Remembering the 80s: The Year in Christmas, 1984

[@ChristmasAficionado]

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

[@pohpiheno]

so whack its like nostalgic

[@mikeysuzefour]

@@pohpiheno Yeah I remember some of my friends saying that Gremlins' ending left it open for a sequel LOL! (Gremlins 2: The New Batch)

[@ninademci1500]

@@mikeysuzefour, I didn’t want to see the sequel, “Gremlins 2: The New Batch”. The first one was enough; however, there’s one scene that I thought was funny and it was when one of the Gremlins was chain smoking.

[@mikeysuzefour]

@@ninademci1500 I liked the intelligent, talking Gremlin voiced by Kelsey Grammer 😂 😂

[@off-gridsimplyhappyrodriguez]

That's ridiculous 😢

[@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

[@brianredban9393]

Me too

[@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!

[@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.

[@JHobartMusic72]

You are absolutely correct. I was 12 in 1984 and that decade was the best of my life. Christmas was so “new” and it was everywhere. Sure there might be LOTS of Christmas stuff on “TV” today but that’s just because you have access to 1,000,000 outlets, channels, every movie, etc. but “those we don’t speak of” (the village 😂) have done such a great job of ruining Christmas over the recent years by steadily dismantling everything about it..that when it comes around now. I just don’t feel it anymore and it makes me so sad and angry that I have no feelings anymore, and I’m a musician/composer which is ALL emotion and feeling. Instead of the big man Santa delivering toys to the boys and girls.. it’s “neutral parcel transporter servicing the non binary products of human admixture”.. Just doesn’t have the same Christmas meaning 😂. But this channel and video helps. I wish I could just go back to the 80s again

[@ilikestuff7598]

Things were more religious and rapey and white. 🤗 but damn I do miss those claymation Christmas specials. It was a magical time

[@Floresj78]

I was 6 years old in 1984. Wow, what a good time to be kid and for those who were adults in the 80’s. I will never forget the 80’s decade. Thank goodness I experienced it.

[@ChristmasAficionado]

I’m a mixture of 80s and early 90s all great

[@off-gridsimplyhappyrodriguez]

80s ruled! I was born in 76 and grew up in the 80s. The good ol days for me. Thank you for these videos 🙏 I wish I could hug you 🥹 I'd buy them on dvd if it were possible 🎁🎄⛄ 😘

[@ChristmasAficionado]

Just watching and subscribing is the best way you can thank me!

[@WAK-bo1nd]

I was born in 1984

[@3madememumsy]

Thank you so much for the memories! The warm & fuzzies came flooding !!!

[@ChristmasAficionado]

Thank you for watching!

[@DavidHagrid1]

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

[@ChristmasAficionado]

Thanks for watching!

[@TaterRogers]

The 80s were a great time even though we didn't have much of anything, we still had the hope that something big would happen, and that was always a good thing. People weren't hating each other about politics and most people were genuinely nice folks. We weren't afraid to sing songs about God or Jesus on TV and I think we have lost sight of that, since we were slammed with media overload, the kids don't get the Christmas specials like we always looked forward to. We watched Charlie Brown, Rudolph, and Frosty every single year and we constantly watched the commercials to see if an item we wanted would be shown. I am trying hard to create that magic feeling for my kid so that he has amazing Christmas memories to take with him and pass on to his kids one day. Thank you for sharing this! 1984 was a great year, and even the Macy's parade wasn't controversial and it kicked off the Christmas season when Santa came down the lane. I have most of these movies on a hard drive and I try to watch them with my family to keep those magical moments alive. I'm a big kid myself and I love re-living things through the movies. One day I bought my favorite cereal as a kid and put on a 6 hour cartoon marathon and we watched cartoons on a Saturday morning.

[@ChristmasAficionado]

I’m glad it brought back some good memories

[@SDMF69]

1984 Christmas was my first Heavy Metal Holiday I was 15 My cool stepmom a 60's Hippy who surprisingly loved heavy music and supported my dream of being a drummer she got my first Metallica , Anthrax,Iron Maiden, Judas priest and Ozzy Osbourne Tapes and band concert posters and in 2005, I took her to her first KISS concert and took her backstage to meet the band Sadly she passed this year and I will never forget how cool she was, especially during Christmas RIP Janet.

[@ChristmasAficionado]

such a good memory

[@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

[@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.

[@vincenzoridente9994]

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

[@ChristmasAficionado]

I get this comment a lot! lol

[@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

[@pacificblue3955]

in 1984, everything was right in my world. hands down, the best year of my life.

[@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.

[@jenniferfarvour4852]

Good times. I would go back in a heartbeat.

[@ChristmasAficionado]

Not sure I would want to go back but I do enjoy reliving 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.

[@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

[@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

[@FrootLoop31122]

My sister’s best friend had that Cabbage Patch Kids record and we would put on “shows” in her room to it. The way that came flooding back when “Otis Lee” was playing 😂.

[@ChristmasAficionado]

awesome memory

[@magamaga1827]

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

[@ChristmasAficionado]

yes it was

[@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

[@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!

[@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

[@ninademci1500]

Christmas Aficionado, thank you for posting this compilation. I enjoyed watching it. I remember watching most of these Christmas episodes and Christmas specials that year.

[@ChristmasAficionado]

You're welcome. Thanks for watching!

[@laurenjones4468]

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

[@ChristmasCousinsPod]

Huge fans here as well! 🎉🎉🎉

[@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.

[@bombfog1]

Thanks, Man for these videos.

[@off-gridsimplyhappyrodriguez]

Their great aren't they ❤

[@off-gridsimplyhappyrodriguez]

They're great aren't they ❤

[@ChristmasAficionado]

Thanks you! I appreciate it!

[@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

[@JayPatrol]

I loved growing up in the 80's what a funn time to be a kid im sure alot of people would agree. Simpler times they were and these shows bring back lots of memories gimme a break was one of my favorite tv shows back then I even have that on dvd right now, just one the examples of how great the those times were. I could go on and on.

[@ChristmasAficionado]

Thanks for watching!

[@wonderfilled6048]

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

[@ChristmasAficionado]

Thanks for watching. I love making them

[@abelsabalajr5535]

Considering this year and current affairs, thank you for sharing a simpler time

[@ChristmasAficionado]

You are welcome!

[@snoo333]

this was awesome. thank you

[@ChristmasAficionado]

Thank you for watching!

[@Wayne-o8c4e]

Wow, I remember some of these, I was 18 years old back then, I do kinda miss those days, days that can't never get back, now that I'm 58, things is kinda going good for me, it could be better but hopefully things will again.

[@ChristmasAficionado]

Thanks for watching and hope all is well.

[@Wes.jumpss]

My first Christmas ❤️

[@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!

[@mikewilson2951]

i love the late 70's early 80's and 90's era of christmas cartoons tv shows commercials movie's the best of times

[@ChristmasAficionado]

Yes it was. Thanks for watching

[@scottthompson4193]

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

[@ChristmasAficionado]

Yes!

[@PoconoJoe]

I was 12 in 1984 and I saw Gremlins in the theater and had to ride my bike home in the dark after, i never pedaled so quickly in my life! Good times!

[@ChristmasAficionado]

That’s funny

[@budbundy4014]

All I can say is thank you for these great videos. And merry Xmas

[@ChristmasAficionado]

Thank You. I appreciate everybody who watches. Merry Christmas

[@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

[@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.

[@FAA-DPE]

People will never know, nor could they ever believe just how perfect we had it in the eighties. If they only could have left things alone.

[@ChristmasAficionado]

Times change

[@ReynDacen]

I was 4 years and do i wish i could go back...

[@off-gridsimplyhappyrodriguez]

I know 😢

[@ChristmasAficionado]

you can always relive it. I wouldn't give up what I got now. I

[@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.

[@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

[@bingdong8571]

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

[@ChristmasAficionado]

Mostly TV movies but it was a good year

[@jasonmaclean719]

14:50 it was always well known he was a heavy drinker. Looking at these old clips? Ohhhhhh boy😂

[@ChristmasAficionado]

I can see it now 😂

[@Jim26D]

I remember watching the first episode of fraggle rock. My dad's friend climbed the telephone pole and hooked up cable and hbo. Hard to believe it was that long ago. Feels like yesterday

[@ChristmasAficionado]

oh wow. That is one way to steal cable

[@Jim26D]

@ChristmasAficionado it used to be before the digital switch over. In the military you could do it as well. They just used a little signal disruption filter that screwed in like a coaxial cable

[@ChristmasAficionado]

don't forget the juke box

[@billyaitchison9106]

this is the year i was born

[@ChristmasAficionado]

It was a good year!

[@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

[@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!

[@scupking]

80s and 90s were great times!

[@ChristmasAficionado]

yep

[@jackieosparanormaladventur5713]

I was born November 26 th 1984 was a good year lol the 80’s were great and the 90’s and early 2000’s the good ole days

[@ChristmasAficionado]

what doyou think of the movies and shows that year?

[@thenuclearsandwich]

80s was the best. Especially 84.

[@ChristmasAficionado]

any reason why?

[@chef_boi_r_c]

Did anyone else lose audio near the end? Mine cut out during the Punky Brewster clip and never came back on.

[@ChristmasAficionado]

I got a claim on the Gremlins song but it should not affect the punky clip

[@huskyclan345]

Born in 72. Wouldn’t trade my memories for anything. ✌🏻💚

[@ChristmasAficionado]

glad it brought you some joy

[@Deathbruce]

We have lost the ability to express joy in this world. These were irreplaceable times.

[@ChristmasAficionado]

I still find joy in this day but there is something about remembering your childhood that makes you feel that way

[@Lisa-ed2uv]

1984 was a Fantastic Year!

[@ChristmasAficionado]

Yes it was

[@philip-ij6dm]

Happy thanksgiving 🦃

[@ChristmasAficionado]

Same to you!

[@sarahsimpkins1311]

I was 4 years old back in 84😊😊

[@WillKnight-m6u]

I love the 80s

[@ChristmasAficionado]

agree

[@windowken]

The 80s was the best 😁

[@ChristmasAficionado]

yep

[@Tommygunz838]

1984 was the year of The SUPER POWERS and SECRET WARS ! 🔥 TRANSFORMERS, VOLTRON and of course the 1984 GI Joe series 🔥🔥🔥

[@Tommygunz838]

WWF figure, MOTU and Ghostbusters!

[@ChristmasAficionado]

I’m going to do a series on toys so I can go into more detail

[@kcskoolz8312]

The year I was born

[@elizabethadrion644]

My first Christmas

[@ChristmasAficionado]

Thanks for watching!

[@Jim26D]

Back when pizza hut was actually really good. They used to bring it to your table in a big cast iron skillet. Everything was better quality back then

[@ChristmasAficionado]

Going to Pizza Hut was special. The salad bar, the red cups of Pepsi, and the grease!

[@Jim26D]

@ChristmasAficionado yes sir, I loved the salad bar because it was the first I saw as a kid that had bacon bits. Our pizza hut looked kind of like a barn inside with wood rafters up in the ceiling. Dim lights, some arcade games as well

[@krisbromilow7255]

Was Emmanuel like 28 here?

[@ChristmasAficionado]

LOL believe it or not he was 13 / 14 (born in 71)

[@krisbromilow7255]

@ me too!

[@SchemeTintFocus]

Someone got a VCR for Christmas

[@ChristmasAficionado]

lol

[@Papa0918]

Sophomore year of high school.

[@YoursInYeshua]

'88 to '94 was THEE best time in history.

[@ChristmasAficionado]

Those are the years I most remember

[@jAyl0rd]

Why does the end have no sound

[@ChristmasAficionado]

copyright claim.

[@jAyl0rd]

@@ChristmasAficionado damn yt 😕

[@tracysmith-yv5lt]

don't feed after midnight don't get wet no light what could go wrong with that

[@ChristmasAficionado]

Who needs to follow the rules 😂

[@regularguyreviews3048]

Bro it’s 1984 and you didn’t mention He-man for a Christmas toy 🤦🏻‍♂️

[@ChristmasAficionado]

I only mention a few toys balancing boy and girls toys . I went hardcore He-Man in 1985. 1984 was the Cabbage Patch Kids. He-man debuted in 1982 and will probably talk about them in 82 and 83

[@gwimyeon]

As a 55 year old citizen of America I confirm that the decline started about 1984..

[@ChristmasAficionado]

Thanks for watching

[@medicatedmastermind1879]

I remember i wanted to BE Mary Lou Retton ❤️

[@ChristmasAficionado]

she was everywhere in the early 80s

[@CleverDowed]

I was 6

[@Charles-ke2po]

This is the closest thing to a time machine

[@ChristmasAficionado]

That is a great compliment. Thank you.

[@bingdong8571]

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

[@ChristmasAficionado]

No wammies!

[@davemader1707]

My partner is out with her folks tonight.. So I'm literally drinking bourbon, eating popcorn and watching the 84, 85, and 86 vids lol. Born in '74 and like one of the other comments, everything was right in my world back in 84/85. Such a great time to be a kid Damn i miss the 80s!

[@ChristmasAficionado]

that sounds like a great night!

[@davemader1707]

@ChristmasAficionado great job on these vids btw!

[@ChristmasAficionado]

Thank You. Merry Christmas!