Home Movies of Christmas 1974

[@Akentrophyta]

I want to thank everyone that has watched and commented on this video. On Christmas eve (2021) I spoke with my 92 yo father-in-law (the person who captured most of this movie) and he was so surprised and grateful for the attention and all the wonderful comments. You all made an old man very happy. Bless you all.

[@SoapinTrucker]

Wow, that's GREAT!!!! I definitely am grateful for the chance to see footage from my childhood era (I was 11 for Christmas 74, and turned 12 the next month!), thank you both!!!! :)

[@davethorstry6700]

Wonderful family life at Xmas get together time, in a great time period. Nothing better in life.

[@ncavlleguy]

MERRY CHRISTMAS TO YOU

[@readthebible1958]

I was 16 in 74. What a great Era to live in. NO CELL PHONES!! Thanks for the video.

[@d.vaughn8990]

I was born in '69. I'm glad I got to experience the 1970's. God, family and Country was everything. This brings back great memories!

[@molossergirl2]

How lovely. I live in the UK, but can relate to those scenes. I was 24 years of age, married with a 6 week old baby girl who is now coming up for 48 years old! Those types of Christmases were precious, simple and full of love, laughter and family cohesion. We enjoyed the simple things, no cell-phones or technology that has in my opinion, caused the family life to become estranged. Many of those people will probably have passed away, so it is wonderful to catch a glimpse of happier times. Thank you for reminding us of those days when life was less complicated.

[@BlacEyedPriest765]

Thanks for the post its nice to see 1974 Christmas I was born that Year 😀😀

[@ncavlleguy]

Thank you for sharing this , I was 7 yrs old then , and take note of how well and neatly stylish everyone was dressed . LIVIN LARGE !!! Beautiful timeless CHRISTMAS memories from a beautiful long time ago . MERRY CHRISTMAS TO YOU AND YOURS 🎄☃️🔔

[@englishteadrinker736]

Aw, lovely, thank you for sharing. I was born in 1974 so this would have been my first Christmas ❤

[@matthewtardiff198]

Me too

[@haroldsmith1213]

nice of you to share these . 1974 and thru the 70's were so special these are your family pictures but in a sense they are the way so many of us spent the Christmas's with our own family's im sad we,ve lost so many to time, but for a moment your videos make us smile again -thank's so much🎄

[@CaffeineBlast]

Exactly my thoughts. This could have been my family, same clothing, same styles, same fun and love. I am so grateful I grew up in the 70's. Fond memories indeed!

[@GuyjKite]

Thanks for sharing your fond family memories. I was 16 years old dec 1974. Those were good times.

[@JamesSmith-gn9ou]

Thank you for sharing. The 70s and 80s were a wonderful time for me and my family. The majority of my family were alive and healthy. They are all gone now. I have many still photos of those precious times, but no movies. One of my biggest regrets in life is that I did not acquire a 8mm camera and record those beautiful times. Hopefully some day I will be able to see them all again and enjoy their love first hand. Thanks again. Subscribed.

[@deborahchesser7375]

Nothing like goin through a shoebox full of pictures, precious moments frozen in time, to go back I would not have a single reservation.

[@JamesSmith-gn9ou]

@@deborahchesser7375 So true.

[@deborahchesser7375]

And the really shitty part is time goes faster the older you get, what I’d give for those days I sat around as a kid complaining being bored. Not a worry in the world, that’s what I miss most. As kids we want to grow up, as adults we just want to go back, ya just can’t win.

[@JamesSmith-gn9ou]

@@deborahchesser7375 How true.

[@johnflavin1602]

@@deborahchesser7375 So true, I can remember as a child always asking my mother "What will I do now?". Now approaching 50, time seems to go by far too quickly. The excitement of Christmas morning as a child in the 70s was fantastic, entering the living room early in the morning to see what Santa had brought. Lego hopefully lol.

[@SB-vp8yy]

Those were the days my friend...we thought they'd never end...😥

[@Alex_Plante]

I was 9 years old in 1974. 1974 was a sad/weird Christmas for our family. My grandmother lived with her two older sisters, and the 3 of them lived an 8-hour drive from us. We usually drove down to visit them for Christmas. That year one of my great-aunts had a heart attack a few days before we arrived and was in intensive care. We all went to visit her in the hospital and were told it was probably the last time we would see her. She had wrapped all the Christmas presents just before having her heart attack, so it was really weird unwrapping the Christmas presents. Eventually she recovered enough to return home, but died about 6 months later of another heart attack. She had also knitted me a sweater. It was too big for me, but when I was 11 and 12 years old it was a favorite sweater and I would think of her whenever I put it on. It always seemed weird putting on a sweater that someone had spent so much time knitting, and who was now dead. She's the first family remember I remember dying.

[@larryhall7998]

I bought the same table lamp at 0:13 in the seventy's (On the left). I still use it at my lake front cottage in Northerner Michigan!

[@glenmoss02]

I can relate to everything from this video. The clothing, the instant camera with square flashbulbs, the decor, hairstyles, eating elbow to elbow during the feast, the wood paneling, and of course, being with family...all shot on Super 8. Best part, not a cell phone in sight, lol.

[@henryrogers5500]

Kodak Instamatic 126

[@solitaire5142]

No tattoos either :)

[@deborahchesser7375]

Ah yes, I was 8, the toys were so cool, I got a Tyco race track, man was that one sweet gift, and the Evil Kenevel stunt cycle, heck yeh.

[@SoapinTrucker]

Christmas 74 was the BEST Christmas of my Life! I'll NEVER forget it! :)

[@jeffrey5703]

Brings back so many memories. Thank you for sharing!

[@Petemonster62]

1:18 - Doing " Bunny Ears " behind someone's head - a common ritual in the 1970s! Definitely can recall my family doing pretty much the same activities - much of it captured on Super 8 movie film!

[@deborahchesser7375]

I wish our 8mm would have had sound, there was always someone hiding from the camera and now when watching them, everybody’s asking who’s that under the table lol. Memories

[@angelacooper2661]

I was only four and don't remember that much then. I was enjoying my toy pandas (three of them) and being English, watching the programme called Play School on BBC TV!

[@darrelltregear3571]

What a lovely family .

[@stevenmartin8121]

better times indeed

[@summerrose4286]

Thank you so much for sharing.

[@kendralynn897]

This was wonderful, thank you for sharing!❤️🌲

[@paperchain1239]

Take me back. PLEASE.

[@trixier6505]

When I can get the flux reactor back on line, away we shall go!!!

[@yedon68]

Reminds me my years in Detroit! Insance lost! Love to this family!

[@zim1966]

I was 9 remember xmas 74 well , I got the monster auroura glow in dark model kits

[@LarryRood]

Enjoyed your video very much.

[@kat35lulu88]

I had that same dress the young girl was wearing with the big white collar!!!!!

[@turqoiselove1]

We had the same kitchen wallpaper and paneling! I was 12 in '74, so this looks very familiar. Like "the end"!

[@deborahchesser7375]

And the giant wooden fork and spoon, remember those ? And macramé hanging everywhere, gosh time flies.

[@chrisbowers3275]

Nice I was born in 1974

[@twinvasion7798]

Some of the songs in the Top 10 in late December 1974 are super nostalgic of that Christmas! 1 CAT’S IN THE CRADLE -•- Harry Chapin 2 KUNG FU FIGHTING -•- Carl Douglas 3 ANGIE BABY -•- Helen Reddy 4 WHEN WILL I SEE YOU AGAIN -•- The Three Degrees 5 YOU’RE THE FIRST, THE LAST, MY EVERYTHING -•- Barry White 6 LUCY IN THE SKY WITH DIAMONDS -•- Elton John 7 SHA-LA-LA (Make Me Happy) -•- Al Green 8 JUNIOR’S FARM / SALLY G -•- Paul McCartney and Wings 9 I CAN HELP -•- Billy Swan 10 DO IT (‘Til Your Satisfied) -•- B.T. Express

[@mirellasanseviero472]

Molto nostalgico....Grazie

[@Akentrophyta]

50 years ago... 🥰

[@aliensoup2420]

Lots of Super 8 Xmas movies from the '70s in my closet.

[@Shawn666Hellion]

Was 4 and half years old,but remember most of that year

[@scottDchicago]

Great memories I’m sure!

[@henryrogers5500]

Interesting time capsule! Family gatherings. I was 17 in 1974. An early ‘70s hippie. Unfortunately for me, 1973, ‘74 and ‘75 were the worst three years of my life. But thankfully, God was merciful to me and had His plan for my life already mapped out. Looking back, I am thankful to God for all of my life, the good and the bad. Love your mom and thank her for raising you. Tell her, often, how much she means to you! One day she will no longer be here.

[@trixier6505]

No truer words were ever spoken.

[@mistofoles]

Wow, just think - That baby will be in his late 40s now, same age as me !

[@GUERRO06]

simpler times..

[@stewartladuke8663]

I remember those super 8 movie cameras , they would almost burn the corneas out of your eyes , other than being blinded , those were amazing times!

[@deborahchesser7375]

Many a melted clothes basket from laying that light down on it

[@wesmcgee1648]

Oh yes. I was 15 and living it. Look at those huge table lamps!

[@fuzzy6813]

Okay who got drunk and through the Christmas tree out the front door??? Oh wait that was my family back then...🥳🤣😅😂🤤👽

[@LeeAsh7]

Oh how I remember the unruly hair, plaids, and that huge collar on that dress. I especially remember the bright as the sun camera light in my face and the absolute silence in the whole wonderful event while viewing it later.

[@Lowlander-ci7is]

Wow the year I was born, I would have been 3 months old...

[@rawbacon]

Most people that were alive in 74 had gatherings that looked almost the same as this........It's odd that all of my Aunts & Uncles on my Mom's side are dead including my Mom but everyone on my Dad's side is still alive including my Dad.

[@trixier6505]

I miss my aunts, uncles, and cousins. Such good times. And the adults all here happy and smiling, Oh, life.....

[@lindaosika7648]

Fun times

[@suzannebunbury2961]

Thank you, fun! Would you consider adding Christmas music in the back ground ?❤️

[@Akentrophyta]

any thoughts on what would go best?

[@turqoiselove1]

@@Akentrophyta whatever was popular in 1974 would be a good fit, or what your family was listening to back then.

[@trixier6505]

@@Akentrophyta Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas would be perfect.

[@emeraldkimble7602]

Are these super 8 before video cams

[@Akentrophyta]

Not even Super 8, really old school.

[@tom4342]

I was 18

[@graceburrell8800]

I was 18, married to the love of my life, with 3 kids. We are still in love, still married. I am 65, husband is 79.

[@mistofoles]

Where was this ?

[@Akentrophyta]

detroit, michigan

[@mistofoles]

@@Akentrophyta Cool.

[@user-ir8mf7km6w]

Same year as BLACK CHRISTMAS movie was filmed.