70s & 80s Christmas Commercials Part 2

Second installment of Christmas-themed commercials only. Merry Christmas!
Part 1 here - www.youtube.co...

[@robertkabatoff817]

The best part of this video was knowing that everyone I loved who passed away were still alive and only a call away....If I could crawl into this video...I would

[@markfoster1520]

Time travel.....on the cheap!

[@not-so-smartaleck8987]

Calls which could easily be made on a "landline" phone (the traditional kind, or cordless), whenever you're at home at least.

[@nursecynthiamusiel]

Absolutely agree

[@cr218]

I know that exact feeling

[@jerryvan-hees7130]

Twilight zone reference there.

[@majesty10xu15]

Is it just me, or are today's Christmas commercials lacking the magic and warmth of the holidays?

[@dannyhill8797]

haven't watched commercial television in more than five years, but i get the feeling i know what you're talking about.....

[@nicholastosoni707]

I think a lot of that comes from the old commercials having been shot on film. Now that everything's digital, it's cleaner and sharper, but there's definitely a trade-off. Then again, I only really remember one or two Christmas commercials... EDIT: Also, a lot of the commercials you remember likely came from smaller, local department stores. Wal-Mart has pretty much razed all of them to the ground, more's the pity.

[@JohnnyUtah15]

Yes, but it's been longer than recently. Everything seems stale. A lot of them use pop music instead of jingles. A lot of them aren't memorable and not creative. They cram so many in the breaks. I'd rather watch shot on film.

[@majesty10xu15]

@@JohnnyUtah15 Thank God they at least still bring back every year the old Hershey's kisses "We wish you a merry Christmas." commercial.

[@JohnnyUtah15]

@majesty10xu1 That's a good one. Nice mention. There is also another one that brings nostalgia when I listen to it. It's only 15 seconds and should be longer. kzbin.info/www/bejne/sJPHeYmop7B8ma8 If you see a comment by a user named Yes, click on the View 3 replies. Someone posted a link to Soundcloud. If you don't see it, let me know and I'll post the link.

[@samanthac8060]

I am crying 😢. It will never be like this again 😢

[@Mike-hf3se]

True that!

[@grandmaoldschool7011]

Me, too. Darn watery eyes..

[@deniseeicholtz]

I know breaks my heart

[@sew_gal7340]

America is in decline, it is increasingly obvious every day.

[@r3tr0actiongamer24]

You're crying because your childhood was years and years ago.

[@hearttoheart4me]

Even though you can slip a dvd in to watch Christmas specials now, There was something magical about anticipation of when a special came on TV and we all sat down together to watch it. Even the variety Christmas shows were great. I sure miss these times and the great commercials and specials that were on. Nothing like it today, that's for sure.

[@chrissyroberts7775]

Agree! Frosty twas the night before christmas! Loved waiting for them

[@pam5389]

Me too ☹️

[@pennsylvaniapatti1835]

I used to get so excited when I knew Rudolph the red nose Reindeer was coming on, and A Charlie Browns Christmas!! Here I am, 66 years old, and still get a little excited. I guess I never really grew up😶😶😅😅,,!!

[@scottworley1479]

We live in different times, The Lord said it would be this way. Come to The Cross where there is safety and rest for your soul.

[@JoeMotionVideos82]

I agree, having those special shows to watch at any time, the magic is gone. I remember the anticipation of knowing that a certain special was going to air.

[@kennethterry6453]

Only those who lived back then can appreciate these. I would give anything to go back to those days.

[@josephforest7605]

The late 80's were great , the economy was doing well ,I had a good job and I thought I was just steps away from a great life .I was in my 20's , my mother and father were still alive and things were just going to get better . Oh well .

[@robhicks2117]

I remember Christmas time in the 70's and 80's Rudolph The Red Nosed Reindeer coming on TV was a national event!!! It seems like Christmas was so much better back then.

[@xaimeglez74]

It was much better back then. Nowadays you just get an Amazon or Starbucks gift card.

[@lawnmowerman2199]

@@xaimeglez74 True.....so sad.

[@xaimeglez74]

@@lawnmowerman2199 hey Lawnmowerman, do you remember the movie Lawnmowerman?

[@rejmayer967]

The family had no choice but to get together because it only played once or twice during the holidays. On that Friday at school, you would hear “Rudolph” or “Frosty is on tonight” it would always add excitement to our day. We would prepare all of our snacks in advance of the show and sat by the TV five minutes in advance. We would run to the washroom during commercial breaks. So comforting to watch these as they played over and over in our homes.

[@ninademci1500]

Rob Hicks, my foster sisters and brothers loved watching them because it meant we go to stay up past our bedtime.

[@Kathleennebel]

When I was a kid I couldn’t wait for the Sears Christmas Catalog to come.. I would be so excited.. Good ole days ❤️🎄

[@reggiewilliams4246]

I really miss these days I remember those catalog books

[@pam5389]

Me too. As a kid I couldn't wait to get the Sears Christmas catalog and make my Christmas list 😊

[@WeatherFan2009]

Those were the best!!! Memories!!! Today’s children don’t have any idea what it was like.

[@jhurst43]

The excitement of the Sears Wish Book, the JCPenney and Montgomery Wards catalogs could be overwhelming. Looking at the toy and sporting goods sections.

[@sheriheffner2098]

Me too. And also the JC Penney Wishbook.

[@GG-zk8ht]

Knowing my mom and grandparents were alive , being a kid, going to toys r us brings tears to my eyes. Wish I could leave this nightmare world and go back...

[@Kathleennebel]

Amen!!! These were simpler times band you didn’t see all this crap that’s on tv now and what is out in the world now.. Everything PC and ridiculous! I love watching these, it brings back my childhood..

[@Thollis1987]

At least you got to experience those wonderful moments with them to remember 💖❤

[@ronreagan3969]

You can.

[@79tazman]

Me too I wish I could go back also it was so much better then

[@jat6547]

Same here. Though t I was the only o e who thinks like that. 😢 I miss my family too..

[@sheriheffner2098]

I miss the old Folgers coffee commervial wher Peter comes home from college, the little sister comes downstairs and he brews coffee and the smell brings the rest of the family downstairs and they see their son and brother. And I also miss that Campbells Soup commercial Let It Snow. Where the smowman comes inside and sits down at the table and he turns from a smowman into a little boy.

[@sassydiva7821]

Yeah, Oh boy that was great! 😊 I remember

[@michaelaobrien3561]

That was 1 of my favorite christmas commercial

[@chillydawgg4354]

The Folgers one is in part 1 of this

[@MissEddieBlueKawaiiKrafts]

I miss & remember the old McDonalds commercial with the moon singing about the Bic Mac’s when they first came out

[@shannonhawkins3296]

I cried at that commercial every time.

[@sprinkleroadhome3559]

I miss when Christmas really meant family, traditions and commercials that reflected it. Sadly, so many companies are gone. Online shopping is the norm versus actually going out, which I do. I love grabbing a coffee, heading to the mall and listening to Christmas music. It’s the experience of it all and savoring the moments.

[@ican8243]

Bobby Brady 110% Agree with you! Merry Christmas to you🎅🏻

[@gretchenm5400]

I remember going to the mall and Christmas shopping with my mom and sister. Now it's all online and completely souless.

[@doug9066]

Sprinkle your so right, better days & better Christmas back then.

[@sicidamara7061]

I so agree. I love the lights and decorations and music at the mall, just the Christmas atmosphere. And finding something perfect that you never would have thought to look up online, or couldn't easily find online. It's so much better than sitting on a laptop ordering stuff and waiting for boxes that you open just to re-wrap.

[@jimmygarcia3068]

Yep, you hit it on the nail

[@lathamarea1437]

The anticipation of getting the Christmas toy catalogs from Sears and Montgomery Wards..

[@Jay-vr9ir]

Or Simpson's and Eaton's.

[@ukmedicfrcs]

Making lists a page long knowing I wasn't going to get even 3 of the things I put down..but it was still fun. I want to go back!

[@lindagurrera685]

Yep

[@lindagurrera685]

@@danaamidei3504 the toy section lol !!!

[@majesty10xu15]

Don't forget JC Penny.

[@DOGMAN-ex4is]

They missed Santa sliding down the hill on a razor, that was one of my favourite commercials when I was a kid.

[@lynnkanerva4519]

I remember that. Norelco. Even our name says Merry Christmas. They spelled it NOELCO

[@cr218]

If you look up part 1 of this video compilation it's there! :)

[@deanna3301]

I was a young child in the 70s...great times! The Christmas catalogs were so anticipitory. Thanksgiving was not bombarded upon and life in general was far simpler. Oh I miss those days and my grandmother's floor model TV.

[@kiethblack3870]

I agree with you! The Christmas catalogs, wow. Before the internet. No Thanksgiving 'black friday' or 'cyber monday' stuff.

[@Cannedtomatoforsauces]

@Deanna :She must've been wealthy!

[@deanna3301]

@@Cannedtomatoforsauces My Granny? Noooo not in having money but by way of family. 😀

[@Nerval-kg9sm]

My grandparents would collect catalogs ("wish books") for me to browse as Christmas approached.

[@truthisfree7297]

You are so right Deanna. The one thing I really notice about life today, there is no anticipation for anything - all is served instantly via the internet. It may seem silly but there was so much joy in waiting for something to come via mail order...

[@jadamills4082]

love these older commercials, brings back such memory's. i want to cry. Christmas is not the same.

[@ukmedicfrcs]

I feel the same 😞

[@leegraves8878]

Yes because you were a child then and now you're an adult.

[@ukmedicfrcs]

@@leegraves8878 Thanks Capt Obvious.

[@leegraves8878]

@@ukmedicfrcs Oh ok asshole you can gfy.

[@ImpeccableLiving]

@@leegraves8878 *UK DoctorFRCS* or as I like to call her *UK Fraud* is *NOT a "doctor."*

[@texasdulce1543]

The more I watch, it brings tears to my eyes. The memory of a simpler life, gratefulness, appreciation for family...

[@fododude]

It's not always easy to watch, is it? We just want to go back. Just for awhile.

[@doug9066]

@@fododude I agree. Lol and I thought I was the only one who felt this way.

[@WalkingRoscoe]

Reagan was the POTUS. That's why.

[@firstinlastout]

Me too. Remember that Jesus has told us, the stop looking back at our old lives, and to think of Kingdom things. And that's what I've been doing, just imagine what the Kingdom of Heaven would be like. Even though it says that no eye has seen, no ear has heard, the wonderful things that God has in-store for those who love him.

[@pegjardin1954]

Me too. Such sweet memories.

[@dakimakura1702]

I've noticed I only watch these commercials when I'm depressed.

[@dampergoldenrod4156]

They chill me out .

[@tigermaximus8003]

yeaa. it puts a smile on my face. just watching these on tv. the holidays!;)

[@tiffanycurtis4794]

James Klement Cheer Up My Friend This Will Bring A Smile To You Even If Today’s Evil World Don’t 70’s Old School Folks Like Myself And People Who Watch These Positive KZbin Pages Got Your Back😁😁😁

[@tigermaximus8003]

thats nicee!;) i can understand. ;) it puts a smile on my face!;) when i see them. gives memories...

[@abbycollins]

Same. And I grew up in the 2000s.

[@catladycatlady7359]

We spent childhood rushing to be older, wanting to do adult stuff, not be "told what to do", getting more privileges, complaining how bad doing a few chores & homework was. Then spend our adult life wanting to slow down the clock, go back & enjoy the 'good old days'. Just remember to cherish today, because someday it WILL become the good old days!

[@lynnkanerva4519]

I know that's right.

[@nursecynthiamusiel]

So true

[@mustafa06gk]

Aynen öyle😔

[@karenkurby]

So this is where GenX is. Awake at 2am on a Thursday watching childhood Christmas commercials ❤

[@davek5027]

I fondly remember those days. We were better people then. TV is so loud and obnoxious nowadays👎🏻

[@reneastle8447]

The Retro Decade Revival Project is gonna bring the good old days back into the mainstream.

[@ScorpioBornIn69]

Blame liberalism, rubbish shows and fake news for it.

[@reneastle8447]

@@ScorpioBornIn69 I know how you feel. I may not be a republican or a democrat, but I am no liberal, puritan or conservative. I'm more of a empathetic humanitarian philanthropist. I care for all the people of the world. Rubbish shows and fake news will become a thing of the past, extinct and forgotten. I'm planning to put together a Retro Decade Revival Project. Our goal is to bring pure originality and diversity, real entertainment, true talent, old school and more back into the public mainstream, starting with the 1980s.

[@dampergoldenrod4156]

@@ScorpioBornIn69 the people making commercials want to disturb people not catch their attention. i still heard a few local radio commercials with great music.

[@Eersian]

Rene Astle you sound like a smart person. I can't stand both liberals and conservatives.

[@rachelthomson1980]

I miss the good ol days when life was simpler and people were not so selfish

[@Jujitsuqueen]

Or mean

[@karenpower3556]

Couldn't agree more

[@ThreeLions82]

He-Man and Gi Joe were life back then.

[@dobbins2550]

Yep. People had to learn how to interact with others, there was no middle man like there is today, the internet and social media. You had to face people, there was nothing to hide behind so your behavior was more honest.

[@rachelthomson1980]

@@dobbins2550 not to mention all the trash on the internet and TV thease days..

[@tbone9603]

Commercials had such a warmth to them back then, so nice and relaxing.

[@mustafa06gk]

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[@atlantic_love]

@@mustafa06gk They sure were, hope you're doing well.

[@michaelguernsey9685]

Yes Absolutely They Were. Commercials Now Are Just Ok Depends On The Moment.

[@texasdulce1543]

Hickory Farms, I miss you..LOVED going to the mall during the holidays, listening to the music, seeing people shopping, friendly customer service, TALKING to each other and getting samples at Hickory Farms

[@maggiemae2585]

We have a hickory farms kiosk at our mall for the holidays! I had samples there a few days ago! In Columbus Ohio.

[@gretchenm5400]

And no stupid masks with no contact. People HUGGED each other.

[@doug9066]

Yes those were the days all right. I miss this too.

[@lynnpayne9519]

We also have Hickory Farms. My 18 year old lives the mustard and the strawberry candies.

[@codyt821]

Hickory farms is still around at the malls in my area at Christmastime. We get a bunch of their cheese balls every year. Can't beat em

[@karanapier9175]

This makes me miss being a kid.

[@linindoll1]

Kara Napier me too.

[@reggiewilliams4246]

Me too

[@r.6731]

Awww, me tooo!!!

[@pegleg09able]

Just be glad you have happy memories. I would hate to be a kid in 2019!!!!

[@garyhaber333]

No kidding😪😪

[@Jeannieandtony]

These older commercials are my absolute favorite to watch

[@tiffanycurtis4794]

Jeannie and Tony fan Join The Club😁

[@doug9066]

Mine too.

[@debrajacobs4900]

I wish my children could know the love and excitement of the old days. I cherish those days. Christmas was something everyone looked forward to, of kindness and lights.

[@pacluv]

When you could watch Rudolph the red-nosed reindeer, and no one picked out all the things that are politically incorrect.

[@hardlines4]

pacluv A great time when we did not have today’s crybaby pansies who need their Safe Space’s!!!!

[@srkh8966]

hardlines4 blame the parents who never let their kids experience failure growing up.

[@WeatherFan2009]

Absolutely correct! You can watch a show without any problems.

[@kathyflorcruz552]

PC was launched to wreck common sense in the West. Mission accomplished. Now it's "BAN ALL THE THINGS"!

[@majesty10xu15]

@@hardlines4 Well Christmas is the season for snowflakes. :)

[@rosepetal2469]

I wish I could just go back to these simpler times, and have all of my family back that have passed. I’d give anything for that warm safe feeling I had as a child surrounded by so much family and love, especially through the holidays. Thinking back hurts, but I cherish the memories. The world just isn’t the same as it was back then. God bless us all. Not me sitting here tearing up………..

[@skymaster7606]

Born in "59 so glad I grew up in the 60's and 70's. But those 80's was one hell of a decade thanks for the walk down memory lane.

[@InFltSvc]

We lived in the last of best decades in America! The 70’s and 80’s were the best times of my life. We did not have the technology like today but we were a more hospitable people and we were more patient because we had to wait for almost everything! Even pictures and pop corn… it was just a better time for all of us who lived it. God Bless our county and everyone have a beautiful and Merry Christmas this year in 2021…

[@newzcutter]

Back when landline phones were given as Christmas gifts.

[@wendellmonster6179]

Now we get cell phones👍

[@JustMe-qo7yw]

@Jangler333 I remember mine , I was 13yrs old & able to keep it until 2013 when stolen. Although a gift I had stipulations . That & my small cube transistor radio, I felt I had entered adulthood, haha

[@anthonynewell6124]

Yeah rotary phones party lines as a kid I would pick it up someone was talking my mom would say boy put that phone down someone's using it boy I miss those days 😢

[@newzcutter]

Oh yeah the party lines were big fun for us back in the day. Sometimes we’d have 4 or 5 of us talking over each other. I told my 13 year old son that a few months ago and he was like oh that sounds like fun (sarcastically of course) lol Ah those were great times.

[@zandeurr327]

i’m 16 and it seems like these commercials had more of the “Christmas Spirit” today is just entertainment and for the money. i remember when amazon wasn’t a thing when i was about 5 or 6 and being so happy when my mom came home with the Kmart or Wal-mart Catalog

[@taroman7100]

Amazon is cold, heartless and mostly China.

[@lovemyhomelife2152]

Watching this in 2021. In a day and age when I want to SKIP modern commercials, these amazing and nostalgic ones I could watch all day long. 🥰🌲❤🤗

[@simplyamandashomesteadsampler]

Yep!!!

[@quantumrobin4627]

U and I are on the same page this year, I started watching this particular block of commercials after thanksgiving and I just keep coming back to it since, it put me back into that sense of wonder I felt as a kid, it makes me remember the magic feeling I had lost.

[@hardlines4]

Even the “ good” old commercials are better than today’s trash!

[@doug9066]

I agree on that.

[@jerryvan-hees7130]

To much corporate manipulated bs ads today. eg. GEICO and auto insurance ads with the ostrich.

[@taroman7100]

It's really sad. We see no real commercials anymore because the companies were all bought up! There is no competition or need to push a product anymore. Corporations killed traditions and computer geeks are into a bleak godless world.

[@robhicks2117]

Christmas at the mall in the 1980's. Those were the days.

[@johnfd0210]

It was great seeing ads for local stores...now there is nothing but Macy's and Wal Mart.

[@eepanusstar5940]

Anyone else remember most of these? LOL-thanks

[@italiagrl70]

I miss the Christmases back in the 80s, today people are so nasty, uptight and just make the holidays miserable! Also the online shopping and technology itself just ruined a lot of the sentiment it once was.

[@reneastle8447]

We'll get those back, dear. I'm planning to put together a Retro Decade Revival Project. Our goal is to bring real entertainment, true talent, pure originality and diversity, old school and more back into the public mainstream, starting with the 1980s. People will no longer be so nasty, uptight or making holidays miserable anymore and there will be no more ruining a lot of the sentiment it once was. Never say Never, Jami.

[@dampergoldenrod4156]

mid 1980s were the best xmases ever.

[@reneastle8447]

@@dampergoldenrod4156 As a writer, many of my stories will take place in the 1980s, even the mid 80s.

[@24get24give]

I did mostly catalog shopping back then, I hated the crowds at the mall, made meclaustrophobic, I love shopping online, though I agree it'd madeus all a bit more introverted anda less polite and considerate populace, so sad a trade off

[@reneastle8447]

You're allowed to have your own taste.

[@lesashiminski690]

I miss the 70s and 80s

[@chalmapatterson544]

Me too.

[@harleymax01]

Today's Christmas commercials are mostly young couples buying new cars and other crap for each other and wonder why after the novelty wears off they are in huge debt.

[@geekesmind1324]

Yep corny freaking ads. Honey look out the window I just got you a new BMW for Christmas. Yeah that will put them in debt for 10 years.

[@karengivson5744]

harleymax01

[@doug9066]

Yeah your so right such as Cadillac & Lexus commercials which is so dumb as well as Kay Jewlers for couples for the rich.

[@slopez1901]

You can never replicate this time . 80s Christmas we’re the Best❤️

[@dahomesteadacre5099]

Do you notice how much calmer commercials were back then? In today's world, there's 5 minutes of 20 commercials of hyperactive kids and other people and you don't even remember what they are selling. Oh....and not to mention a third of them are prescription drug commercials. :(

[@alphonsowilliams5072]

I can remember growing up in the 70s. And even though it was cold outside during the Christmas season, at the same time, the winters were warmer because of the love, the laughter, the smiles and the magic. These memories are a cozy blanket I wrap up in and drown myself in nostalgia.

[@Ij-jan]

I want to go back in time to the 70s and 80s when my children were young and Christmas was magical.

[@endtimeslastdays7777]

I miss the 70s and 80s so much, I wish I could go back and stay awhile

[@toots810usa6]

Back when we got a few simple gifts and we were happy. Nowadays everyone goes out to kill others on black friday to get the latest super expensive electronic gadget. It is no fun anymore.

[@heatherwade7782]

I never see fights at Wal-Mart or the malls.Maybe I live in a non-violent place.Where there are no fights for the best things nowadays..Lol 😄

[@anthonypalermo8816]

You got that right. I remember magnetic wheels and slinkees kept me entertained for hours on Christmas morning. Now, kids are too spoiled and get bored too easy, demanding more and more. Greed became the focus and that zaps the fun out of any pastime.

[@sheriheffner2098]

And the prices just keep getting lower as the days get closer to Christmas. Plus I used to work at the fabulous Walmart. What a damn joke! I seen with my own eyes the associates throwing the televisions on the sales floor. I don't go anywhere near Walmart during Christmas time.

[@JustMe-qo7yw]

We always had a wonderful Christmas . I'm sure would be looked upon as trival today .

[@cowboy4jesus3N1]

Exactly.

[@AmericanPeasantry]

Not one commercial about embarrassing personal products or drugs and all their side effects!😃

[@dixonnegron1083]

Commercials were so beautiful then!! Made you feel so comfy being home 🏠

[@user-tf9fh4sy4c]

The Christmas tree lights just looked better back then.

[@Scottocaster6668]

I thought the same thing yesterday!! Omg, I have a colored string from years ago, certain colors are kind of faded looking. Took me right back to when I was a little kid 😢

[@user-tf9fh4sy4c]

@@Scottocaster6668 Everything is L.E.D. now.I think the more natural light of the old bulbs had a more comforting feel to them

[@alianagutierrez2733]

Wow miss those days 😢😞 Christmas is not the same for me anymore

[@mwt1045]

This style of commercial promoted good anticipation. The voice-over quality, images of people enjoying shopping for others, reminders to remember loved ones & friends with cards, get-togethers of all sorts. They weren't entirely focused on ourselves, but others. There is a joyousness in that.

[@kanehbosm8222]

These commercials gave me a bad case of Nostalgia…When life was so much simpler . Gave me memories of my brother & I going out over the holidays with the neighborhood kids playing our pond hockey or Sleding. My brother along with some good friends has since passed so these . But these commercials helped me expand my memories of christmases passed.

[@justdoingitjim7095]

I'm so sad now. The one commercial that always let me know that Christmas was coming was the Santa riding the Norelco Triple Head through the snow. I always looked forward to it every year and then it was gone. Sigh.

[@justanon7685]

This is part 2 check out the part 1 compilation it's on there with the infamous Folger's commercial. Merry Christmas.

[@doug9066]

Lol I just watched "National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation" last night on dvd. Still love that classic movie. 🎅🎁🎄🙂

[@JoeMotionVideos82]

Phone rental is something I forgot about. I remember the fee was added to the phone bill. I share these commercials with my daughter, so she can see how awesome the 70's and 80's were.

[@---John---]

Wow, Hardee's...Burger, fries and a drink for a dollar! I miss those days! 🙁

[@anthonypalermo8816]

Oh yeah! I remember walking 5 miles with my chums just to grab a Hardees milkshake. Good times.

[@majesty10xu15]

How about good old Thrifty's triple scoop ice cream for only 35 cents.

[@enochsimpkins5281]

I work at Hardee's! Burger, fries and a drink now cost $10,00!

[@StrawMaple]

I don’t know why these commercials make me feel so good, because I wasn’t even born back then.

[@curio1020]

I love the lighting and decor. So warm. Modern homes today are too sterile , too spacious, the acoustics are too loud.

[@chrissypasquelle4276]

curio1020 I thought it was just me. Lol

[@1964DB]

True, but there was a lot more to dust. And all those drapes and carpeting would get covered in it.

[@WeatherFan2009]

You are right.

[@anthonypalermo8816]

I miss tinsel strands and dad in the recliner, smoking a pipe.

[@scottworley1479]

@@anthonypalermo8816 ikr, I loved putting on tensile. No one uses it anymore. I thought it made the tree glisten. Even the lights now are mostly white lights, no color

[@jdtractorman7445]

12:10-13:00 that Miller beer commercial should be on every Christmas. It's timeless. Filmed in Vermont in winter of 1976 and first aired on tv for the 1977 Christmas season.

[@Lobo47478]

Brought tears to my eyes! Especially the Rudolph commercial!

[@goldenboi778]

I can watch this kind of stuff all day long..

[@crysb5099]

I wish I was a kid in the 80s again! Now, I’m old and grouchy dang it! All Grinchy and things

[@markfoster1520]

You've looked at life from both sides now.

[@crysb5099]

Mark Foster - that’s one way to look at it

[@shelliclark9472]

CR. I can relate, your comment made me smile. Thanks. Wishing you a very Merry 🎄 Christmas.

[@crysb5099]

Shelli Clark - and now yours made me smile. ♥️ Thank you, and wishing you a very Merry Christmas as well.

[@taroman7100]

The 80's were the best decade for so many of us! Sad, I think it's been downhill since.

[@1964DB]

When I was a poor kid growing up, I saw these ads and wanted a nice home in the suburbs with an intact family. Nothing fancy--just a husband who had a decent job and a few kids. As an adult, I was blessed with a wonderful husband and three great kids. We made some great Christmas memories. I worry about kids today. They're shown a bunch of weirdos on "reality" TV. I shudder to think what kids think "normal" is these days.

[@skmc6915]

Me too my dear.

[@mhunsypainters]

Your story brought me a tear of joy God bless You😊

[@chelseagirl278]

@@kevinkelley3906 agreed, it is beyond tiring

[@CIorox_BIeach]

Suburban life is hell to grow up in. Any suburb, any income. TV was never a good influence.

[@chelseagirl278]

@@CIorox_BIeach it all depends what you want from life

[@Talltrees84]

Brings back memories. Gen X here. Child of the 70's and teen and 20 something of the 80s. Thanks for posting this.

[@rjc7289]

It was awesome if you were fortunate enough to grow up in the 70's and/or 80's. Between the toys, decorations, ornaments, music, etc. -- it made x-mas that much more magical and wholesome. I grew up in both decades, and I got to see the advent of such popular toys as Star Wars, G.I. Joe, Transformers, Go Bots, Shogun Warriors, Smurfs, Cabbage Patch Kids, etc.

[@grammamarth6681]

And if you missed Rudolph, Wednesday at 8, you had to wait a whole year until it came on again! Those were the days!

[@christianpatriot7196]

Unless of course, you are fortunate enough to have a VCR and could record it but yes, this was my ultimate favorite Christmas show as a child and I could not wait for it to come on

[@ThoughtIdSomethingMoreToSay]

0:00 Coca-Cola 0:31 Ben Franklin 1:00 Nabisco Crackers 1:30 Energizer 2:00 Michelob Beer 2:29 Pillsbury 2:59 Gemco 3:29 Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer 3:49 Sears Before Christmas Sale 4:19 Canada Dry 4:49 Kodak Photo Paper 5:19 Chex Party Mix 5:49 Arthur Treacher's 6:19 Firestone Retailers 6:49 Radio Shack® 7:19 NyQuil 7:49 Alpha Beta 8:18 Hardee's 8:47 Eckerd 8:57 Sears 9:27 Bell Telephone 9:56 Polaroid 10:11 Pizza Hut 10:40 Frederick & Nelson 11:10 How The Grinch Stole Christmas/Frosty The Snowman Promo 11:20 Wendy's 11:50 Milk Bone Dog Biscuits 12:05 Miller High Life 13:05 Radio Shack® 13:35 Gimbels 14:05 Orville Redenbacher 14:31 Bentley's Luggage 15:00 Sears 15:29 Stanley 15:59 A Charlie Brown Christmas/'Twas The Night Before Christmas Promo 16:19 National Lampoons Christmas Vacation Promo 16:49 Red Lobster 17:19 Two Guys Discount 17:48 Sun Bank 18:17 Sprite 18:47 Hickory Farms 19:17 Target 19:47 Sears 20:17 Gemco 20:45 Polaroid 21:14 The First Christmas Promo 21:24 The Year Without A Santa Claus 21:34 Sears 22:04 Mervyn's & TV5 22:13 Kodak Ektralite Camera 22:42 Hallmark Cards 23:12 Michelob Beer 23:42 Hills 24:12 Zales 24:41 Genovese Drug Store 25:11 Texas Instruments 25:40 M&M's 26:10 Scrooged Movie Promo 26:40 Hallmark Store 27:09 Coors 27:39 Ivey's 28:09 Pillsbury 28:37 Radio Shack® 29:07 White Christmas Movie Promo 29:37 Kodak Disk Camera 30:07 Whitman's Chocolate 30:37 McDonald's Gift Certificates 31:37 Safeway Gift Certificates 32:07 Winn-Dixie 32:37 Christmas TV Specials Promo 32:57 Old Spice 33:27 Sears. Roebuck 34:03 Kodak Film 34:33 Skaggs Drug Center 35:00 Herda's Discount 35:30 Olympia Brewing 33:59 JCPenny 36:14 Good Year Service/ Chrisritmas Is... Album 37:14 Toys "Я" Us 37:43 Kodak Tele-Instamatic Camera 38:14 Zody's Department Store 38:44 Taco Bell - Pepsi Glasses 39:10 Frosty's Winter Wonderland/Leprechauns Christmas Gold Promo 39:41 Michelob Beer 40:10 Kroger 40:39 Black & Decker 41:09 American Greetings 41:40 Eat'nPark 42:10 Nester The Long Eared Christmas Donkey Promo 42:40 K-Mart 42:55 Estée Lauder 43:25 André Champagne 43:55 Jeno's Pizza Rolls 44:25 Kodak Disk Camera 44:40 Pizza Hut - Paddington Bear Glasses 45:10 Commodore 64 - 1351 Mouse 45:40 Cinnamon Toast Crunch - Santa Bear

[@SomeClassicGameMusic]

Thank you!!!

[@rainej7013]

I miss these days when the world was a better place. These are the good old days.💜

[@lindagurrera685]

Love the horse and sleigh commercials always did

[@hollyavillella554]

Truly is an "American" pastoral Christmas! Just beautiful!

[@happilyavaafter]

Thank you for putting this together. 🙏🏻 It’s so nice to go back in time. 🎄🍕☎️📸

[@michaelguernsey9685]

I Agree. A Time Machine Would Be Nice To Have To Go Back To Visit The 80s Again. I Wouldn't Turn Down A Time Machine. I'll Use It To Relive The 80s.

[@MichelleFazbear-tr5hi]

I remember sitting down with my family to watch the featured special Christmas shows. My mom would pop us some popcorn and prepare other snacks and we were allowed to drink pop as a treat. Kids these days will never know how special times were .

[@piscesempress1978]

I do that for my kids! well they are older now, but as kids and even now, we pop popcorn, have hot chocolate or pop, and just have a great time watching movies.

[@dneumann1960]

It's amazing to see famous actors in these commercials before they became famous. Commercials in the 70's and 80's were heartfelt not generic like today.

[@rgbrin]

when Christmas meant so much to so many.....miss those days...

[@mikecrites8058]

Coca cola, possibly the best Christmas commercial of all.

[@louiseemborong5852]

This is my tradition to come back here every November-December. ✨

[@swully-ol4lx]

I remember Christmas in the 70s at my Grandmas house her Driveway was full with cars and was the street also and I remember walking in her breezeway before entering the house and seeing all the pies cooling and then when you walked in the house the smell of the turkey and all the food smell in the air, boy them were Holidays to remember weren't they.👍🙂

[@dreanniadrip1]

There's nothing like the good old days. I just love it !!!

[@Shewib]

What a change in grace and dignity from then until now. People in commercials today do not dress in dresses, suits, and sports jackets.

[@cathylopez3034]

I love the gentle pace .

[@deirdrestewart4394]

I need a time machine to take me back here again !😊

[@nursecynthiamusiel]

Yes

[@howardbeale661]

The Toys 'R' Us commercial is my favorite. Seeing it every year was almost as much a tradition as many classic Christmas films and specials.

[@RazorFriendly]

I wish I had enough gas in my car to get back to the 80's. It's a cliche when people say things were better back when, but when you look at the state of humanity now versus then, you can see society unraveling. You see people rioting, protesting, screaming profanities, and trying to shut down and silence anyone they disagree with in the name of not offending anyone. It's insane the things we're witnessing now.

[@reggiewilliams4246]

Me too

[@Mike-pj1kv]

Some things were better for sure, but things sucked back then too.

[@mchris65]

There was rioting over injustices then too, always has been..no time in history is perfect. I think the decade you were a kid seems the nicest because we were--well, kids. I mean I miss the 70s and look at all that was going on then.

[@Kathleennebel]

I’m with you 100%.. people are freaking stupid now.. and yes they were better back then..

[@cathierobinson9419]

If only the 70s and 80s prices were the same now!

[@hearttoheart4me]

Funny the vcr for 500 bucks and the size of the 19" TV for sale.. I just bought a 17" laptop and an adapter for a TV tuner that you can record like a VCR for less than $400.00 brand new. Technology is good but looking back on these commercials is great.

[@scottworley1479]

Technology was much more expensive back then

[@tommycastor]

man, what a time to be alive, when people were debating between owning or renting a landline telephone!

[@24get24give]

thet waited til after halloween to air them back then, too!

[@messngretz]

i love how 28 people actually disliked this - you have no souls!

[@messngretz]

@Jangler333 40-50 more

[@IrishAnnie]

Haters everywhere.

[@Jujitsuqueen]

Just the mean souls

[@mchris65]

They're too young to relate, pity them;)

[@Kathleennebel]

They are kids 15 or younger !! Lol they don’t have a clue !

[@Scottocaster6668]

I couldn't read the dates of some of the commercials... My eyes we're watering 😢

[@brandyhorton3697]

Am I the only one that feels like it's a whole different world now? I mean everything about it was different back then I can't even describe what I mean but I am so home sick for that world as I watch these,so much more than nostalgia 😔🏠👨‍👩‍👧‍👦🌍📼💟☎️ and time itself is going by faster than then but that's another subject.

[@christianpatriot7196]

Yes, it is truly a very different world now in 2024 compared to those days portrayed in these commercials our world was much better back then and it truly is heartbreaking when you compare the two time periods

[@c.s.7266]

I remember laying on the floor in my room with my brother going through the Sears catalog circling everything we wanted. I have never forgotten the sounds and smells at Christmastime. Miss those years so much

[@cookingwithdebra6970]

I Loved the 70s & 80s Christmas Days

[@geminijohnson4019]

This put me to sleep, it was so comforting, back when television and commercials were worth watching, who knew that vintage television has ASMR qualities.

[@JaytheEmpath]

I didn’t see my favorite coffee commercial from the ‘80’s where the kid comes home from college and wakes everyone up with coffee and his mother is so happy to see him. I can’t remember if it was Folgers or Maxwellhouse.

[@bryanj7063]

Pretty sure it was Folgers.

[@carrieanne2012]

I was born in 89 , these seemed like awesome days. I wish I was around to enjoy this

[@Kathleennebel]

Damn I graduated the year you were born!! I’m old.. lol and yes they were amazing times 😪

[@angelabuck2674]

I was born in 1982. Damn i missed out!!!😥😥😥

[@piscesempress1978]

Now I feel old I was 11 lol

[@aaroncrawley5546]

Love the 70s and 80s. We didn't get a vcr till 1989. The good ol days I miss it.

[@leegraves8878]

1991 and it was a gift.

[@piscesempress1978]

We didn't have one til the early 90s, cant remember if it was 91 or 92. Never had one in the 80s

[@zzzzxxxx341]

Merry Christmas to all of you guys, God bless. 😘❤️🍷🎄🎉🙏🎊🍒🍉🍰🎂🥂🍻🧁🍬🙏☃️🎄☃️❤️😘❤️❤️❤️🎉🎄🎊🎂☃️🍬

[@alison2649]

I’m 44 years old now and I still have my Rodney the Reindeer from Hallmark. Wow I’d forgotten his name til I saw the commercial 💕

[@LePetitChatNoir79]

I still have my Randy and Rhonda!

[@alison2649]

LePetitChatNoir79 Love it! Happy Holidays!

[@LePetitChatNoir79]

Alison H To you as well!

[@Hawaiiansky11]

Coke needs to bring back that song!!

[@derricksilk7504]

It's hard to believe the '80s existed at all. A time of warmth, intellect, and camaraderie. Now, there's just pure narcissism, blaming, stupidity and segregation.

[@pizzaman5ful]

Ah the good old days....miss them.

[@lindaeasley4336]

I remember back in the 70s my mom loved to eat Nabisco snack crackers . Wheat Thins were her fav

[@b.k.r.doggielover5449]

My mom's favorite was Ritz.😊 And now, mine.😊

[@lindaeasley4336]

@@b.k.r.doggielover5449 the great good ol days 😊

[@ThreeLions82]

I miss the days of KMart and Sears. Toys R Us was heaven back in those days, we'd go once every year to pick out are presents for Christmas.