Lawrence Welk Christmas Show December 23, 1972 includes an interview with Norma & Randy Zimmer

[@VictoriasRoses]

I was 5 years old at this time. I remember when children were allowed to have Christmas programs. I always looked forward to Christmas back at this time. We did not have a lot of gifts but we had the best times. I love this very much.

[@sarashelby3037]

I was 10 in 1972. We watched this show every week.

[@garyroberts9517]

There will never be another show to top the Lawrence well shows..they all were so professional all American..so nice they kept them on for so many years..miss all the beauty and talent.

[@Lisa-ux5ll]

Tears In My Eyes I Sure Loved Watching These Shows As A Little Girl. Our Family Would Sit Around And Watch Every Time It Was On. Sure Would Love Another Moment Watching This With Our Family All Together.❤💕

[@CentralNH]

Back when tv was great to watch. What happened to shows like this. Innocent TV when families were close and it didn't matter how perfect everything had to be. Merry Christmas and God bless every one.

[@fredpickett6219]

I agree 100 percent.

[@gloriacargill3164]

So true.....

[@gloriacargill3164]

Absolutley

[@laurie4275]

These beautiful little children are all in their 50's and 60's today! Time flies by too fast.

[@MrEjidorie]

+Laurie I was born in 1956, and probably I`m almost the same age as those little kids in this TV program. I`m totally agree with you, and I feel strongly that time flies by too fast when I look at my own face on the mirror.

[@sheriheffner2098]

I was the same age as Clay Hart's little girl Lizzie. I was nine in 1972.

[@nenadominguez4359]

So beautiful Christmas program!!! It will be so wonderful to have this type TV programs again!!!❤

[@senorkaboom]

OK, here we go, memory lane time. This show originally aired on Saturday, December 23, 1972. I had just turned 18 a week prior and was a senior in high school. The evening this was shown, I wanted to watch the movie “Holiday Inn”. We also had good friends of my folks visiting and they came over this night. My dad had told me to keep a low profile as they wanted to visit the friends, which was fine as I wanted to watch the movie. Never worked out. My dad would come in where I was watching and have me come out to talk, make drinks, take pictures with the Polaroid, visit, be part of their evening, and that was fine. We later went and got pizza as we got hungry. All in all, it was a great time.

[@Johnwillbegone]

If I get a hold of a time machine.... who's coming back with me ?

[@heatherboster1937]

I am!..if the machine is taking me back to when this episode first aired...probably the day I was born, lol!..ooh, just checked...yep, let's go

[@kathleenmacellis7253]

Hey , wait for me !

[@vernareed5534]

@@heatherboster1937 my daughter was a year old at the time this show was aired.

[@fredpickett6219]

Me.

[@jmj18462]

Me too please!

[@MarkSwitzer-h1n]

7:20 I grew up watching the Lawrence Well Show each Saturday , and they were always clean and family oriented ! Today , alot of us older people really appreciate shows like Lawrence Welk , as they bring back fond memories of a by gone era !!

[@johnsmith6586]

My Grandmother tortured me with this show when I was a kid. But now that I'm also old I finally "get it" And if it made Grandma happy, then I'm also happy. Just to spend one more day with my dear sweet Grandma watching a show I hated would be worth it's weight in gold.

[@kirklawrence4326]

my grandparents ALWAYS had Lawrence Welk on every Saturday and I was a sucker for their attention. So I went back and just quietly watched with them on their Zenith Console! Oh how I wish I could have them back. I can still visit their home, but it sadly has nothing in it any longer....only a shell. I thank God that I had grandparents who simply loved me and let me hang out. What a cherished time. Perhaps once we are joined again in Heaven, we can have far more elated times than we ever knew on this earth.

[@sammyvh11]

Same here

[@larryn1929]

Many a Satruday night at my grandparents watching Lawrence Welk.

[@KendraEMoyer]

You too?

[@sheriheffner2098]

@@larryn1929 Me too. I'm 57 and atill watch it to this day. They were the reason I still watch it too. My grandma died the year before this show aired and my grandpa died in 1986.

[@fernbenoit9734]

my mom sand "Sweet Little Jesus Boy" in church every year when I was growing up, When Guy and Ralna started sing it, I just burst into tears!! Loved it!!

[@calmeblondy]

how I wish we all could go back to 1972, Merry Christmas

[@MrHans818]

1972 was one of the best years in my life. 17 and not a care in the world. Give me those days anytime. sure beat this day in time. Merry Christmas to you also.

[@todd9267]

@@MrHans818 not me, I was eight years old and my parents just got divorced.... Made for a terrible Christmas

[@stampbee913]

Merry Christmas!

[@djuanawhite7826]

Merry Christmas to you all, from Natchitoches, Louisiana 😁😉

[@frangordon777]

calmeblondy -Agree! Those were great times!

[@RockStop22]

I am watching this show with tears in my eyes, as it takes me back to my childhood, my late Mum loved this show! I would watch the special with her. Christmas was her favourite. It was so sweet to watch this with all the singers & their children,& Lawence seemed so supportive of them...now days any Christmas specials that are on just don't have the same magic.. Thank you very much for sharing this!

[@OdeeOz]

Same. Because it reminded me of sing a longs with my mom

[@Albertanator]

I feel exactly the same way....I watched these Christmas specials back in the early 70's .....they still move me....

[@patdoyle3686]

I'm watching this show from Ireland ☘now 2021 Christmas eve it's a Fabulous tv📺show as we never received this In Ireland it's great we can watch them all on youtube today just goes to show America always had Talent 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟

[@JOHNSTIER23]

The mr Magog Christmas holiday show

[@carrieolson6871]

Love the show very much. Brings back good memories of growing up and watching the Lawrence Welk on Saturday night's with my family.

[@victorwasright8382]

it's so hokey it's great! something you can take refuge in, if you're 50-plus and weary of these toxic times.

[@ohmeowzer1]

I was 8 when this was made and was watching it at my grandmother's house

[@DizzLexic]

I was 6 and it was always at my Grandmother's house where this played. hehe

[@sheriheffner2098]

I think I watched this at our rental house.

[@tomcarpenter700]

I just turned 22 that October, May I turn 70 October 20 20

[@shirtless6934]

I was 15, and it was with parents.

[@kellycoleman715]

Those adorable tykes are in their 50’s and 60’s now. Swiftly fly the years.

[@marymayer2282]

Lawrence welk and his wonderful dancers singers and band really said Christmas thanks for the memories

[@ChildOfThe1970s]

My grandma on mom's side loved Lawrence Welk. When I was little she tried to get me to dance to his music with her while she held my hands. It was fun but I was shy and had no idea how to dance lol.

[@theresachiorazzi4571]

My grand mom also never missed the welk program every week it made her happy Miss you grandmom

[@leonewest2239]

November 2020 COVID-19 - eleven months ago we could not ever imagine that This kind of Christmas would not be happening to us this year . So just watching this now is a special treat .

[@cliffordburdick6049]

it is sad i don't think we will ever have chrismas's like this ever again modern day has taken the magic out of it

[@kathyflorcruz552]

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[@marshallbowen8693]

Kathy Florcruz Healthy 40 year old teachers and nurses don’t die of the flu nor do LTC facilities have high proportions of the population dying. You took an overdose of your idiot pills when you wrote this.

[@mckster56]

16:21 the 2 kids on the piano is just wonderful.. sweet

[@s.bolton1539]

We watched this as a family every week! So fun to go down memory lane. Guy and Ralna were my favorites!

[@sheriheffner2098]

My favorites were The Semonski Sisters in 1975 until they left and then The Otwell Twins. I fell in love with them I watched The Lawrence Welk Show until it left.the air and then I started watching it on PBS. I look forward to Saturday night because I watch this. Now my favorite ones are The Lennon Sisters and still The Otwell Twins.

[@niceademers4574]

As a child I loved the dance numbers and the group numbers. I remember songs being in two categories, "fast or slow" I remember the joy of a fast song and the "drats it's a slow one"😂 thankful my musical understanding has matured a bit in 50 years. Love the Lawrence Welk show. So many happy memories. I learned to love music in part b/c of the show.

[@niceademers4574]

What lovely programs every week that highlighted what is good, true and beautiful. From the music to the costumes and sets. America was better for this show ❤️

[@mrdwightsroom1861]

Can't believe this was filmed over 50 years ago and it's such a wonderful treat :). My wife and I used to watch the Lawrence Welk Show with her parents and they have since passed on. This is such a wonderful blessing.

[@michaeljonesdougherty.209]

☺i still watch the reruns of this at 44yo i still enjoy it.memorys up at my GR8 grandmother house watching this after dinner💛❤ i miss thoses good shows & gr8 grandma Huber pinkerton .thats gr8 we all have some good memorys of a better time .

[@thejimdoherty]

As a kid I made fun of this stuff when my grandmother watched it. Today, I can't get enough of it. It brings back great memories of those Christmases back then. Does anyone have the 1968 Welk Christmas special? That was a great one. I've been trying to track that one down for a couple of decades.

[@DizzLexic]

haha.. I was just thinking exactly the same thing as I cam across this comment.. Merry Christmas to you and yours.. :)

[@JOHNSTIER23]

The Walton Christmas movie homecoming

[@JOHNSTIER23]

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[@trixie6793]

I watched Faithfully 1973...and now...2020 Born in 1967 Lawrence Well... blessings Festivus Love of all #weareallearthlings

[@geraldmahoney4856]

I was 11 years old in 1972. My parents use to watch the show. The guy had a lot of class.

[@Mom_Non]

I was 1 when this was broadcast. Its neat to watch. One of my favorite shows as a child. This and Hee Haw.

[@frangordon777]

What a treat! Just loved to watch Lawrence Welk every Saturday night with my mom and twin sister! Such wholesome and and refreshing entertainment!

[@pallen49]

WOW 1972!!!....The early 70's was THEE best years of my childhood life and for my family as well. I would trade all ( what's left of it ) of my tomorrows to relive 1971-1975 again and forever ...

[@deanwinchester3356]

ponchai allen My mom disagrees with you. She said 1972 wasn’t that great.

[@wynstansmom829]

yes! and...And feelin' good was good enough for me Good enough for me and my Bobby McGee, yeah La da da, la da daa, la da daa da daa da daa... I watched this with my grandparents as a teenager. Janis and my grandparents are missed. Happy Holidays, Merry Christmas ponchai allen.

[@sheriheffner2098]

1972 wasn't my favorite year. My grandmother had died in November of 1971 and my mother insisted we move out of the house where I had lived all my life. We were building a house ten miles away from the school I attended since 1st grade. My third grade was a horrible year because of my teacher. She was a very mean woman and treated me badly all year, I was told back then to listen to all adults and I was the child and they were the adults and you were supposed to do what they said or you'd get whipped. That woman made my life Hell on earth. I went to a new school in 1972 and we lived in a rental house until our "new" house was built. That year was even worse than the year before. I was picked on and name called. I.was depressed and stayed in my room all the time. Then we moved into my grandpa's house which was within walking distance of my old school.

[@dianagruver5767]

So would I

[@annecronin8339]

​@@sheriheffner2098I totally get your experience. My 1st year of 3rd grade was HELL. I had a horrible witch for a teacher who gave all the class a hard time who over loaded us on 8th grade level homework. Fortunately I got all my childhood diseases one after another: measles, mumps, chicken pox, whooping cough, all in the 1st 6 months of the school year. Before the vaccines for those came out. I thankfully missed the 6 months with that teacher but still had the homework brought home that I still had to do. I struggled badly and still ended up having to repeat the 3rd grade.

[@deliarodriquez4989]

I WISH THAT THEY WOULD GIVE MORE SHOWS LIKE THESE IN TODAY.TO BAD.FAMLIYS SHOWS.I MISS THOSE DAYS

[@kathyflorcruz552]

Used to watch this at my Grandaddys house. What a magical Christmas they always had when we were young. Hudson's flagship store, Santa, the display windows..back when Detroit was still great in the 50s. But visits for 2 decades after always had LW & Billy Graham & Mutual of Omaha Wild Kingdom on TV.

[@marygayquigley9672]

I loved watching this show when we visited my grandma. I don't think we got this channel on our TV. But I totally enjoyed it. 😊😊😊 Wish they would make wholesome shows like this again.

[@catnip410]

My Grandmother loved this show

[@vickilevene9205]

My grandmother 💗'd this show, too!

[@aliceannparsons2609]

Great shows always but especially at Christmas, just precious ! :)

[@marymayer2282]

When i was in Branson in the Early 2000s I missed opportunity to visit Lawrence welk theater but I did see some wonderful wholesome entertainment it was a once in a lifetime trip

[@jenniferannecchini5216]

Beautiful couple with great singing voices ❤

[@markymark903]

I just finished watching the LW show from 1959 the year I was born. At the end of the show Mr. Welk wished everyone a holy and blessed Christmas. Imagine people saying that on a tv show now. In only 61 years we have gone so far the wrong way it's never coming back. Oh well.... MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYBODY !!

[@joanneyerden7249]

I would give anything to see lawrence welk shows again,especially christmas

[@almeggs3247]

My moms favorite never missed a show! Now at 72 I realize too late She was right!

[@water2wine1]

Oh my goodness. I forgot how cute Sandys little girl 👧 was.

[@MrHans818]

My parents watched it all the time. I was to busy with rock and roll.

[@maramorrison3144]

Thinking of my Granny Lil. She loved this show. She always wanted to dance with Mr. Welk.

[@laurietijerina3816]

Omg,I was 2 at this time. I just loved watching the Lawrence walk show!

[@Pureimagination200]

Watched as a kid with my parents. I still enjoy watching Lawrence welk

[@patricialetort7360]

What great memories of a time gone bye! Always loved watching this with my mom!

[@samuelpajoa215]

Mon and Dads Favorite T.v. show. Miss them both, and my older brother.. MERRY CHRISTMAS 🌲🌲🌲🎅🎅🎅 ❤ YOU!!!

[@deliarodriquez4989]

I REMEMBER WATCHING THIS SHOW I WAS ABOUT 16.1974.WHAT TEENAGER in today's world caught watching is show.it was ever Saturday at7pm.I REMEMBER IT SAD.BUT I HAD A LIFE BUT I USED TO LIVE WATCHING

[@jena9176]

SWEET LITTLE JESUS BOY ~ MAGNIFIQUE.

[@lauralong6695]

Love watching the reruns of the shows I hated as a kid. I remember all my old relatives , now gone over forty years ago, running home after dinner to watch the shows. Now I invite them all to join me when I watch. Days were precious then.

[@包子-t9x]

It's new year already and I'm still listening and watching Christmas shows

[@denisebever4426]

My Dad said his Grandparents were always watching this every week when it was on. lol

[@stix2507]

My mother watched this show in the 60’s with my uncle and grandmother. They loved the Lawrence Welk show

[@sandraball1446]

My grandma watched Lawrence Welk every week. I watched it with her many times, because we lived next door. We buried her Thanksgiving day 1972. This was the first Lawrence Welk Christmas show after she died.

[@glauvie]

I was brought up on this. My dad loved it. I was 4 for this one.

[@monastratton7311]

Merry. Christmas. Love. This. Show 🎄

[@infomax4572]

and me too as well :)

[@pattyfarghaly1821]

Those were the days.☹❣

[@MariaFFraga-vq7gz]

Thank you Sir Lawrence Welk and performers, I arrived in the USA in 1972 at the age of seventeen and stayed. I thought I had accompanied family here and would go back in a couple of years. Instead I reconciled living here and in other parts of the world by working by Trans World Airlines. Thank you for all the magical moments and weaning me from home country making this one my home. We watched your show every time you were on.

[@vickilevene9205]

Me, too, I was only a year-old when that show aired!

[@tinaschneider4232]

I loved watching this show when I was young good family times

[@caliden3785]

It seems corny but so fun and sweet natured...i grew up watching this.....with my parents and brother...R.I.P. all

[@patdoyle3686]

2021 this Christmas🎄Show 🧸is still the best ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

[@td449]

I was not born until 1973 but I still like to watch these classics.

[@gleasonparker1684]

Thanks for the Memories I was about one year out of college when this aired I'm not sure I've ever seen it before but it's sure good to go back to a different time.

[@alterego3525]

The beauty of the interwebz... my kids can watch the wholesome shows of yesterday.

[@deborahbushard6913]

I loved watching Lawrence welk, with my nana

[@deborahworks6616]

Yep

[@kathleenirish]

Me too!!!

[@rickybobby6579]

oh my God, I love this, I used to think this show was corny, now I love it

[@davidkauffman1426]

As A Fan Of The 50's And 60's Music Genra, That I Love The Lawrence Welk Show. The Children Were Adorable. Love The Song: Little Lady Make Believe. God Bless Lawrence Welk And Our PBS Stations WEAO and WNEO DTV 45/49 For Carrying These Quality Shows. All My Love. David K.Dr.d. God Bless You All.

[@kaitlynleehagar1148]

Okay I am officially old I was born in the 70s and couldn't stand the Lawrence Welk Show I'm in my forties now and I love this LOL

[@puddins51]

I,m way officially old, born in the mid fifties.. in my sixties now

[@libertyann439]

I stumbled on it but I don't quite love it yet.

[@mitteradams1216]

Love this show we watched it every week growing up make me feel like home again

[@LawrenceWelkLPs]

Thanks - That's why we post these shows!

[@4gma59]

How I treasure these memories.

[@tarpleyk9352]

The year I was born. I loved this show

[@janiesippel225]

Oh my goodness these children are just killing me. They are so precious! 💖 It’s hard to believe they are now in their 50s. I was 10 years old when this was on the air. My mom and grandma loved The Lawrence Welk show and I spent many nights watching the program with them, and I too fell in love with the show. So many memories are wrapped up in the program. 💖 Thank you for posting.

[@triumphmanful]

Brings back many good memories ! Grampa loved to watch the show. He would sit in his rocker, smoke two kinds of cigs. (plain & menthol), drink a bowl of coffee. He was an old sailor and had simple needs to make him happy. Miss him dearly.

[@bluemoose2497]

Love the mob cap on the Raggedy-Anne, heck enjoy the walk through a view of Americana erased by judicial activism.

[@tomleeds1966]

I remember watching LW as a child with my great grandmother -she loved LW

[@richardwebb2348]

Tom Leeds - little did you know you were watching pedophiles!

[@sheriheffner2098]

@@richardwebb2348 I looked it up and OMG! Yes, it was Bob Ralston

[@smokinjz]

Thank You For Posting!..Hadn't Seen This Since It Filmed!..Thank God For Video Tape!

[@LawrenceWelkLPs]

Glad you liked it. Johnny Zell! Any relation?

[@smokinjz]

Yes ..I Am Trumpeter Johnny Zell's First Born!..:)

[@zibbyzubb]

It's a shame that PBS stations have dropped TLWS. They don't care about the older audiences out there.

[@kathyflorcruz552]

And they sure don't care about what the kids programs are teaching either - perverts.

[@sheriheffner2098]

@@kathyflorcruz552 I agree. You must be talking about Arthur.

[@kathyflorcruz552]

@@sheriheffner2098 Yes. And they jumped on the whiteguilting of children too. Disgusting.

[@sheriheffner2098]

@@kathyflorcruz552 Yes it is.

[@jeprice08]

What the heck are you talking about? It's still shown on Saturday nights at 7 p.m. where I live!

[@KtotheL]

absolutely wonderful THANK YOU ! ( i could say sooo much more but i wont ... MERRY XMAS !!! )

[@gracieperry8485]

I love this

[@marilynbusse1767]

I really enjoy watching the Christmas programs on The Lawrence Welk Show my favorite is Arthur Duncan and Joe Feeney singing o Holy night 🌃🎄🎁

[@sammyvh11]

I miss 1972

[@shawnhubbard3833]

Missed these as I joined the Navy in 1972..

[@larkpraise]

They cut off Santa handing the presents to the kids de! That was always such a delight for me as a child!

[@ChuckWCoulter]

My favorite part as a child.

[@sheriheffner2098]

Mine too. I guess the interview was more important to them.

[@marthamydear7499]

Just wonderful! SOoooooo enjoying this... Thanks and Merry Christmas! :)

[@deloysterns]

My First Christmas I was born in June 1972..My Grandmother was a big Welk dan even back then..

[@chadgilmore5046]

The little blonde girl singing Twinkle twinkle little star is so beautiful ⭐️☃️

[@marymayer2282]

The birth of our Lord And saviour Bing Crosby And Lawrence welk And his wonderful band talented singers and dancers that s Christmas ❤️💚❤️💚🙏🙏🙏🙏🎄🎄🎄🎄

[@BelindaTN]

I actually remember this show from the time I was old enough to watch tv and when it was in black and white. It actually started in the late 50's or early 60's. I remember being really small and all I wanted to watch was the bubbles that floated all over the place, when the show was first coming on. LOL I so wanted to be there to see what it would be like to be in a room full of bubbles.

[@sheriheffner2098]

When I was in Middle School or what they used to call Junior High, my friend Martha said her father would sing Tiny Bubbles when Lawrence Welk came on. But that song was about Wine, not Champagne.

[@JOHNSTIER23]

Me also my senior year of high school What a wonderful holiday season

[@Gaylel1]

This is the first time I heard Arthur Duncan sing..

[@janetohara427]

I soo enjoyed this show!

[@miguelvazquez2436]

Thank you

[@littleMsWilmie]

This so adorable.

[@hildalarico6236]

Wonderful. Woderful

[@sheriheffner2098]

Little Lawrence the third was adorable. And so was little Jenny Griffiths. I suppose she and little Larry III were about the same age. That little Jenny singing is precious. 🥰🤗. She should have became a singer when she got older. Like the Lennon Sisters.

[@pcojedi]

love this video

[@eisenjeisen6262]

very very nice

[@janienaaykens1470]

Still watching it

[@richardwebb2348]

Janie N - nostalgia for musical pedophiles.