Remembering the 80s: The Year in Christmas, 1984

[@ChristmasAficionado]

I got another claim for the Gremlins music. I had to mute out that section.

[@dycedarg19]

I still carry 80’s Christmases in my heart. The prayers, music, presents, school Christmas programs, Toys R Us, Charley Brown Christmas, dinners at my grandparents. Even my parents’ divorce then did not diminish the child-like joy I still have that I have passed down to my kids.

[@ChristmasAficionado]

I'm glad you enjoyed it

[@tyson1fan487]

The 80's was something truly special and I loved the Christmas season back then and the TV specials were great and it's sad these days you don't see much of anything. No Christmas specials besides the Grinch and a handful of movies but we don't get any Charlie Brown or much else. Times have truly changed and not for the better.

[@ChristmasAficionado]

There is so much Christmas. More movies and tv specials then ever.

[@LudwigPaiste28]

@@ChristmasAficionadoWhere though? Back in the day, it wasn’t difficult to find a special in December. Now it’s all new stuff that’s terrible. With the exception of A Christmas Story, it’s hard to find the classics.

[@ChristmasAficionado]

@@LudwigPaiste28 Hallmark plays them from Oct- Jan, Freeform, AMC, new movies on streaming.

[@vadneysean72]

The 80s were truly special. Christmas in the very early 80s was going to the local mall where we got to see Santa actually arrive, not by sled but a Bell H 13 helicopter. Then a visit to K•B Toys to finish up the day and look at the new toys on display

[@ChristmasAficionado]

I miss KB toys

[@Boblee1975]

Forty years it feels like yesterday ! Wish i could go back, Thanks so much really love your The Year in Christmas specials !! You rock !

[@ChristmasAficionado]

I enjoy watching all of these specials. By the time I am done I don't think there will be a Christmas episode or movie I never watched!

[@MLaker221]

I'm always trying to recreate my childhood Christmas tape.. so I love exploring the different years as I've said in other comments here. Your late 80s videos I made a to-do list of.. and now I've been getting phone notifications telling me things like today was Prancer in 1989!!

[@ChristmasAficionado]

That’s so great

[@3Storms]

Star Wars, GI Joe, Transformers, Starriors, Select Convertors (yeah I liked them), GoBots, Wheeled Warriors, and Robostrux: 1984 had a major toy overload for kids that only the rich could keep up with. There was even more to want in the following year with MASK and Thundercats.

[@ChristmasAficionado]

toys in the 80s were the best

[@vincenzoridente9994]

I wish I could build a time machine and go back to the 80s

[@ChristmasAficionado]

I get this comment a lot! lol

[@DavidHagrid1]

Thanks for this. It’s like a warm blanket reminding me of simpler times.

[@ChristmasAficionado]

Thanks for watching!

[@vincenzoridente9994]

I loved a Christmas carol with George C Scott still watch it every Christmas on KZbin

[@ChristmasAficionado]

I love it too but my favorite is Patrick Stewart's version

[@markbrown9458]

Christmas '84: got my boom box and 4 cassettes; 1984, LIKE A VIRGIN, REBEL YELL, and OUT OF THE CELLAR.

[@ChristmasAficionado]

I didn't get my first cassettes until 1987 but Out of the Cellar was a great album

[@bb-gc2tx]

me too i got kiss aniamalize twisted sister stay hungry and billy squier signs of life

[@Joeypeeps69]

Me as well on the VH and Ratt.

[@Cyberrat629]

Another great video going down memory lane! Really miss how the season seemed to build up from starting off with Santa ending the Macy's Day parade, all the Christmas Specials on TV, local festivities and then ending with Christmas Eve into Day. As a kid it seemed to take forever even though it was only 4-5 short weeks but always felt so full. Now you start seeing Christmas stuff before Halloween and it has been that way a while. Feels like a lot of that *holiday cheer* has gone away and not just because we're adults.

[@ChristmasAficionado]

It still feels that way. I know some don't watch anythihg until after Thanksgiving. I watch Christmas stuff all year long.

[@HerrinSchadenfreude]

People these days seem to hate the whole idea of Christmas because they hate religion so much. As if you couldn't make the season about something else it just enjoy the festivities and spirit. Everyone is so eager to be offended or to point out that they were not catered to personally.

[@D-Fens_1632]

1984 is probably the first year of life I really remember. I have a few memories from 1983, but it seems like all of my first memories come from 84, I remember all of this. Where'd the time go and how did everything get so weird?

[@ChristmasAficionado]

I remember this year fondly

[@peterlois1086]

i blame the internet. Life before the world wide web was so much better

[@adampellett4917]

So many good movies and cartoons from the 1980s are so memorable. I do miss that generation even better than today’s. Great upload. Happy Thanksgiving 🦃🍁🍽 and Merry Christmas. 🎁🎄 🎅🥳

[@ChristmasAficionado]

Thanks for watching. Happy Thanksgiving and Merry Christmas to you as well!

[@meeting_meghan]

So happy to see another one of these, as they've been great. Certainly hope that when you finish the 80's you continue with the 90's. Such great movies, episodes and specials. Including Candles Snow & Mistletoe (1993), and Christmas episodes of Mr. Dressup (multiple years) and Under the Umbrella Tree (oops just realized this was 1989) (Canadian kids tv shows). Plus Noel the Happy Christmas Ornament (1992), and For Better or For Worse: A Christmas Angel (1992).

[@ChristmasAficionado]

That is the plan. I have to do 83 - 80 and then we will start the 90s probably late 2025! I'm already planning graphics for it.

[@arnulfopadilla6942]

Thank you for including such obscure contributions as "Charlie's Christmas secret" and "It came upon a midnight clear!" Good memories, simpler times.

[@ChristmasAficionado]

You're welcome. I try and include as much as I can find in my research.

[@scottthompson4193]

I was 7, fantastic time to be a kid!!!!

[@ChristmasAficionado]

Yes!

[@laurenjones4468]

I'm early. I can't wait. I'm a big fan

[@ChristmasCousinsPod]

Huge fans here as well! 🎉🎉🎉

[@CarlainMontana406]

I thoroughly enjoyed this trip down memory lane! Thanks for sharing ❤🇺🇸🎅🎄🤶

[@ChristmasAficionado]

Thanks for watching. Be sure to watch the other episodes!

[@CarlainMontana406]

@@ChristmasAficionado I have been binge watching your content 😊and I’ve also subscribed to your channel 🎅🎄🤶looking forward to seeing your 1983 (I graduated high school in 1983 ) Remembering the 1980’s…and hoping you will cover the 70’s and 90’s! Really enjoying the nostalgia of it all! Happy Holidays!

[@ChristmasAficionado]

@@CarlainMontana406 thanks. Should be out in early 2025

[@botboy6977]

My favorite year of the 80’s!

[@ChristmasAficionado]

why 1984?

[@botboy6977]

Not sure! 😂

[@bb-gc2tx]

1984 was the greatest year in the history of mankind just the summer movies alone gremlins ghostbusters temple of doom the last star fighter splash the karate kid

[@ChristmasAficionado]

@@bb-gc2tx Last Star Fighter is the best

[@stephenr3910]

I was a sophomore in college. I know we had recently gotten our first VCR, and my mother got her first Apple computer which she used for work. But those were a little before Christmas. I had recently started sponsoring a kid in Hong Kong. He'd be 48 now. My sister got a Cabbage Patch doll.

[@renaherbert3142]

I was born In July 1984. I was five month old when this came out. It's crazy that a lot of 80's footage has been popping up in my feed.

[@ChristmasAficionado]

Nothing wrong with 80s in you feed!

[@renaherbert3142]

@ChristmasAficionado There's nothing wrong with it at all. I'm super stoked about it actually.

[@HerrinSchadenfreude]

Best time in my life, Christmas from '78-'84. So funny they showed Press Your Luck. Big money and no whammies! I'd forgotten about Body Language though!

[@ChristmasAficionado]

I was so excited to find those clips

[@Eddunaway-qp5tv]

Very very good memories of lot of good memories of that on TV and that in 1984 lot of good movies came out in 1984 a lot of good sports to even especially the Christmas specials were good too on TV

[@ChristmasAficionado]

I love Christmas TV

[@ladyrazorsharp]

You Can't Do That On Television! Such an awesome show. Spent many an afternoon with Moose and Lisa and Alistair. Old Nickelodeon (and I remember when it didn't have commercials!) was the best. I became a Gerry Anderson fan as an adult so the Terrahawks episode gives me a giggle. And is Christmas horror a thing? I guess it is! I think a big part of the holidays were the commercials. Brands took a lot of care with their holiday offerings; I'm not sure that happens anymore, since we've gone away from 'the big three' networks.

[@ChristmasAficionado]

You Can't Do That on Television was a fixture in my house. Oh yes Christmas horror is a thing. I love showing the specials, TV episodes, horror, and the commercials

[@snoo333]

this was awesome. thank you

[@ChristmasAficionado]

Thank you for watching!

[@magamaga1827]

the 80s were a magical time to be a kid/teen

[@ChristmasAficionado]

yes it was

[@bingdong8571]

look at all of the movies that came out in 1984. Its crazy

[@ChristmasAficionado]

Mostly TV movies but it was a good year

[@wonderfilled6048]

I’m so hooked on these videos! Glad I found this channel.

[@ChristmasAficionado]

Thanks for watching. I love making them

[@gregorygriffin6341]

Christmas 1984 was the most memorable Christmas of my life. A few ones in the 80's have came close, but nothing has wowed me like '84. Standout gifts? Hmmm...let's see: A Voltron doll (Metal cast), Transformers Ray Gun, A Michael Jackson Turntable w/mic, and 7" single of Purple Rain with purple vinyl (among others). Blew my 7 y.o. mind!!

[@ChristmasAficionado]

do you still have those presents?

[@gregorygriffin6341]

@@ChristmasAficionado Oh no. They're long gone. Just pleasant memories now. You know how as kids you take things for granted? Then as you grow older....you get the point. I loved my gifts, without a doubt. Just got lost in the shuffle.

[@teresasparks9194]

I got a German cabbage patch kid, my parents went on vacation and they weren't as popular there so they were able to get a could. I was 8 in 84 so it was awesome. I remember am of this

[@ChristmasAficionado]

were they different from the US version?

[@ladyrazorsharp]

I was 11. My mom and 2 of her friends who had daughters in my class wanted to get us Cabbage Patch Dolls. Everywhere was sold out in our (then) little town, but someone tipped them off to order them from a Sears Catalog Store in a little village full of retirees near us. Each store got a set number and when they were gone, they were gone. The only catch was they didn't come in the fancy display boxes. However, it was cool because us girls were stumped, only to open these oblong boxes and discover the ultimate prize inside!

[@sarahsimpkins1311]

I was 4 years old back in 84😊😊

[@WillKnight-m6u]

I love the 80s

[@ChristmasAficionado]

agree

[@CartoonChris1]

For me, it was wave 1 of the Kenner DC Super Powers collection.

[@ChristmasAficionado]

I would love to include every toy in the intro. Maybe I need to make a video about the toys!

[@bingdong8571]

theres war in bierut and press ur luck is on prime time. Is it 1984 or 2024?

[@ChristmasAficionado]

No wammies!

[@Charles-ke2po]

This is the closest thing to a time machine

[@ChristmasAficionado]

That is a great compliment. Thank you.