮😮 She said it so causally

@pheerbeard 13 күн бұрын

love these pre-clown world videos

@mermaidlu5125 Жыл бұрын

I was 15 . My mom didn’t have a car or money so going to the mall was very little experience for me as a teen in the 90s . Now I hate going to the malls I feel they so crowded 😂

@atlantic_love Жыл бұрын

Not in most of America. Most of the malls are gone.

@lsmithville1585 9 ай бұрын

No pushing, no shoving, no shoplifting...

@nerdbamarich2063 Жыл бұрын

🥺🥺🥺

@vampirerobot Жыл бұрын

I know...I hear you

@nerdbamarich2063 Жыл бұрын

@@vampirerobot 🙏🏾🙏🏾

@nerdbamarich2063 Жыл бұрын

@@vampirerobot 🙏🏾🙏🏾

@user-tb4el1sr1q Жыл бұрын

Wtf. Huh

@RiquiMartinez-u8g 6 ай бұрын

9:04 Who's the woman with the black hair and leather coat?

@andyavendano4574 5 ай бұрын

Why would anyone know that? Shes just a random person in the video.

@americaelibertas2453 10 ай бұрын

I was just a few months old when this video was filmed (born in October 1995). Its incredible to see just how much more popular malls were in the 1990s. I agree with other people in the comments below that everyone and everything just seemed more lively. People were certainly better dressed in the 1990s. Their idea of dressing casual would put our idea of casual to shame. Don't see anyone in the mall wearing yoga pants.